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Belgium
This article is extremely well written. It is a shining example for similar articles. The content is comprehensive and dealt with in depth.JoJan 19:48, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Beautiful - just like a traditional encyclopedia (but wiki-better!), comprehensive, precise and articulate. I enjoyed reading that, and I now know quite a bit more about Belgium. I have just one more comment to make - Tintin is all very well, but what about Poirot? :o) Zoney 20:12, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Support, near perfect as far as I can judge. I regret though that some Flemish authors are unmentioned, like the still very popular Willem Elsschot. Andries 21:06, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. --Andrew 02:51, May 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * Support - though like others, I wish some of my favourite Belgian authors were mentioned. (Maeterlinck? Verhaeren?  Rodenbach?) The Culture of Belgium article could also stand expansion.  Smerdis of Tlön 03:40, 7 May 2004 (UTC)
 * I have some reservations about the history section - particularly, at this point, the stuff on the Belgian Congo, which seems rather whitewashy. Some other material was also questionable, although I've changed some of it.  I suggest some more people have a look at that stuff before the article is featured. john 09:15, 7 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Moved to list of articles with unresolved objections. Could anyone have a look at John's reservation? There's consensus otherwise, so it'd be a shame to see this nomination fade into disarray. Fredrik 13:33, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. -- Kaihsu 16:56, 2004 May 7 (UTC)
 * Support. As a Belgian-American (well, partly), I especially approve.  Moncrief 20:27, May 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Though I'd like to see Jeff Geraerdts mentioned along with Poirot, not sure if Willem Elsschot was Flemish - MGM 22:42, May 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * Jef Geeraerts (1930 - ) and Willem Elsschot (1882-1960), pseudonym of Alfons de Ridder, are both Flemish writers. In my opinion someone should write an in depth article about both writers. They deserve better than a stub. Poirot, by the way, is a fictitious Belgian character, created by the famous English writer Agatha Christie - JoJan 08:43, 8 May 2004 (UTC)