Talk:Outline of the Netherlands

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Why this article??? It is full of mistakes, lack sufficient referencing, does not follow its title and does not add anything beyond existing articles. This is a maintanance nightmare at best. Arnoutf (talk) 22:23, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Ok I can see that a structured list of Netherlands topics may help some people.
 * Please make sure it fits with other articles (e.g. no article I know of calls Holland an archaic name for the Netherlands, it is not, it is a pars pro toto; which was in broad use in the 18th and 19th century - Not before - the much more archaic names pre 1700 were Lowlands and indeed Netherlands...)
 * Do not add lengthy text (as it is primarily a list). Lengthy text here would duplicate other Netherlands articles; who is going to make sure that all edits will continue to be synchronised over such articles. It would end up in a maintenance nightmare. Arnoutf (talk) 10:02, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Tips for developing country outlines
Instructions for developing country outlines is located at Outlines (while that section is complete, the page is a draft, and will be moved to the Wikipedia namespace when completed).  Th e Tr ans hu man ist  21:45, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

A note concerning redlinks...
Many of the entries (and their links) are standard across all of the country outlines, to aid readers, especially young readers, in comparing countries to each other.

So if this country doesn't have any of a particular entry, like navies, please don't delete the entry. Instead, complete it with "none" (and a brief explanation as to why, for example, "- x is a landlocked country with no ports"). If the explanation exists in an article on Wikipedia, then click on the redlink and create a redirect to that location. See Redirect, WP:Section linking, and Help:Section.

Standard redlinks (article names) were also chosen based on how country coverage tipically expands. This makes the standard names for these subtopics widely available and easily accessible. So please do not remove those redlinks, for they will turn blue eventually. In the meantime, they can be redirected to the section of whatever article has the relevant information, if any. See Redirect, WP:Section linking, and Help:Section.

Thank you.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist  21:45, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

P.S.: To discuss the standard design of the country outlines, or of outlines in general, do so on the Outline of knowledge WikiProject talk page.

Guidelines for outlines
Guidelines for the development of outlines are being drafted at Outlines.

Your input and feedback is welcomed and encouraged.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist  21:45, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Please check and fix the government section
The government section needs to be checked for accuracy. The initial data placed in the government branches sections was generated by template, and the data didn't fit all countries.

So those sections need to be looked over, and fixed if needed.

Please help.

Thank you.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist  21:45, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

P.S.: If you'd like to help out with other tasks concerning Wikipedia's Outline of knowledge, please drop me a note on my talk page.

Update needed after dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles
The islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba joined the Netherlands. Does anyone see how to fit this into the article? Styath (talk) 12:47, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Quick explanation of Wikipedia outlines
"Outline" is short for "hierarchical outline". There are two types of outlines: sentence outlines (like those you made in school to plan a paper), and topic outlines (like the topical synopses that professors hand out at the beginning of a college course). Outlines on Wikipedia are primarily topic outlines that serve 2 main purposes: they provide taxonomical classification of subjects showing what topics belong to a subject and how they are related to each other (via their placement in the tree structure), and as subject-based tables of contents linked to topics in the encyclopedia. The hierarchy is maintained through the use of heading levels and indented bullets. See Outlines for a more in-depth explanation. The Transhumanist 00:11, 9 August 2015 (UTC)