Wikipedia:WikiProject Belgium
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Welcome to WikiProject Belgium! This group hopes to
- improve articles related to Belgium.
- create missing articles on various fields (history, geography, culture, music, people, organisations, ...).
- If this project gains sufficient critical mass, the talk page could be an efficient way of contacting other Belgians (e.g. for local meetings).
The central place to talk about this project is this page's discussion page.
The parent of this project is WikiProject Countries.
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[edit] Article improvement drive
- List articles here that you think could be improved. If you're only reporting article problems (such as POV violations, unsourced biographical information etc.), list under "article problems".
- Can anyone find a new approach to Sport in Belgium?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:53, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
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- I like the approach taken by Sport in the United Kingdom - eg. the sections on 'administration and funding' and the 'role of sport in British life'. Surely there's plenty that can be said about the general structure, governance and financing of sporting organisations in Belgium? I don't have much knowledge on the subject, however. --David Edgar 18:06, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
- Parliament of the German-speaking Community is too short. It doesn't explain -for instance - where these elections are organized (what municipalities), who can be a candidate and who can vote. Evilbu 09:13, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Flemish Parliament, Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives and Walloon Parliament need one of those nice diagrams (with a hemisphere) to show the seat distribution. The Dutch article (Vlaams Parlement) already has one : [1] Evilbu 19:23, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
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- Apparently that's not easy to do with Excell...--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:12, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
- List of Prime Ministers of Belgium :it would be interesting to add the first language of these prime ministers. It would help to see the evolution of the political landscape in Belgium. There are two problems : 1. I don't know them all myself (I know Leburton was the last Frenchspeaking one) 2. This is sensitive (but it shouldn't be a taboo) and controversial (what is the definition of first language).Evilbu 19:58, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
- French fries : our national symbol deserves a typical picture IMHO, not a version from the Netherlands... ours could go in the Belgium section. Furthermore, the article needs thourough referencing; anyone has access to a book by Prof. Ilegems?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:38, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
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- It needs to be noted that if you ask anyone in France The Netherlands , Germany etc where the land of fries is , they will say Belgium.
- Campine needs one of those nice maps to depict its location.
- Escorte Royale Belge and Royal Palace Guard still refer to the Royal Escort and the Royal Palace Guard of Belgium as being units of the Belgian Gendarmerie, and both articles could use some improvement. Plus, I think that for the sake of linguistic neutrality the first article should be moved to "Royal Escort of Belgium". --Ganchelkas 16:36, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
- History of Belgium - I think this article should be thoroughly reorganised. It has too many subsections and "see also"s and it should get a real references section. For instance, the sections "After WWII" and "Post-war economic growth" should be merged and a new section on the more recent history of Belgium should be created. I also think this article is divided by subject too much rather than chronologically. And many sections should be expanded as well.--Ganchelkas 17:19, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- Category:Belgian court system This category page is currently an incomplete list of the various courts and tribunals that links to stub articles describing each court. To my mind this approach fails to provide the user with an overview of the judicial system. An overview of the system is called for. A schematic representation such as that provided in Le Docte (Legal Dictionary in Four Languages - Kluwer)would suffice. Ideas anybody? Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 15:59, 28 December 2008 (UTC)Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 16:06, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
- List of Prime Ministers of Belgium, and the equivalent articles on the fr and nl wikipedias do not agree, with regards to the earliest names. What's more, the "succession box" templates also do not match the list. I put a request on the article's talk page about this months ago, but having had no responses, I thought I'd flag this up here. --David Edgar (talk) 10:37, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
- The Vlaams Blok article has just been promoted to the good article status. IMHO it is undue. The article seems to me as a one-sided description of the party failing to say that this party still exist under the name Vlaams Belang, that many scolars consider this party a far-right party, that some members of the party have been condemed for denying the holocaust, etc... The article as it is now is pure propaganda and requires an urgent improvement. Vb (talk) 18:54, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
- Pralines The article as it is now is very limited . There is room for more elaborate talks about different chocolateries in Belgium and their status . Not just the exporting ones. Streets with prominent praline vendors in for example Bruges. The chocolate line foe example deserves a mention http://www.thechocolateline.be . The fact a lot of bakers make their own chocolate and chocolates , with some pictures of the less known traditional ones in different towns.
