Talk:Jeûne genevois

A fact from Jeûne genevois appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 September 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Jeûne genevois, a public holiday in Geneva, Switzerland, has its origins in the persecution of Protestants that took place in Lyon, France, over 400 years ago?

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Please note that the article should not be moved to its English translation, as it is universally referred to by its french name. --Storkk 14:22, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Surely having a redirect point here from an English title won't hurt... - Mgm|^(talk) 18:30, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Surely it won't hurt. The problem is that there are many ways the title can be translated, none of which are in usage in English. "Fast of Geneva", "Geneva's fast", "Genevan fast", "Genevese fast" (the last is what you'd get putting it into babelfish, i believe) -- Really, it is universally referred to with the french name, even by people who speak no French. Anywhoo... redirects are cheap. I won't object to them being made. --Storkk 21:39, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

English speakers in Geneva call it Jeûne genevois. Gwen Gale (talk) 12:12, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The dates were all in a strange format, I changed that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arthurian Legend (talk • contribs) 20:43, 22 September 2006