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Facebook donation[edit]

facebook can provide any donation for sharing video ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.97.18.58 (talk) 16:30, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:32, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your question is difficult to understand. Are you asking about video monitization?

Facebook just rolled out their new program for this : https://www.facebook.com/facebookmedia/get-started/ad-breaks

Hope this helps. ApLundell (talk) 18:13, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the OP is referring to those gimmicks where Facebook or Walt Disney Jr or someone will donate a buck every time a video or picture or whatever is shared. You know, this kind of thing. The answer is almost always "no". It's a scam to get suckers to share a post. Matt Deres (talk) 03:07, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Is Cinderella a French character?[edit]

I know that the most famous written version of Cinderella was written by Perrault, a French person.

But is it accurate to say that Cinderella is a French character?

Or, this may be a separate question or another way to word the previous question: Is the story of Cinderella set in France? --Daniel Carrero (talk) 23:54, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say: no. Since the Perrault tale is merely the most famous "version" of the story and folktale passed down through several different cultures and generations dating as early as BC 7. It does not imply any specific countryside, reigning royalty, palace / land association, prince title, etc that would constitute French nationality simply because the Perrault is the more known today. "Aschenputtel" is the Brother's Grimm version and translates into "Cinderella" in English; just like "Cendrillon" from the French. But I wouldn't say the Grimm's "Cinderella" was anymore set in Germany, than Perrault's in France. I think when dealing with "Fairytales", it's safe to say that "In a land far, far away ..." denotes just that. Maineartists (talk) 00:56, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps, but I don't believe either the Perrault or Grimm version say that, so I'm not sure it applies. Matt Deres (talk) 03:12, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Matt Deres My comment was not directed toward Grimm or Perrault. It was a general overview of how "Fairytales" are to be seen today (hence the quotations and defining title: Grimm and Perrault being more a folktale); separate from my initial answer. Opening: Walt Disney Cinderella "Once upon a time ..." Maineartists (talk) 12:34, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The Cinderella article actually says that the first printed version of the story comes from Italy - but there is really no way of knowing where it first appeared. I rather like the suggestion that she could be derived from Cordelia (from the King Lear story) Wymspen (talk) 11:51, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has an article on that: Cordelia (King Lear) --2606:A000:4C0C:E200:AC43:3B49:CF5E:E4EF (talk) 00:02, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]