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    [edit] Vandalism on page?

    I printed out this article a few weeks ago to take notes for class. I returned to it today and find the following paragraph inserted as the third paragraph under "Life":

    He was interested in the French novel "When the dog gets run-over" author unknown. He liked it so much he bought a puppy and stepped on it until it died. He was pressed for murder and was sentenced to prison for 10 months. This was the beginning of the drama of his life and death.

    I suspect this was added by a rogue or trickster.

    Thelustywench 18:05, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

    'je voudrai savoir pourquoi Molière est plus célebre'

    "was a French theatre writer, director and actor, one of the masters of comic satire" I do think that Moliére deserves a butter introduction than that...


    '.. he assumed the pseudonym of Molière, inspired by the name of a small village in Southern France.'

    I believe that there is no historic proof of this. My family is from the village of Moliere (close to Le Vigan) and we would have been very proud of this, but unfortunately there is, as far as I know, absolutely no proof of it. It is true, though, that J.B. Poquelin started using this Nom de scence while touring the south of France. I'm editing the page to add "possibly" to the sentence.

    [edit] Moliere & Michel Baron?

    I have seen material suggesting that there was a love between mrs. kuhn io and that it affected Moliere's marriage. Any truth to these allegations? Haiduc 02:17, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

    [edit] Don Juan showing links; but not linking

    In the head section, there is a link for Don Juan. However the link is not operational and, as there is no edit link at the head of the head section (!) I am not sure how to make it work. Pardon!

    avaiki (talk) 06:41, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Vandalism

    As of 29/09/2006, acts of vandalism have been noted on this page. They include the deletion of numerous parts of the articles, as well as the mentions "YOU SUCK" and "DUHDUHDUH", retards. I have restored the page to its latest version, prior to the adding of the inappropriate comments and changes. For more details, check the history of the page.

    [edit] Persistent vandalism

    Once this article has been restored to its full, encyclopedic form, can there please be a lock on edits? I could practically just go in and delete the whole entry right now and, considering some rapscallion seems bent on its senseless destruction (i.e., not many people know of Moliere to begin with, so random, puerile, witless and unoriginal acts of e-terrorism are pretty vain and inconsequential), I'm surprised a lock hasn't been in order since September.

    Aside from being an irritation to those who actually care deeply about French literature, this looks bad. Wiki already suffers a mild notoriety for being a pin cushion for childish ragamuffins' antics, and the caps lock'ed garble glaring at the top of the page where there used to be an article is about as sad of a mess as I've ever seen on here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.71.245.81 (talk) 19:44, 11 December 2006 (UTC).

    [edit] An excellent source for someone who is interested and has the time.

    Moliere: A Theatrical Life by Virginia Scott is pretty much the best source you're ever going to find. If I had the time, I'd add stuff, but my finals are killing me. If anyone is truly interested in spending the time to make this a quality entry, then I strongly suggest diving in the book.

    12.23.54.53 03:45, 13 December 2006 (UTC) Andrew

    Took out a mention of Moliere causing the term Don Juan to refer to a womanizer; Don Juan was a well-known character before Moliere's time.

    [edit] List of Works

    It would be nice -- for the non-French speaker -- if the list of works listed the English translation next to the titles.

    [edit] Picture of Moliere

    Right now the picture doesn't fit in the box and is sticking out over the text. I would change this, but I don't know how.24.151.101.55 23:18, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Birth vs. baptism date

    I understood that 15 January 1622 was his baptism date but that we don't actually know when he was born. -- JackofOz (talk) 00:13, 23 January 2008 (UTC)