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The main article lists 754 BC as the original founding date by Greek settlers. Everywhere else I've looked, including the History section of the article and the pages "History of Marseille" and "Timeline of Marseille," gives 600 BC as the founding date.

Is there a good source for the 754 figure? The citation in the article is a book I don't have access to, it was written in 1998 and the title is "Marseille, 2600 Years of History," which would support the 600 BC founding date. Regardless of which date is correct, the disagreement between articles should be corrected. I think it's worth noting that the phrase "Founded in 754 BC" is the first thing that shows up when I google "Marseille," so this potential error is likely to be seen by many. Vhickl (talk) 19:01, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Furthermore, the article says founded by Phoenicians, not Greeks. That's two contradictions. Zaslav (talk) 23:10, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The intro says "Nowadays the Old Port still lies at the heart of the city, where the manufacture of Marseille soap began some six centuries ago." This is a strange sentence. First, it combines two unrelated ideas for no reason. Second, where did the manufacture begin", in the heart or in the city? Zaslav (talk) 23:11, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The lede of the Economy section uses a quote from 2005 to paint a rosy picture of Marseille's economy, while its very high unemployment rate is buried at the bottom of the section. This section should be rewritten to foreground unemployment. Nickc8 (talk) 00:34, 26 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

is the French demonym for a single resident, not a plural one. It's not English, either. We should probably leave this to the infobox instead of highlighting it so prominently in the lead, unless there's actually an English demonym to use. — LlywelynII 05:28, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]