Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Belgium/Archive 3

Population metadata
Hi, is there a special reason to have both Template:Infobox Belgium Municipality/Population and Template:Metadata Population BE? They seem to serve the same purpose, but the first one is outdated (2010) and not transcluded in articles any more. This and the corresponding zh-equivalent (not included or linked to at all) are blocking a merge of the corresponding wikidata items. --mfb (talk) 11:43, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

I nominated the outdated one for deletion. --mfb (talk) 19:44, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

why is technotronic not listed in the Belgian Dance Music category?
this seems like an oversight. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Teknohed (talk • contribs) 19:35, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Naming dispute at the former FDF
The naming dispute at Talk:Democratic Federalist Independent could do with some feedback from informed members of the project.—Brigade Piron (talk) 22:08, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Femke Van den Driessche
Nominated for GA review. Hot topic. When approved it would be a WP:DYK no doubt. I'm looking for sources that relate to Femke Van den Driessche's biography. Anybody out there got a line on that? 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 20:24, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't know the first thing about the topic, but I'd still recommend you work on the article's lead ahead of the review, it should summarise everything in the article remember. Best of luck! —Brigade Piron (talk) 21:29, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Brigade Piron.
 * I will do that. Forewarned is forearmed.  I have lots more sources on the mechanical doping to add.
 * But nothing further on her biography. I know she is early in her career.  But a general bio must be out there somewhere.  Probably in Flemish.  Content additions to this article are needed and would be greatly appreciated.  7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 21:32, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Namur Gate
Anyone here care to comment at the discussion concerning the English vs French (vs Dutch) name for said article? - HyperGaruda (talk) 20:17, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Auto-assessment of article classes
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Category:Recipients of the Military Cross (Belgium) has been nominated for discussion
Category:Recipients of the Military Cross (Belgium), which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 01:07, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

FoP in Belgium
Rumor has it that Freedom of panorama has been voted yesterday in the Belgian parliament, including commercial use. The law still needs to be published in the Staatsblad. Here is an article (in Dutch).--Alexmar983 (talk) 02:18, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Request for Comment German invasion of Belgium: Eastern Front?
There is currently a discussion on the talk page of this article which may be of interest to members of this project. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:53, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Notice to participants at this page about adminship
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Title dispute at Democratic Federalist Independent
There's an ongoing dispute which might be of interest (new contributions certainly are welcome!) at Talk:Democratic Federalist Independent (DéFI, formerly the FDF).—Brigade Piron (talk) 18:33, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I've just opened a formal move discussion on the page, here. Comments welcome!—Brigade Piron (talk) 19:55, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

Changes to Belgian copyright laws
Something that will be of interest to all members of this project who also contribute to Commons: new laws allowing freedom of panorama within Belgium came into force on 15 July 2016 - see here for details. —Brigade Piron (talk) 16:36, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

The 10,000 Challenge
Hi, I've proposed an idea based on The 10,000 Challenge for a long term goal to include your country and northern Europe/Scandinavia in combined challenge target. At present I don't know whether to make it a smaller target like 1000 for each country individually. If active editors here are interested in seeing mass improvements for their country please comment in the discussion at the bottom of Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Intertranswiki. Thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:50, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Malibu Stacy


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 * Can find nothing indicating notability to WP standards.

