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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 10, 2010.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that French showman and soldier Tarrare could eat his own weight in meat every day?

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I'm from France and never heard of it, when i search the subject in french literature, nothing exist. This is quite a crazy story and yet, this only appear after 2010 on the english web with no foundation. All articles that exists on this come back to this page. 77.131.76.70 (talk) 07:53, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What makes you say so? The article refers to various sources, several of them from the 19th century, and none published after 2010. Gawaon (talk) 10:27, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, major tone, wording and sourcing issues in this article. Many of the claims in this article appear to be embellished. The central origin source appears to be this article https://books.google.fr/books?id=EQkHAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA87&lpg=RA1-PA87 as well as a few others written by Pierre-François Percy. Just 1 example: I’ve read the source material of the author with the most citations on this page, Jan Bondeson, and in his books he seems to state things that Percy(the first to ever write about Tarrare) himself never said or did. I don’t know how this article has been up for so long without the necessary revisions. Right now with the embellished tone & inappropriate sourcing it reads like a fairytale. 2600:100E:B0CA:F47:8D10:4C4B:B42C:9440 (talk) 08:44, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looked at talk page history and apparently 1 other guy 8 years ago had similar questions about Bondeson. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Tarrare&diff=prev&oldid=833895521 2600:100E:B0CA:F47:8D10:4C4B:B42C:9440 (talk) 09:10, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]