You could say that I am retired. I don't think I agree anymore with the purpose, the mission of Wikipedia, and with the way things are managed. That may surprise you, but I don't believe anymore that Wikipedia should be a thing.

I will edit when I see fit to remove or correct false information but I won't add anymore.

You are allowed to take everything that I have not yet published (meaning my three sandboxes [1] [2] [3]). Use the resources I left on this page.
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Hi ! I am CocoricoPolynesien and welcome to my user page !

My area of expertise focuses on documentary research on the military and political past of the French Republic. I generally find my happiness in old texts forgotten by all and try to pass it on.

If you wish to contact me, head to my talk page; if you wish to explore my contributions on all the projects associated with wikipedia, use the navigation bar just above. Finally, you will find below articles I worked on.

Have a nice day ! :)

Recognition edit

This section is for my ego.

  The France Barnstar of National Merit
Thanks for all the good work on all the military related pages, and now cabinets. Skjoldbro (talk) 09:53, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
  The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
Thank you for your continued service adding to Wikipedia throughout 2020. - Cdjp1 (talk) 12:01, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Stuff I work(ed) on edit

Except some articles (in bold), I am not the author of the following. I just maintain, translate, source and improve them.

Third French Republic edit

Guide edit

A short guide on where to find official and reliable information (in French) on topics related to French politics, military, debates...

Since 1789, the French administration keeps records of everything related to the government and its actions. These were and still are compiled in gazettes and collections available on mainly two websites, Legifrance and Gallica.

The first one is a governmental repository of all current laws and the publication place of the Journal Officiel de la République Française ; long story short : anything has to be published in it to be legally binding, otherwise it is considered null and void. However, it was only created in 1869.

The second website is the one of the National Library of France (BNF). It contains, among million of things, the Bulletin des lois de la République Française, Bulletin of Laws of the French Republic. It was published between 1789 and 1931 before being fully replaced by the Official Journal.

My personal advice to maximize your chances of finding something you are looking for is to use the Bulletin of Laws for 1789 - 1871 and the Official Journal for 1871 - Present. Reasons are that with the Official Journal creation in 1869, the Bulletin of Laws was gradually replaced and lacked some texts. But same goes for the Official Journal, not fully complete until at least 1871.

Archives edit

Laws & Decrees edit

Period Governement Archives
For laws from 1789 to 1869, see Bulletin des lois [4]
1869 – 1870 Second Empire (Unique edition) [5]
1870 – 1880 Third Republic (Unique edition) [6]
1881 – 1949 Third Republic, Vichy, Provisional Government, Fourth Republic [7]
1950 – Present Fifth Republic [8]

Parliamentary Debates edit

Period Governement Chamber Archives
For debates from 1789 to 1869, see Le Moniteur Universel [9]
1869 – 1880
Included at the end of the Laws & Decrees edition
1881 – 1940 Third Republic Chamber of Deputies [10]
Senate [11]
1940 – 1944
Suspension of the parliament
1944 – 1945 Provisional Government Provisional Assemby [12]
1946 – 1958 Fourth Republic National Assembly [13]
Council of the Republic [14]
1959 – Present Fifth Republic National Assembly [15] [16]
Senate [17] [18]

Other editions edit

Period Authority Archives
1871 Paris Commune [19]
1940 – 1944 Free France [20] [21]
1947 – 1993 Economic, Social and Environmental Council [22]

Colonial editions (Mixed JO & BO & Misc.) edit

Colony Period Archives
Algeria 1842 – 1884 [23][24]
1962 (State of) [25]
Oran 1872 – 1924 [26]
Cameroon 1916 – 1936 [27]
Equatorial Africa 1910 – 1959 [28]
Gabon-Congo 1887 – 1889 [29]
Congo 1891 – 1906 [30][31]
Gabon 1904 – 1908 [32]
Ubangi-ShariChad 1907 [33]
Guadeloupe 1882 – 1936 [34]
Guiana 1827 – 1949 [35][36][37][38]
India 1868 – 1942 [39][40][41]
Indochina 1889 – 1954 [42][43][44]
CochinchinaAnnamTonkin 1873 – 1900 [45]
Annam 1902 – 1949 [46][47]
Cambodia 1884 – 1948 [48]
Cochinchina 1903 – 1945 [49][50]
Laos 1908 – 1941 [51]
Tonkin 1902 – 1949 [52][53]
Vietnam (center) 1949 [54]
Madagascar 1896 – 1958 [55]
Martinique 1837 – 1947 [56][57][58][59]
New Caledonia 1860 – 1949 [60][61]
Réunion 1848 – 1912 [62][63]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1938 – 1948 [64]
Somaliland 1900 – 1949 [65]
Syria & Lebanon 1920 – 1946 [66]
State of the Alawites 1925 – 1932 [67]
State of Aleppo  
State of Damascus  
State of Jabal Druze  
State of Greater Lebanon  
State of Syria  
TahitiEstablishments of Oceania 1853 – 1902 [68][69]
West Africa 1902 – 1904 [70]
Dahomey 1940 [71]
Guinea 1901 – 1948 [72]
Ivory Coast 1900 – 1908 [73]
Mauritania  
High Senegal-Niger 1919 – 1924 [74]
Niger 1938 – 1949 [75]
Senegal  
Sudan 1925 – 1958 [76]
Upper Volta