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Formatting and language conventions
For articles about France, please use the 24-hour clock to show times, e.g. 09:00-12:00 and 18:00-00:00. Please show prices in this format: €100 and not EUR 100, 100 euro or 100€. Please use British spelling (colour, travelled, centre, realise, analogue, programme, defence).
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The Do section
[edit]I removed a lame list from Do, mostly doubling things mentioned in See. However, I notice that the current Do consists of just Classical music and dance and Spectator sports. Parks and natural attractions should probably be moved to Do (and better developed; most parks mentioned are outlines) and ski resorts added. Wine tasting should probably be added to Drink. What else should we have here? –LPfi (talk) 09:51, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- Good catch. Also: Food tours (e.g., Lyon), beaches, Grande Randonnée. Ground Zero (talk) 10:26, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- Gambling, too. Water sports are popular in places like Nice, where you can see people doing parasailing (parachute ascensionnel). I'd definitely mention mountain climbing in addition to regular hiking and skiing. Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:54, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
Camping aggregators
[edit]I noted that in France#Camping we mention a couple of web sites that look like aggregators mostly based in the UK. Is there some official site we could use? Some French campsite organisation? Is there some reason for us to link these sites, and exactly these sites?
Here's the current paragraph (there is general text before it):
- Camping is a great way to explore the local area as it offers you the freedom of being able to travel around at short notice. Small campsites can be discovered on Rural Camping France, while larger campsites can be booked through websites such as Eurocamp, Canvas Holidays & Go Camp France.
An IP substituted Holiday Parks Europe for Go Camp France, I reverted, but don't know whether either is better. –LPfi (talk) 12:45, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
- looks clearly to me as violation of WV:External links#What not to link to, and WV:Goals and non-goals, too. Nuke'em all, IMHO. Ibaman (talk) 12:57, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
- Agreed. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 13:33, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
Food imports fromUK into EU
[edit]@LPfi: You reverted my posting about bringing food preducts into France from the UK. As a result of the United Kingdom leaving the EU, many British agricultural products may not be imported into the EU without a speacial licence. (See here). If I buy a packed of, for example, cold meats in the UK, I might well see a notice on it "Not for the EU". This means that the food processing plant has not been inspected by an EU-approved inspector. Maybe other UK-based editors can verify what I have written. Martinvl (talk) 16:22, 22 December 2025 (UTC)
- I believe you, but I don't think Stay safe/Controlled substances along with cannabis is the best place to tell it. What's the risk for the traveller? Getting caught with a British cheese that wasn't certified for the EU? If that's at customs, then it belongs in Get in (and is what Border crossing#Agricultural inspection and biosecurity is about). If the problem is that you won't find the cheese in French shelves, then it belongs in Eat (and with a stretch, in Cope). Taking a cheese or an apple into the EU is indeed prohibited (if you don't have the licence), but handled in European Union#Food and plants. I added a toplink to there to Get in.
- I am not sure we need to mention imports in this article (generally or from the UK specifically, but if we want to tell, then it belongs in France#Get in. I also didn't like the wording ("At the time of writing [UK] was outside"), were we suggest that this is a very temporary restriction; negotiations may be ongoing, but I wouldn't hold my breath for any results.
- We sometimes do tell about imports in Stay safe, but that's when sanctions are draconian, and even then referring to the main explanation in Get in. When cannabis is mentioned in Stay safe, like here, it is mostly about carrying or using it locally.
- –LPfi (talk) 09:19, 23 December 2025 (UTC)