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The article spends twice as much time discussing his supposed political transgressions than it does discussing his literature. And this despite the fact that the aforementioned transgressions are not themselves innocent of political machinations. Weasel words are also used. Needs editing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nathanrobert86 ( talk • contribs) 19:58, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
I think it would be more idiomatically accurate to translate Extension du domaine de la lutte as "Broadening the field of struggle" than as "Extension of the domain of the struggle".
--mrr —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mrrhum ( talk • contribs) 14:17, 24 December 2006 (UTC).
I got rid of Demonpion mention in the first lines (doesn't seem so important), put it in a reference. I also clarified date status addind "(birth certificate)". Seems clearer this way. -- Chaica 04:00, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
It would be nice to see a better explanation of why is this writer considered controversial. What are the controversies, who raised them, and where? Daniel Leal Werneck ( talk) 06:25, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
I assume the 'controversy' relates to the fact that the author has been accused of racism, islamophobia and misogyny (there is a decent BBC clip on YouTube about some of these issues). Around the time Atomised/Elementary Particles was translated into English I remember reading that he received, at various times, the admiration of both the extreme left and extreme right in France - but he had ultimately no interest in either, and they turned on him. I think he could be described as the new Celine. 99.240.139.189 ( talk) 18:11, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
I'd like to see a sub-heading of controversy - to encompass the reasons and incidents as to why he is a "controversial author" as opposed to the "authors". Harvardhall ( talk) 10:47, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
it says in the first paragraph, he currently lives in Spain but this is unsourced and there is no indication of when "currently" means. Phil Nolte ( talk) 21:14, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
According to his personal twitter, he's now returned to live in France https://twitter.com/mhouellebecq/status/187720002311438336 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.111.193.170 ( talk) 09:20, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
I'm not very comfortable making this assertion, but it seems that the first couple sentences of the intro are taken straight from this site: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/32878.Michel_Houellebecq I added a citation for them, but I'm guessing that's not the complete solution. I'm just a little unsure of how to rewrite those lines to be non-copyvio-y and I'd rather not just gut an intro by removing them altogether. Jztinfinity ( talk) 03:06, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
A review of the editing history shows the introduction was created through serial edits over the years -- the Goodreads website was copied from this Wikipedia version in September 2009. As for the sentence lifted from the Times newspaper -- thanks for adding the reference attribution. That is necessary. However, directly copying from the source also requires quotation marks, otherwise it is plagiarism. I've added the quote marks and slightly altered the text to avoid the copyright violation. I'll clear the report at WP:CP. — CactusWriter (talk) 17:35, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
The article states that "His works, particularly 'Atomised' were poorly received by French literary intelligentsia". I'd like to point out that this is just plainly wrong: there's always been a lot of debates about Houellebecq, but there were always at least half of the critics regarding him as one of the best french writers. And this has only been improving over the last few years: his latest novel won the Prix Goncourt which is the most important litterary prize in France, and this win was highly anticipated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.100.172.72 ( talk) 14:22, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
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Michel Houellebecq’s Version of the American Thriller by JUDITH SHULEVITZ New York Times Review of Books January 13, 2012 97.87.29.188 ( talk) 22:54, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
I've heard he is a jew. Or at least he has jewish ancestry?
many wikipdia articles list whether a person has jewish ancestry. why u mad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.145.14.45 ( talk) 11:45, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Any information why did Michel Thomas choose to call himself... Houellebecq?
I mean, there 26 letters in the alphabet, so that makes about a sextillion possible names permutations - why "Houellebecq"??-- 74.57.167.219 ( talk) 20:43, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
It seems from my Googling that he was born in '56 but usually gives out his birth year as '58. I'm not sure you can identify with a birth year the way you can with a name, religion etc. - surely we should be consistent and say '56, and just explain in a footnote or something why some sources say '58? – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 17:00, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
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That word seems to be extremely rare or obscure in the meaning which is apparently intended. It would be better not to use that word at all... AnonMoos ( talk) 15:24, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
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The article spends twice as much time discussing his supposed political transgressions than it does discussing his literature. And this despite the fact that the aforementioned transgressions are not themselves innocent of political machinations. Weasel words are also used. Needs editing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nathanrobert86 ( talk • contribs) 19:58, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
I think it would be more idiomatically accurate to translate Extension du domaine de la lutte as "Broadening the field of struggle" than as "Extension of the domain of the struggle".
