Talk:Baron Danglars

Family

Should a section detailing his family be added? It could, for example, be a couple of short entries regarding the lives and characters of Hermine and Eugenie. ~User:Roi.Frvr 19:29, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

referencing

References to The Count of Monte Cristo (or The Count of Monte-Cristo) are a mess. Take for example this one:

{{Cite book |last1=Dumas <i>pére</i> |first1=Alexandre |author-link1=Alexandre Dumas |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte-Cristo |title=Le Comte de Monte-Cristo |title-link= |last2=Maquet |first2=Auguste |author-link2=Auguste Maquet |publisher=Pétion |year=1846 |isbn= |edition=1st |volume=1 |location=Paris, France |page=8 |language=fr |translator-last=[[George Routledge & Sons]] |trans-title=The Count of Monte Cristo |chapter=1. Marseilles–L'arrivée |trans-chapter=1. Marseilles–The arrival |type=Digitised book |oclc=457320004 |access-date=2026-04-20 |chapter-url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte-Cristo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260327194456/https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte-Cristo |archive-date=2026-03-27 |url-status=live}}

Dumas pére, Alexandre; Maquet, Auguste (1846). "1. Marseilles–L'arrivée" [1. Marseilles–The arrival]. Le Comte de Monte-Cristo [The Count of Monte Cristo] (Digitised book) (in French). Vol. 1. Translated by George Routledge & Sons (1st ed.). Paris, France: Pétion. p. 8. OCLC 457320004. Archived from the original on 2026-03-27. Retrieved 2026-04-20.

It appears that you are attempting to cite multiple editions of the work in a single {{cite book}} template. Don't do that. The cs1|2 templates are designed to properly cite one source at a time. Need to cite more sources? Use more templates.

In the above template, both of |url= and |chapter-url= have the same value (neither point to the cited chapter). Both of those link to a transcription of an 1888 edition at Wikisource. The 1888 edition at Wikisource does not name a translator yet the above template names George Routledge & Sons as the translator of the (1846? 1888?) edition but who is actually the publisher of the 1888 edition.

The above template also claims to be citing an 1846 first edition published by Pétion. At Internet Archive I found this 1845 edition so perhaps the 1846 publication date is in error. Neither of the 1845/6 or 1888 editions identify Dumas using the generational suffix pére nor do they name Auguste Maquet as a coauthor so those ought not to be included here.

No need to include archive snapshots of Wikisource links.

Because this is the English Wikipedia, perhaps choose the 1888 edition at Wikisource and rewrite the reference like this:

{{Cite book |last1=Dumas |first1=Alexandre |author-link1=Alexandre Dumas |date=1888 |chapter=[[s:The_Count_of_Monte-Cristo/Volume_1/Chapter_1|1. Marseilles—The arrival]] |title=[[s:The_Count_of_Monte-Cristo|The Count of Monte-Cristo]] |location=London / New York |publisher=[[George Routledge & Sons]] |page=8 |language=en}}

Dumas, Alexandre (1888). "1. Marseilles—The arrival" . The Count of Monte-Cristo . London / New York: George Routledge & Sons. p. 8.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 14:03, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your help and critique, it was very helpful<3 I have now resolved the issue:) ~User:Roi.Frvr 19:23, 20 April 2026 (UTC)