- gebakje The typical "Gebakje" , "Pateetje" Doesn't have a straight translation in English. There is the word pastry which encompasses a whole lot more. The "gebakje" entry in dutch as it is now , isn't linked to anything else in other languages and is very sparse in it's definition. I believe the existence of miles of outstretched counters in the countless bakeries in Belgium filled with the typical "dry" and "wet" small pastries should as a concept be given an existence even if a straight translation of the word doesn't exist. This is an encyclopedia after all , and not a dictionary. Something with a few pictures of bakeries and their counters . A list of what constitutes "dry" ie (holdable in hand and eaten) (rijsttartje, eclair , cornet au chocolat ou vanille, etc etc ) And a list which constsist of Merveilleux , bavarois , javanais , miserable etc etc etc. would be nice. All in all , what I'm asking myself here , these things feature prominently in our lives , and deserve an encyclopedia entry .. Actual ideas about implementation may vary.
[edit] Article problems
- List here if you're only reporting a problem; articles should be listed under "improvement" as much as possible.
[edit] Belgian Article for Deletion
[edit] Article creation drive
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[edit] Stub sorting
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- {{Belgium-stub}}
- {{Belgium-geo-stub}}
- {{Belgium-bio-stub}}
- {{Belgium-sport-stub}}
- Belgian culture
- {{Belgium-music-stub}}
- {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub}}
- {{Tintin-stub}}
Category:Belgium stubs looks like it could use some stub category diffusion... I've created Template:Belgium-sport-stub, but we could definitely use others like Template:Belgium-song-stub and others about music, etc.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 13:55, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
- I've proposed new stubs and categories here: all ideas welcome!--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:01, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Requests
[edit] Image requests
In addition to posting your image requests on the list, on the talk page(s) of the subject(s), and on the Wikimedia Commons (Commons:Commons:Picture requests), please also post them at fr:Wikipédia:Atelier photographique on the French Wikipedia. If you do not know French, you can ask someone at fr:Wikipédia:Bistro_des_non-francophones/en to help you.
[edit] Pages of interest
- List of Belgium-related topics
- Wikipedia:Translation into English/Dutch, Wikipedia:French Collaboration Project and Wikipedia:German-English translation requests.
- Category:Belgium
- Category:Belgium stubs
- Portal:Belgium
- Portal:Brussels
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Belgium (List of Belgium-related articles up for deletion)
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[edit] Watchlist must-haves
Some high-profile articles related to Belgium that have been repeatedly vandalised (the typical insert-a-not-so-funny-joke vandalism).
- Belgium
- Herman Van Rompuy
- Jacques Tits (well he WAS a Belgian)
- Jean-Claude Van Damme
- ...add more here...
[edit] Project banner
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Talk pages related to this WikiProject can be tagged with {{WPBelgium}} in order to let people know we exist, so that they can contact us when needed. Note: this banner should not be substituted.
To assess an article, use: {{WPBelgium|class = (its class)|importance = (its importance)}}
[edit] Project trophies
List here any newly created articles or media that can be somehow credited to this project (e.g. because a participant created it from the article improvement drive).
- Crime: Pierre Carette
- Economy: Liège Airport, Eugène Anspach, Beaulieu International Group, Brepols, Philippus Jacobus Brepols, Pieter Corbeels, Emile Francqui, Cercle de Lorraine, De Warande, Lieven Gevaert, Albert Goffin, Group Joos, François-Philippe de Haussy, Alexandre Jamar, Georges Janssen, André Leysen, Christian Leysen, Thomas Leysen, Eugène Prévinaire, André-Eugène Pirson, Proost International Book Production, Sioen Industries, Bob Stouthuysen, Erik Tambuyzer, Georges Theunis, Frans Van den Bergh, Van Genechten Packaging, Union Wallonne des Entreprises, UNIZO, Leon Van der Rest, Victor Van Hoegaerden, Karel Vinck, André Vlerick, Raoul Warocqué, ...
