Talk:Séraphine Louis

Examples of her art

Where are they? In a normal Encyclopaedia one would expect to see examples of the artists work - why not here? A quick search for images reveals many, how would one go about putting them here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.170.87.20 (talk) 08:46, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

correcting "Séraphine" to "Louis"

I have corrected practically every instance of "Séraphine" to "Louis" in this article per the WP:SURNAME guideline, which recommends referring the the article's subject (actually, any person mentioned in any article) by his or her surname alone after the first statement of the subject's full name. This article had consistently done the opposite before my corrections, referring to her throughout as "Séraphine".

That guideline allows some exceptions, as when doing so would introduce ambiguity, as it would in the article on The Andrews Sisters; or when the person is universally known by given name alone, like Cher. Although in many contexts this subject is called by her given name alone (as in the common appellation "Séraphine de Senlis" and in the movie about her, whose title is simply Séraphine), at least two arguments strongly support following the surname-only guideline for this article:

1. The article's title gives her full name, not just "Séraphine" (again, compare Cher).
2. The subject typically signed her paintings "S. Louis", as the article itself states, indicating that she identified strongly with her surname.

I have also preserved 's for the genitive case, changing Séraphine's to Louis's rather than the Louis' some editors prefer. The final s in Louis is not pronounced in French or by most English speakers when pronouncing the name in a French context (as in "king Louis XIV" or even in name of the American city Louisville), and therefore the s after the apostrophe is always pronounced – even by most English speakers when they do pronounce the final s in Louis.

—Jim10701 (talk) 14:15, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Séraphine Louis. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060626155810/http://www.museeartnaif.com:80/?page=coeursacre&cmd=coeursacre&image_haut=coeursacre to http://www.museeartnaif.com/?page=coeursacre&cmd=coeursacre&image_haut=coeursacre

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 03:22, 1 January 2017 (UTC)