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[1] gives his full name as Charles-Albert Xavier d’Aguesseau, who died in Paris in 1806 (see p. 10). There are a few results when you google his full name, but not a whole lot besides his ancestry and a brief mention of his title.
Xuxl (
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14:58, 21 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Namesake of cities named Jackson
In 2021, people from New Hampshire voted to change the namesake of their city from Andrew Jackson to Charles Thomas Jackson because they didn't like the way Andrew Jackson was a slave-owner. But why didn't any other cities named Jackson participate in this event?? If possible, please show me some web sites that talk about why.
Georgia guy (
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15:55, 21 November 2023 (UTC)reply
You could research the various cities with Jackson in their names and see how many were named for Andrew. But keep in mind that changing names of smaller entities like schools and buildings is one thing, but changing names of cities is another - rather expensive, and all on the shoulders of the taxpayers who, on average, probably don't feel like paying for it. Nearly every state has cities and other entities named for George Washington and/or Thomas Jefferson. Those aren't going to change anytime soon. ←
Baseball BugsWhat's up, Doc?carrots→
16:06, 21 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Baseball Bugs, this is not about changing the names of cities, such as changing a city's name from Columbus to Washington. This is about changing the namesakes of cities; specifically changing the namesake of a city from Andrew Jackson to Charles Thomas Jackson.
Georgia guy (
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16:14, 21 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Why would they? Seems like pointless virtue signaling that doesn't actually change the historic fact of who the city was really named for. And who's to say that the new namesake won't become just as hated in the future? Finally, how many people in towns like this know or even care whether it is named after Andrew Jackson or Michael Jackson? --
User:Khajidha (
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20:11, 21 November 2023 (UTC)reply
At the risk of straying into debate: 'virtue signalling' is not necessarily pointless if it is a conscious signal that someone does not agree with a long-standing societal imbalance, and wishes to demonstrate genuine sympathy with those who may feel distress as a result of it. A place name's origin is a historical fact, but a symbolic change may at least indicate that it is a history now officially regretted, in a society where inherited prejudice is still a significant factor.
I suspect that in the context of such towns in the USA a good many people, particularly those with formerly exploited ethnicities, are well aware of who Andrew Jackson was and what he stood for, and that the gesture would be a positive thing for them while costing everybody else nothing.
I write, incidentally, as an indigenous North-West European with no personal connection to the milieu (and continent) concerned: perhaps those who have first-hand involvement might also wish to respond. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195}
51.241.161.192 (
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01:28, 22 November 2023 (UTC)reply
If they really want to distance themselves from the original namesake, they should actually change the town's name. Just changing the namesake comes off as "we get that you're upset, but you can't really expect us to actually DO anything". As you say, it "cost[s] everybody else nothing" - making it worth exactly the same amount. And either option is pointless unless the people behave in a way that repudiates the bad behavior of the past.
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12:11, 22 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Hi.
SkyTrain (Vancouver) installed payment gates sometime around 2014 to 2016ish. Before that, there were no payment gates around the entire system.
Was
SkyTrain (Vancouver) the last public transit system in North America without payment gates?
What was the second last public transit system in North America without payment gates? (Assuming that there was another one besides SkyTrain)
Liberté2 (
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19:08, 21 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Encountering the verb "are" automatically causes English-speakers to look for a plural or 2nd-person subject (or if the subject is "there", a plural predicate), so if there isn't one, then "are" is hanging out in space, unconnected with anything else...
AnonMoos (
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21:02, 22 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Having read the article out of personal interest, it strikes me that in the Works section, the parenthesised English translations of his Latin-titled publications ought not to be in italics, and I cannot myself edit them as the article is semi-protected (and I have resolutely avoided opening a User account for the past 20 years). If I'm right, perhaps someone (
JackkBrown, for example?) might care to. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195}
51.241.161.192 (
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07:31, 22 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Might refer to the asymptotic behaviour at large separations, with the wiggles and the central repulsion being Boscovich's thing? Figure 2 by comparison looks purely Newtonian. --
Wrongfilter (
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15:32, 22 November 2023 (UTC)reply
It was a matter of whether some italics should be de-italicised, which falls within your interests, but Lambian has persuaded me that I was wrong to suggest it, so don't worry about it. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195}
2.218.227.124 (
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00:38, 23 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Welcome to the Wikipedia Humanities Reference Desk Archives
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This genealogy site
[1] gives his full name as Charles-Albert Xavier d’Aguesseau, who died in Paris in 1806 (see p. 10). There are a few results when you google his full name, but not a whole lot besides his ancestry and a brief mention of his title.