- Film: Stijn Coninx
- History: National Congress of Belgium, Francization of Brussels
- Journalism Cédric Gerbehaye
- Music: Will Tura, 0110 concerts, TC Matic, Noordkaap, Bart Peeters, Iron Mask
- Politics: Edward Anseele, Émile Banning, B Plus, Belgische Werkliedenpartij, Coudenberg group, Eugène Defacqz, Lodewijk De Raet, Isabelle Durant, Louis Franck, Jaak Gabriëls, Jean Gol, Nico Gunzburg, Julius Hoste Jr., Bruno Tobback, Johan Vande Lanotte, Melchior Wathelet, Patrick Janssens, Olivier Maingain, Hippolyte Metdepenningen, Jules Destrée, André Molitor, Paul Pastur, Progressive Party, Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou, Marleen Vanderpoorten, Omer Vanaudenhove, Arthur Vanderpoorten, Herman Vanderpoorten, Herman Van Rompuy, Jan Van Rijswijck, Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen, Nicolas Hyeronimus
- Religion: Martinus Dom, Herman Van Breda
- Sport: Sport in Belgium, Dwars door Vlaanderen, Serge Baguet
- Images or diagrams: Image:Belgium provinces regions striped.png, Image:Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt.jpg
- Literature: Flemish literature (expanded), Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord, Cornelis de Bie, Herman Liebaers, Herman Teirlinck, Gerard Walschap, Marnix Gijsen, Het Gulden Cabinet
- Science and technology: Agoria (clusters), Jo Bury, Patrick Callaerts, Désiré Collen, Rudy Dekeyser, Bart De Strooper, Francqui Foundation, Walter Fiers, FlandersBio, Dirk Inzé, Jean-Christophe Marine, NFWO, Plant Genetic Systems, VIB, IWT, Joël Vandekerckhove, Marc Van Montagu, Frans Van Roy, Johan Thevelein, Christine Van Broeckhoven, Frederic Rousseau, Jozef Schell, Joost Schymkowitz, Switch Laboratory, Erik Tambuyzer, Hugo Van Heuverswyn, VITO, Lode Wyns, Marc Zabeau, ...
- other: KHBO, Mesen, Ros Beiaard Dendermonde
[edit] Participants
This is just an informal headcount and directory; no strings attached! Anyone interested can list himself/herself (or others) here alphabetically (there's no leader).
| User name | Languages | Location | Interests |
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| -Casualty- | nl, fr, en-3 | ||
| Alcid | nl, en, fr, ... | Mechelen | History, Geography |
| Andrew Lancaster | en, nl-2, de-1, fr-1, es-1 | Hasselt | History, Philosophy, Languages, Science |
| Belgian man | nl, en-2, fr-2, als-1, by-1, ca-1, de-1, es-1, it-1, ... | Ghent | Main: Languages, Oceania, Cars, Flanders, Wallonia |
| BertK | nl, en-4, li-4, fr-3, de-2 | near Leuven | Music, History, Computer science, Telecommunication,... |
| Blakewiki | nl, vls, en-5, de-2, fr-3, la-2, en-me-2, got-1, mnl-3 | Leuven and Ostend | Linguistics, Literature, Arts, History, Politics |
| Buster7 | en-5, nl-2 | Chicago, USA | Flemish/Dutch, Belgium/Low Countries |
| Dave Black | en, nl-2, de-2, es-2 | Bremen | Brussels, Flemish/Dutch, Flanders, Antwerp, Low Countries |
| David Descamps | fr, en-3, nl-1 | Tournai, Low Countries | Low Countries, History, Tournai, Politics, Conservatism, ... |
| Dirk Van Esbroeck | nl, en-2, fr-2, de-2, es-1 | near Ghent | Belgian beer and breweries |
| Dzimozz | en, fr-1, de-1 | Belarus, Mogilev | Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, progressive metal an so on... |
| Adumoul | fr, en-3, Sp-2 | Panama | History, geography, WW2, literature, biographies, ecology, politics... |
| David Edgar | en, fr-1, de-1 | Brussels | |
| Dimitri N. | nl, en-3, fr-2, la-2 ... | Berlare, East Flanders | History, geography, geofiction, art, culture, politics, United States... |
| Evilbu | nl, en-2, fr-1,de-0 | near Ghent | Mathematics, history, anime, Flanders and politics |
| Fisheke | nl, en-4, fr-3, de-2, it-1 | Leuven and Antwerp | Engineering,... |
| Fram | nl | Comics, ... | |
