Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fireworks policy in Belgium


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus. Not a whole lot of discussion, but even less consensus :-) -- RoySmith (talk) 02:09, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Fireworks policy in Belgium

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Strange article about policies in Belgium, based on one Dutch source. In fact, the article states that there is no Belgian policy about fireworks. Doubt about the notability of this article. The Banner talk 19:14, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I am also concerned that the article itself says the subject does not exist. However it doe say there are proposals to create fireworks regulation, and those proposals may meet WP:GNG. Ilyina Olya Yakovna (talk) 19:17, 25 January 2018 (UTC) — WP:SOCKSTRIKE
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Belgium-related deletion discussions. North America1000 21:01, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. North America1000 21:08, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Remark. I agree that the article as it was at the time of nomination was somewhat confusing concerning the existence of its very own topic. I have edited the article to make the situation clearer and have, hopefully, thereby taken away the concern. --Lambiam 15:10, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes it is much clearer now, I say Keep and will ping since the rationale was really based on the previous state of the article. Ilyina Olya Yakovna (talk) 19:02, 29 January 2018 (UTC) — WP:SOCKSTRIKE
 * No, it is still not satisfactory. It only describes the Flemish speaking community, not the French speaking or German speaking community. Or the Brussels Capital Region. The Banner talk 19:13, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Which is why I have marked it as a stub – there is room for expansion. However, please note that the ban on sales covers the whole of Belgium; it is only for the (IMO relatively less important) lighting issue that info for the Brussels and Walloon Regions is missing. (The area covered by the – very small: population less than 80.000 – German-speaking Community is subsumed by the Walloon Region.) --Lambiam 22:37, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I intended it as a stub, which I or others could expand later if they wished. The fact that not everything is mentioned yet is an odd reason for nomination. After all, Wikipedia is a work in progress. Instead of complaining the current page is 'unsatisfactory' to you, I suggest you WP:be bold and add what you think is missing. Alternatively, we could go for the same solution as Fireworks policy in the Republic of Ireland, which was merged with Fireworks policy in the European Union. EU member states have been harmonising their firework regulations since 2003, so it's a good place to mention where member state laws still differ. However, Fireworks policy in the Netherlands and Fireworks law in the United Kingdom show that there is enough to be said about the conditions in particular countries, especially pre-2003 conditions for historical purposes, for separate articles to exist. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 00:45, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 09:52, 1 February 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 20:18, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. I do not understand why it should be a problem that a stub article does not cover all possible aspects of its topic. Obviously the municipalities of the Walloon Region are more aloof when it comes to regulating the lighting of fireworks by non-professional users, being content to only issue warnings to be careful. This regional difference would be interesting by itself enough to be noted, but right now I don't see a reliable source for this observation – although I haven't sought very hard. If this stub turns out to have no growth potential, the road of merging the content with Fireworks policy in the European Union, leaving a redirect, remains open. But for that we don't need to delete the article; that would only make it more difficult. --Lambiam 21:47, 9 February 2018 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.