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The result of the move request was: moved per request. Favonian ( talk) 19:35, 20 July 2012 (UTC) reply

• Felix Legueu → Félix Legueu
• Edouard de Verneuil → Édouard de Verneuil
• Felix Debax → Félix Debax
• Etienne Le Hongre → Étienne Le Hongre
• Etienne-Joseph Hurault → Étienne-Joseph Hurault
• Edmond-Frederic Le Blant → Edmond-Frédéric Le Blant
• Etienne Lenoir (instrument maker) → Étienne Lenoir (instrument maker)
• Clement Juglar‎ → Clément Juglar
• Benoit Haffreingue → Benoît Haffreingue

– French urologist, palaeontologist, fencer, sculptor, bishop, historian, instrument maker, statistician, priest Wikipedia:Manual of Style/France & French-related, WP:IRS and all the usual. In ictu oculi ( talk) 04:17, 13 July 2012 (UTC) reply

• Oppose for Felix Debax, per the source used in the article (compare with André Lacroix, for example. Can you summarise the policies you've linked to that relates to this specific issue of e vs. é? Thanks. Lugnuts ( talk) 13:33, 13 July 2012 (UTC) reply

Hi Lugnuts, fair question: the summary of WP:FRMOS is "French proper names and expressions should respect the use of accents and ligatures in French." and the summary of WP:IRS is "best such sources" "reliable for the statement being made" + by "all the usual" I mean WP:UE particularly (..to constitute an established usage, follow the conventions of the language appropriate to the subject (German for German politicians,...) WP:MOSPN WP:NCP WP:EN all of which indicate examples of using accents.

The sources are: (i) Journal officiel de la République française 1885 which records a medal to "M. Debax (Félix), à Toulouse.", (ii) the Sveriges statskalender which records "Debax, Félix Lucien Roger," (iii) his military memorial DEBAX, Félix Lucien Roger indicates his name. Unfortunately I don't know enough about French military to bluelink "bataillon au 240e RI" into the bio.

Do you still oppose? In ictu oculi ( talk) 16:16, 13 July 2012 (UTC) reply

Thanks for the reply (and adding the sources to the article in question). I no longer oppose this. Infact, I'll be bold and move it anyway. Thanks again! Lugnuts ( talk) 17:45, 13 July 2012 (UTC) reply

Thanks. In ictu oculi ( talk) 02:45, 14 July 2012 (UTC) reply

• support per WP:MOSPN and WP:FRMOS. -- KarlB ( talk) 18:00, 13 July 2012 (UTC) reply
• Support per nom. French names for French people. - Darwinek ( talk) 14:18, 14 July 2012 (UTC) reply
• Support per nom. HandsomeFella ( talk) 23:00, 14 July 2012 (UTC) reply
• Support for the same reasons as several other similar requested-moves for French names. — P.T. Aufrette ( talk) 03:46, 19 July 2012 (UTC) reply

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