| Ganchelkas | nl, en-2 | Politics, History, ... | |
| HeartofaDog | en, de-3, fr-3, nl-1 etc | London | buildings, categories |
| Jrenier | fr, en, nl-1 | Liège | |
| User:José Fontaine | fr, en-2, nl - 2 | Wallonia | Politics, History, |
| Lesgles | en, fr-3, ru-3, nl-2, de-2, es-1, it-1 | United States | language (Belgian French), literature, history |
| LimoWreck | nl, en, fr, vls, de-1 (and reading many others) | both West Flanders & Ghent | Cities and towns in Belgium, sports (other interests less Belgium-specific) |
| LHOON | nl, en-4, fr-4, it-3, de-2, sv-1,... | Trains and other public transport,... | |
| Lord Snoeckx | nl, en-4, fr-4, de-2, it-1 | Berchem, Antwerpen | Linguistics, Politics, Literature, Language, ... |
| LucVerhelst | nl, en-3, fr-2, de-1, es-1, af-1 | Berchem, Antwerp | Politics, ... |
| Mamour | fr, en-4, sv-3, nl-2 | Computer science, bioinformatics | |
| Moyogo | fr, en-4, nl-1 | Low Countries | Low Countries |
| Oreo Priest | en, fr-4, de-1 | Expat living in Brussels | Brussels, the history of Brussels, other conspicuous absences in coverage |
| User:Paularblaster | en, nl-3, fr-2 | Dilbeek | History, Literature, Religion |
| pdehaye | nl-1,en-4,fr-N | Oxford | |
| peterdjones | nl-1,en-6,fr-2 | Sussex Brussels | Belgian beer, Music |
| Pvosta | nl,en-3,fr-1,de-2 | Malle | History, Economy, Politics, Flanders, Wallonia, Science, Medicine |
| Riki | nl, en-4, fr-4, de-1 | Brussels | Politics, Music, Films |
| Sandra 1977 | nl, en-4, fr-3, de-1,... | Antwerpen | Music, sports (figure skating),... |
| Speha702 | nl, en, fr, vls, de-1, es-1 | Kortrijk & Ghent | |
| SPQRobin | nl, en-3, fr-2, de-1, af-1 | Flemish Brabant | Flemish/Dutch/linguistics, Belgian politics and state structure, ... |
| Steven Fruitsmaak | nl, en-3, fr-2, es-2, de-1,... | Leuven | Medicine, Music, ... |
| Targeman | fr,en,pl-4,es-3,de-2, basics of several other languages. Mijn Nederlands sucks though :( | Brussels | Places in Brussels, History, Linguistics, Architecture, & many others... |
| Torontois | nl-1,fr-3,en-5 | Canadian in Brussels | Belgium, Government of Belgium, History of Belgium |
| WardMuylaert (talk · contribs) | nl, fr, en | Brussels | |
| Yvesb | fr, en-3 | Brussels | |
| Angus McLellan | en, fr-3, nl-1 | ||
| Triwbe | en,fr-3,nl-1,de-1,lb-1 | Brussels | Places in Belgium, EU, others... |
| Mapar007 | nl,fr-4,en-3,it-1,qya-1,la-2,... | Mechelen | Linguistics, Mathematics, History |
| Eigenwijze mustang | nl,li,en-4,fr-3,sv-3,de-3,af-2,... | Steenokkerzeel | Linguistics, History, Economics |
| Rastko Pocesta | english, serbian | Belgrade | Human rights, Politics, History, Economics, Philosophy, Art |
| Wustenfuchs | en, en-5, de-3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Politics, History, Biography |
| Andries Van den Abeele | en, nl, fr, ... | Bruges | Politics, History, Biography, Architecture, Heritage |
| Laburke | en, en-5, fr-3, nl-1, ga-1 | New Jersey | Chemistry, History, Ireland, Linguistics |
[edit] Other stuff
A cleanup listing for this project is available, updated by WolterBot. More information...
- Userbox
- If you want to identify yourself as a member of this project on your userpage, you can use this userbox template. Use the notation {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Belgium/Userbox}}.
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- Article naming conventions
[edit] Tools
- Main tool page: toolserver.org
- Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
- Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
- Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
- Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
[edit] External watchlist
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