Talk:Wall of the Ferme générale

why is "general farm" being translated as "farmers general"?

Just saying. Elinruby (talk) 01:53, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Your point relates to my point below. On other pages on the internet I see the name of the wall translated in English as "wall of the Farmers General", which seems like an (almost) correct translation. The name of the wall doesn't refer to just any other farm, or a 'general farm' or 'general farmers', whatever that would mean, it refers to a specific taxation system. And as the English wiki page about it (Ferme générale) mentions, quote: "The major tax collectors in that unfair, and therefore highly unpopular tax farming system were known as the fermiers généraux, which would be tax farmers-general[a] in English.[1]". So either the wall, and this article, should be called "Wall of the Fermiers généraux", consistent with the French name, or it should be correctly translated as the "Wall of the farmers-general". Those are my thoughts about it... Greetings, RagingR2 (talk) 09:22, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Name inconsistent with name in French

In French (and on the French Wikipedia) this wall is called: Mur des Fermiers généraux [1]. So why is the English article called "Wall of the Ferme générale" (single) instead of: "Wall of the Fermiers généraux"? This seems inconsistent, and an unncessary change. As the French wikipedia mentions, the name indeed refers to the 'Ferme générale' [2], but the French name of the wall nonetheless uses 'Fermiers'. Greetings, RagingR2 (talk) 09:08, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

In addition: not only is "fermiers" a plural, it means "farmers" (not farms). So calling it the wall of the farm general, when in French it's called the 'wall of the farmers general', seems illogical. Greetings, RagingR2 (talk) 09:14, 19 May 2016 (UTC)