Talk:Louis Braille

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February 22, 2014	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 23, 2014.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Louis Braille's reading system for the blind was inspired by methods developed by both Valentin Haüy and Charles Barbier?

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Reviewer: Adam Cuerden (talk · contribs) 14:11, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is not a bad article, but, unfortunately, has some problems:

While Braille deserves praise, an encyclopedia is meant to have a more neutral tone. The lead might be a little too much.
Braille was French, his original table is essentially the same as the English, just has more letters. There is no reason why the article on him should use the derived, English version when that's not the one he invented.
Examples of the other systems - Huay, Barbier, and possibly Braille's early system - would help show the development.
It seems a little on the short side for a biography; however, as it seems fairly complete, this can probably be ignored.

It's a decent start, but I think it needs a little more work before GA. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:11, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, and thank you for starting a review. Line #2 seems to be missing part of the last sentence, can you please fill it in? SteveStrummer (talk) 19:06, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 20:13, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your comments! I've attempted to improve the specific areas you mentioned.

Rewrote the lede for tone.
Replaced the image of modern English braille alphabet with Braille's own French.
Added a two-letter comparative chart of all lettering systems.

Please let me know what you think of these changes. Thanks again, SteveStrummer (talk) 04:40, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That looks almost perfect. The only one quibble is that that technically might not be the original form of braille in the image - see 1829 braille - but, even if true, that's somewhat of a quibble, as I don't believe that the 1829 version was used to any significant extent; it was simply a phase of development. I'm going to Pass it, have a look at that, though. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 05:12, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your time and effort! SteveStrummer (talk) 05:37, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Louis Braille's signature

A long-lived file on Commons purported to be Braille's signature in Roman letters. Should any such file reappear, please check it against Braille's signature etched in the Panthéon. See c:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Louis Braille Signature.svg. SteveStrummer (talk) 06:01, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Boring

It's really boring to say the least... DoggyBog (talk) 13:02, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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1824 date in summary

"He presented his work to his peers for the first time in 1824, when he was fifteen years old."

this is not mentioned anywhere after in the article, only that "His first version used both dots and dashes. He published this version in 1829[...]" which seems like there's some discrepancy somehow. either one of these dates are false, or probably more likely that the 1824 date was basically a debut to schoolmates and such. while the 1829 date was the first widespread distribution of the idea.

This seems like a small quibble but the difference between a 15 year old and a 20 year old publishing a new method of communication seems like something to nail the details about. Akaibu (talk) 17:52, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]