--mrr —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mrrhum ( talk • contribs) 14:17, 24 December 2006 (UTC).
I got rid of Demonpion mention in the first lines (doesn't seem so important), put it in a reference. I also clarified date status addind "(birth certificate)". Seems clearer this way. -- Chaica 04:00, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
It would be nice to see a better explanation of why is this writer considered controversial. What are the controversies, who raised them, and where? Daniel Leal Werneck ( talk) 06:25, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
I assume the 'controversy' relates to the fact that the author has been accused of racism, islamophobia and misogyny (there is a decent BBC clip on YouTube about some of these issues). Around the time Atomised/Elementary Particles was translated into English I remember reading that he received, at various times, the admiration of both the extreme left and extreme right in France - but he had ultimately no interest in either, and they turned on him. I think he could be described as the new Celine. 99.240.139.189 ( talk) 18:11, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
I'd like to see a sub-heading of controversy - to encompass the reasons and incidents as to why he is a "controversial author" as opposed to the "authors". Harvardhall ( talk) 10:47, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
it says in the first paragraph, he currently lives in Spain but this is unsourced and there is no indication of when "currently" means. Phil Nolte ( talk) 21:14, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
According to his personal twitter, he's now returned to live in France https://twitter.com/mhouellebecq/status/187720002311438336 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.111.193.170 ( talk) 09:20, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
I'm not very comfortable making this assertion, but it seems that the first couple sentences of the intro are taken straight from this site: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/32878.Michel_Houellebecq I added a citation for them, but I'm guessing that's not the complete solution. I'm just a little unsure of how to rewrite those lines to be non-copyvio-y and I'd rather not just gut an intro by removing them altogether. Jztinfinity ( talk) 03:06, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
A review of the editing history shows the introduction was created through serial edits over the years -- the Goodreads website was copied from this Wikipedia version in September 2009. As for the sentence lifted from the Times newspaper -- thanks for adding the reference attribution. That is necessary. However, directly copying from the source also requires quotation marks, otherwise it is plagiarism. I've added the quote marks and slightly altered the text to avoid the copyright violation. I'll clear the report at WP:CP. — CactusWriter (talk) 17:35, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
The article states that "His works, particularly 'Atomised' were poorly received by French literary intelligentsia". I'd like to point out that this is just plainly wrong: there's always been a lot of debates about Houellebecq, but there were always at least half of the critics regarding him as one of the best french writers. And this has only been improving over the last few years: his latest novel won the Prix Goncourt which is the most important litterary prize in France, and this win was highly anticipated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.100.172.72 ( talk) 14:22, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
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Michel Houellebecq’s Version of the American Thriller by JUDITH SHULEVITZ New York Times Review of Books January 13, 2012 97.87.29.188 ( talk) 22:54, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
I've heard he is a jew. Or at least he has jewish ancestry?
many wikipdia articles list whether a person has jewish ancestry. why u mad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.145.14.45 ( talk) 11:45, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Any information why did Michel Thomas choose to call himself... Houellebecq?
I mean, there 26 letters in the alphabet, so that makes about a sextillion possible names permutations - why "Houellebecq"??-- 74.57.167.219 ( talk) 20:43, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
It seems from my Googling that he was born in '56 but usually gives out his birth year as '58. I'm not sure you can identify with a birth year the way you can with a name, religion etc. - surely we should be consistent and say '56, and just explain in a footnote or something why some sources say '58? – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 17:00, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
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That word seems to be extremely rare or obscure in the meaning which is apparently intended. It would be better not to use that word at all... AnonMoos ( talk) 15:24, 9 September 2018 (UTC)