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Please do not revert this back to a redirect. There is nothing wrong with entries on the characters from Les Miserables. There are entries on characters from other notable novels. The fact that there isn't currently an entry for Jean Valjean doesn't mean every character should redirect to the novel's page. Create an entry on Valjean instead. (It's on my list of things to do, but I don't mind if someone else does it first.) Gavroche42 21:57, 10 March 2007 (UTC) reply

I removed the musical singers who portrayed the character from this section, because it was supposed to be about movie adaptations. Especially Norm Lewis, who hasn't even been officially recorded, has no right to be there.

I'd suggest a full list of singers, who portrayed him, but this might end up as ridiculously long. Opinions, please. Jonathan Gr ( talk) 13:35, 1 March 2010 (UTC) reply

To make clear the point on Javert's religious faith, the followign quote

"It will be remembered that the fundamental point in Javert, his element, the very air he breathed, was veneration for all authority. This was impregnable, and admitted of neither objection nor restriction. In his eyes, of course, the ecclesiastical authority was the chief of all; he was religious, superficial and correct on this point as on all others. In his eyes, a priest was a mind, who never makes a mistake; a nun was a creature who never sins; they were souls walled in from this world, with a single door which never opened except to allow the truth to pass through." - Les Miserables, Book 8, Chapter 5.

From this is clear he was a Christian (i.e. Roman Catholic), at least in function, if not piety. Mediatech492 ( talk) 19:05, 31 December 2016 (UTC) reply

Wikipedia doesn't approve of direct quoting as part of evidence, instead you want to paraphrase the evidence that you have found and put it in your own words without sacrificing a neutral tone. While this is evident throughout the article, I noticed that this was the most prevalent in the section right after the lead section. Giannamadden ( talk) 18:19, 7 June 2024 (UTC) reply