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Otto, Count of Louvain
Please help. The page is dramatically bad.Xx236 (talk) 13:30, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Cannabis in Belgium needs improvement
We have a new article Cannabis in Belgium, but it could really use improvement and expansion, especially from anyone who can read French or Flemish sources. With a little polishing, it'd also be really useful to make a translated version for French or Flemish Wikipedia since it's a topic of increasing interesting these days. Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 03:01, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Help with article
Hi, fellow Wikipedians. Earlier this month I created an article, Elisabeth Brichet case. I have been working on it and have managed to add a lot to it, but I'm a bit stuck. I think the article has potential to reach at least B-class, but there's a lot of info I still haven't added. Most of the references available are from Le Soir (around 50 pages of news articles; not all of them are usable, though), a French-language newspaper. I'm not fluent in French, and so there's an awful lot to read through and translate, and there are some parts I can't translate right. I've read through and translated many of them, and cited the ones I could use from those in the Wikipedia article. It would be helpful if others could help expand the article to include the missing info. It would be ideal if you know French, but don't worry if you can't; there are also links to news articles on the talk page, including a number of English ones, that you can use. I think this article has potential, but I can't do it all on my own. Any edits made to the article would be appreciated. Thank you in advance. Linguist talk&#124; contribs 17:03, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Commons:Photo challenge February 2017 is Multilingualism
FYI, take a look in commons:Commons:Photo challenge/2017 - February - Multilingualism. I'm sure there is some nice picture regarding also Belgium and its many language communities that can be proposed, if you have it stored it somewhere. It's a way to think about images that we don't always collect, but can be useful.--Alexmar983 (talk) 07:18, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Belgium (1914–1940)


The article Belgium (1914–1940) has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * Orphan article whose content is covered in much greater detail in History of Belgium; no good reason apparent to have an article under this title.

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Limburg lion
I think the lion embossed on this bollard may mean it is in Limburg. But is anyone ably to tell me whether it is in Belgian Limburg or in Dutch Limburg. Please. And thank you. Charles01 (talk) 07:46, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Normally these bolliards are placed on the border, unless placed to the river Meuse. Below the images it says near Teuven = Belgian Limburg, and Heijenrath = Dutch Limburg. This means this bolliard is in both Limburgs as it is placed on the border between both of them. Both no, not the symbols of Limburg are on it but the ones from the countries Belgium (Coat of arms of Belgium) and the Netherlands (Coat of arms of the Netherlands). Romaine (talk) 07:10, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Photo contest Wiki Loves Public Space started
Today at 1 July the photo contest Wiki Loves Public Space started in Belgium. This year is the first year in what we have during the full Summer freedom of panorama in Belgium (info), which means that modern buildings and artworks in the public space can be photographed and freely be published. For years it was not possible to illustrate articles with photos of modern buildings and artworks in the public space due the limitations of the Belgian copyright law. To celebrate this freedom and to compensate the many years of not being allowed to upload photos of these Belgian subjects (and thus bare articles), we organise this photo contest.

During the Summer months July and August 2017 you can participate by uploading your photos from modern buildings, public artworks, heritage monuments and memorials, present in the public space in Belgium.

See for more information about how to participate at: Commons:Wiki Loves Public Space 2017 en Belgique.

This photo contest is supported by Wikimedia Belgium. Have fun with photographing! Romaine (talk) 07:23, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Question; Lommel
See my question at Talkpage of Lommel. Greetings, Bobbyjohn10 (talk) 19:36, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Morlanwelz train collision and runaway
Assistance from members of this WikiProject in expanding the Morlanwelz train collision and runaway article is requested. Mjroots (talk) 18:41, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Disambiguation links on pages tagged by this wikiproject
Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.

A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_Belgium

Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.&mdash; Rod talk 13:47, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

New rowing bio
I've just published a new rowing bio: Jos Van Thillo (his common name; his birth name is Jacques Van Thillo; Wikidata D:Q50425028). He was the coxswain for the Belgian men's coxed pair that competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in 1942 and that clarifies that he was indeed the cox and not one of the rowers, as 14-year-olds don't get to row, but they commonly cox at that age. So far so good.

The big international competition for rowers at the time was the European Rowing Championships, and at the 1954 edition, we have a Joseph van Thillo D:Q50425268 competing as one of the Belgian rowers in the coxed pair, with Willy Vlaminckx listed as the cox. Same boat class, around the same time, similar name. In international rowing, it has happened exactly once that a cox became a rower, but that wouldn't be the case here as you don't go to international rowing competitions as a rower aged 16. So either, we have two different people with similar names, or the source for the European champs is wrong and Vlaminckx was a rower, with Van Thillo the coxswain.

