A fact from Jacques Durand (publisher) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 December 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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@LouisAlain: << où il obtint pour toute récompense un 2e accessit d'harmonie en 1884 >>
Does this mean an inferior completion? Minor diploma? For all his efforts (pour toute récompense?) something less than expected? Jmar67 (talk) 14:32, 9 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It means he didn't step on the podium where better laureates won gold, silver or bronze. On the other hand, he was better than other candidates who didn't won any prize. So you can say it's an inferior completion but nothing to be ashamed of. He simply didn't win gold. It's not a minor diploma but an inferior rank of the diploma.
For all his effort could have been rendered by "in spite of all his efforts" but the notion of expectation isn't implied.
In Olympic terms, he won fourth or fifth place. Hope it helps. LouisAlain (talk) 15:52, 9 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Please check my update. Is there also a << premier accessit >> ? Jmar67 (talk) 10:12, 10 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Depending on the competition (particularly in music competitions) there are un "Premier accessit", un "deuxième accessit" and possibly un "troisième accessit". There dosen't exist a 22nd accessit in any case. LouisAlain (talk) 09:00, 8 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Kumboloi: I am curious as to why you thought this was necessary. Thanks. Jmar67 (talk) 02:38, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your inquiry Jmar67. I had three reasons: there is an article whose title bears a strong resemblance to this one's, I have seen other editors linking to the page for the engineer when they actually wanted this page, and after adding the engineer to the disambiguation page for the surname this last step was done for thoroughness. Kumboloi (talk) 02:57, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