Xuxl (
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14:58, 21 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Namesake of cities named Jackson
In 2021, people from New Hampshire voted to change the namesake of their city from Andrew Jackson to Charles Thomas Jackson because they didn't like the way Andrew Jackson was a slave-owner. But why didn't any other cities named Jackson participate in this event?? If possible, please show me some web sites that talk about why.
Georgia guy (
talk)
15:55, 21 November 2023 (UTC)reply
You could research the various cities with Jackson in their names and see how many were named for Andrew. But keep in mind that changing names of smaller entities like schools and buildings is one thing, but changing names of cities is another - rather expensive, and all on the shoulders of the taxpayers who, on average, probably don't feel like paying for it. Nearly every state has cities and other entities named for George Washington and/or Thomas Jefferson. Those aren't going to change anytime soon. ←
Baseball BugsWhat's up, Doc?carrots→
16:06, 21 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Baseball Bugs, this is not about changing the names of cities, such as changing a city's name from Columbus to Washington. This is about changing the namesakes of cities; specifically changing the namesake of a city from Andrew Jackson to Charles Thomas Jackson.
Georgia guy (
talk)
16:14, 21 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Why would they? Seems like pointless virtue signaling that doesn't actually change the historic fact of who the city was really named for. And who's to say that the new namesake won't become just as hated in the future? Finally, how many people in towns like this know or even care whether it is named after Andrew Jackson or Michael Jackson? --
User:Khajidha (
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20:11, 21 November 2023 (UTC)reply
At the risk of straying into debate: 'virtue signalling' is not necessarily pointless if it is a conscious signal that someone does not agree with a long-standing societal imbalance, and wishes to demonstrate genuine sympathy with those who may feel distress as a result of it. A place name's origin is a historical fact, but a symbolic change may at least indicate that it is a history now officially regretted, in a society where inherited prejudice is still a significant factor.
I suspect that in the context of such towns in the USA a good many people, particularly those with formerly exploited ethnicities, are well aware of who Andrew Jackson was and what he stood for, and that the gesture would be a positive thing for them while costing everybody else nothing.
I write, incidentally, as an indigenous North-West European with no personal connection to the milieu (and continent) concerned: perhaps those who have first-hand involvement might also wish to respond. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195}
51.241.161.192 (
talk)
01:28, 22 November 2023 (UTC)reply
If they really want to distance themselves from the original namesake, they should actually change the town's name. Just changing the namesake comes off as "we get that you're upset, but you can't really expect us to actually DO anything". As you say, it "cost[s] everybody else nothing" - making it worth exactly the same amount. And either option is pointless unless the people behave in a way that repudiates the bad behavior of the past.
User:Khajidha (
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contributions)
12:11, 22 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Hi.
SkyTrain (Vancouver) installed payment gates sometime around 2014 to 2016ish. Before that, there were no payment gates around the entire system.
Was
SkyTrain (Vancouver) the last public transit system in North America without payment gates?
What was the second last public transit system in North America without payment gates? (Assuming that there was another one besides SkyTrain)
Liberté2 (
talk)
19:08, 21 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Encountering the verb "are" automatically causes English-speakers to look for a plural or 2nd-person subject (or if the subject is "there", a plural predicate), so if there isn't one, then "are" is hanging out in space, unconnected with anything else...
AnonMoos (
talk)
21:02, 22 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Having read the article out of personal interest, it strikes me that in the Works section, the parenthesised English translations of his Latin-titled publications ought not to be in italics, and I cannot myself edit them as the article is semi-protected (and I have resolutely avoided opening a User account for the past 20 years). If I'm right, perhaps someone (
JackkBrown, for example?) might care to. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195}
51.241.161.192 (
talk)
07:31, 22 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Might refer to the asymptotic behaviour at large separations, with the wiggles and the central repulsion being Boscovich's thing? Figure 2 by comparison looks purely Newtonian. --
Wrongfilter (
talk)
15:32, 22 November 2023 (UTC)reply
It was a matter of whether some italics should be de-italicised, which falls within your interests, but Lambian has persuaded me that I was wrong to suggest it, so don't worry about it. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195}
2.218.227.124 (
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00:38, 23 November 2023 (UTC)reply