Talk:Eugen Weber

Frères ennemis

What does "fréres ennemis" mean?

I believe that can be translated as "friendly enemies" or as "enemy brothers". --A.S. Brown 01:32, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Start

I have classified it as a start. There is more information than a stub. However, the sourcing needs to be improved. Capitalistroadster 19:34, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 03:12, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Province

I'm not sure that the word "province" is appropriate...in fact i'm sure it is absolutely not (otherwise E.Weber would definetly be wrong on the matter) "country[side]" or "peasant", something like that, would meet the case better--So6sechs (talk) 21:28, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Tone

The tone of this article is too hagiographic. Wholesale excision is called for. There are also numerous grammatical problems.

• I agree. This article is far too laudatory, and will need a heavy revision. It reads as if Weber had written it himself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Regulov (talk • contribs) 11:32, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
• That was my first reaction, too, even at a brief glance — and I've always been a great admirer of Prof. Weber. A more neutral, objective tone that let his work speak for itself (perhaps noting its weaknesses as well as strengths) would actually do him more credit. —— Shakescene (talk) 19:26, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
• Good lord ! how right you are ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.22.193.172 (talk) 11:32, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
• Definitely needs toning down... 82.28.150.143 (talk) 14:16, 23 August 2011 (UTC) I've now taken out a lot of the material that was lower on factual content than praise... 82.28.150.143 (talk) 14:53, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Original Research or Unattributed Sources?

There are a number of unattributed quotations and claims, many of which seem to come from the Franklin and Kanyane book (I think?). 82.28.150.143 (talk) 14:31, 23 August 2011 (UTC) For instance "It was my vague dissatisfaction... etc" and the Hans Rogger quote in the first section. 82.28.150.143 (talk) 14:54, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

book promotion?

i'm not familiar with wiki policy and procedures - so i don't know what to do about the mention of book "Eugen Weber The Greatest Historian of our Times" in the IMPACTS section - it adds no information about the subject - talking only about itself --Jeyon (talk) 22:49, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Pronunciation note

I just had a conversation with someone and we realized that neither of us had any idea how Weber pronounced his last name. Given that there are two common pronunciations ('Web-er' vs. 'vay-ber') I was wondering if there was any source anyone knew of to add this information to the page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:602:0:A80:DC2E:6B00:1A11:7347 (talk) 06:53, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

It's "Web-er".

I can't provide a hard reference but I have the video series "The Western Tradition" I bought from Annenberg and they pronounced it "Web-er" in the introduction. 76.79.152.134 (talk) 15:50, 19 September 2024 (UTC)