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A fact from Françoise Hardy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 June 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that French singer-songwriter Françoise Hardy (pictured) was admired by musicians such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan during the 1960s?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Françoise Hardy.

A news item involving Françoise Hardy was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 13 June 2024.

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Untitled/Self-Titled Albums

When listing her discography, shouldn't it be mentioned that all but five of her albums up to 1972 were officially untitled? The titles displayed are colloquial, not official. Holidayruin (talk) 16:59, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled

Astrologer? Is this some kind of weird vandalism? Jamrifis (talk) 22:33, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently not. French Wikipédia talks about it in more detail (re 1969):

Son temps libre est mis à profit pour suivre des cours de psychologie puis elle se tourne vers l'astrologie traditionnelle. Son intérêt dans ce domaine est vite connu et elle reçoit rapidement des propositions de travail qu’elle accepte pour se perfectionner auprès d’astrologues confirmés.

She took advantage of her free time to take courses in psychology then turned to traditional astrology. Her interest in the field soon became known, and she quickly received job offers which she accepted in order to improve her knowledge by being with established astrologers. [my translation] Awien (talk) 00:12, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Masculin Feminin

Here it says FH appeared in Masculin, féminin Francoise Hardy as "Woman with American officer" [1] RuthieK (talk) 19:08, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Radio Luxembourg

Radio Luxembourg isn't a British radio station, as the text claims. However, during the 1930s it started beaming English-language popular music to the UK during the evenings, funded by advertising and sponsorship. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.108.145.34 (talk) 07:34, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was misled on that as Francoise called it a "British radio station" in the BBC interview. I've changed it to "English Language". Richerman (talk) 21:01, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Shyness vs. Introversion

I don't think "shy" is in any way the correct term for this woman who is a performer and actor. If she can do that but still prefers to read in bed she may be considered an introvert but she's certainly not shy. Ikuto.yagawa (talk) 22:12, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 08:23, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Françoise Hardy in 1969

... that during the 1960s, Françoise Hardy (pictured) was France's most exportable female singer? Source: Radio France Internationale. Quote: "Françoise soon became France’s most "exportable" female singing star."
- ALT1:... that during the 1960s, French singer-songwriter Françoise Hardy (pictured) was admired by musicians such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan?
Source: El País. Quote: "Encandiló a Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan o Eric Clapton." (in English: "She dazzled Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan or Eric Clapton")
Source: Deluxe, Yé-Yé Girls of '60s French Pop, 2015 p. 60. Quote: "Even Malcolm McLaren, the controversial Sex Pistols manager, would add to it, asserting that she represented the 'utmost of the pinup girl, pinned to the walls of every trendy pop apprentice's bedroom down in Chelsea. Many bands in their prime, like the Beatles or the Stones, dreamt of dating her."
Source: Vogue Paris. Quote: "Bob Dylan wrote love letters to Françoise Hardy".

5x expanded by Bleff (talk). Self-nominated at 03:44, 1 June 2021 (UTC).[reply]

A fine expansion on one of the greatest French pop singers of all time. Seems to be appropriately sourced from spot checks, and a check for copyvios comes back with false positives with song titles and brief quotations. Image is properly licensed and good quality. I prefer ALT1, which is appropriately sourced (have to AGF for book sources, both in the hook and cited in the article generally - the formatting of references is not an issue) and will make people sit up and pay attention. I've tweaked "wooed" to "admired", which is a bit milder. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 10:56, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Patrick Modiano

Why is novelist Patrick Modiano listed as after stating: "Hardy began to work with more renowned songwriters such as..."? Since when was he a 1960s/1970s "renowned" songwriter? He wrote the words for some songs, she sang one. Daisne (talk) 23:27, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]