Talk:Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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Never mind-I am answering my own question. jo
I can't figure out how to add an article about Simone Melchior??jo
Wow, thanks, Gianfranco. That's the best article I've read in weeks. Keep up the good work. --Ed Poor
Hi,
I have translated this article for the french version of Wikipedia. Thus I have done some adaptations and ameliorations :
- I wrote some precision during the WWII,
- I corrected the chronology,
- I precise some part with "the dark" side of JYC,
- I tried to make the article more neutral.
As I'm not an english native speaker, it will be difficult for me to write back these modifications. But, if someone would like to do this I will help this person with pleasure.
What do you think to notice this debate (http://answering-islam.org.uk/Hoaxes/cousteau.html) in the article ? Chmouel 19:03, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I did not know that Cousteau has ever been a spy during WWII. I read his book "The World of Silence" and in does not mention anything of the kind. Do you have any pointers for that? David.Monniaux 19:33, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- this is a well know thing, for example you can read it from one of the book (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0071357416/104-9686738-5675161?v=glance) who talk about him. | Chmouel 19:56, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- Well, in "the World of Silence", he mentions that he used to be a naval officer, then spent some time during the war trying to perfect diving equipment. He said he was mistaken by the Germans and Italians for some kind of spy at several times. Is there any kind of confirmation about any actual spy work from Cousteau's mouth himself? Why didn't he talk about it in his best-seller book? David.Monniaux 22:05, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I agree. JVC was a spy in 1939. Check out Alex Madsen's Cousteau- An Unauthorized Biography. 1986. He also did minesweeping work with his aqua lung in enemy harbors.[[user:Jo.g 22:29, Apr 3, 2004 (UTC)]]
The disambiguation
I think that the disambiguation should be made a seperate page, Currently I think its there becuase "Cousteau" links to this page. What are your thoughts on this. Also does anyone have an acceptable picture of him? I do have books with his picture but they are copyrighted works making them of no use for Wikipedia. --Silver86 22:47, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Page renamed
I've moved this back to Jacques Cousteau, and fixed the double-redirects, as this is how he is most commonly known in English, per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names).--Pharos 04:14, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