There are several ways how this could be resolved:
 * the subject is still alive; somebody could ask for clarification
 * somebody could enquire with the Belgian rowing association
 * somebody may have a source that confirms that Vlaminckx was indeed a rower and not a cox (e.g. some contemporary reporting about the 1954 European Rowing Championships held in Amsterdam)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Schwede 66  18:01, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Crimes against humanity in the Congo Free State
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WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
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Exposition Universelle de Bruxelles 1910
My grandfather Dr. Heinrich Wanner Jr and his collabarateur Dr R. Hase received the Silver Prize Groupe III, Classe 15- Allemagne. I was told by one of my aunts it was for an improved pyrometer. Is there any record of the prizes awarded at the Exposition? I have the certificate in my possession. Peter K. Schmidt (talk) 03:10, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

RfC on election/referendum naming format
An RfC on moving the year from the end to the start of article titles (e.g. South African general election, 2019 to 2019 South African general election) has been reopened for further comment, including on whether a bot could be used move the articles if it closed in favour of the change: Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (government and legislation). Cheers, Number   5  7  15:34, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Edit-a-thon in Brussels 23 October
Just a heads up that there will be an edit-a-thon on Tuesday. Ainali (talk) 12:15, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Requested page move
There is a requested move debate at Talk:Université catholique de Louvain that would benefit from your input. Please come and help.  Paine Ellsworth , ed. put'r there 06:47, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

March 2019: Vive la Francophonie
In connection with International Francophonie Day on the 20th, WikiProject Women in Red is focusing on Francophone Women throughout the month. Help us to increase coverage of Belgian French speakers in English and/or in French, turning red links into blue.--Ipigott (talk) 12:22, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Should French and Dutch names be mentioned in the article about the Mechelen transit camp
At Talk:Mechelen transit camp there is a discussion on whether French and Dutch names should be mentioned in the article about the Mechelen transit camp. Apparently it's known as "Camp Dossin" in Dutch (and this is noted, although it's not stated explicitly that Dutch-speakers call it that), while the French Wikipedia uses "Camp de rassemblement de Malines".

Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 14:57, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Eifel
Portal:Eifel, a page related to this project, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Eifel and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Eifel during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Bermicourt (talk) 06:25, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Engis 2
Don't know if you can help or put me in touch with the author of this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engis_2

There is a problem with the image used from Schmerling (1833).

The second image on this page either has no accurate caption or is incorrectly assumed to be the Engis 2 skull (juvenile Neanderthal) whereas in fact it is Schmerling's (1883) image of Engis 1 (Homo sapiens). Schmerling found 3 skulls but only two were reasonably intact.

You can see the two skulls illustrated here together also https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.b.20119 (Engis 2 upper image, Engis 1 lower image) or https://wol-prod-cdn.literatumonline.com/cms/attachment/84db5cba-8644-4fc6-8257-6a3f068f3d58/mfig001.jpg

The juvenile Neanderthal Engis 2 skull is also considerably smaller than Engis 1.

I would not recommend using the Engis 1 figure as it is Homo sapiens and not Neanderthal and would create confusion.

Cheers Dr Hugh Grenfell h.grenfell@orcon.net.nz 2404:4408:133F:3500:F0A5:DE0F:C41E:AEEF (talk) 21:18, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Brussels
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Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

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Improvement of Wikipedia page
Hello! I was wondering if the following challenge would interest to the community of this WikiProject The Wikipedia page of IWG plc - the world's leading provider of coworking and flexible workspaces and founded in Brussels in 1989 - has a C-class in terms of quality.

IWG plc is a company with a footprint in 106 countries, with thousands of flexible workspace centres, 2.5 million customers and a valuation of $3.8 billion. However, the company is relatively unknown. Recently, due to the scandals of its chief competitor WeWork it has been dubbed by the media as WeWork's "profitable rival."

But I digress, the IWG plc Wikipedia page has very little information. By being unknown, the page has attracted very few contributors. Would the community on this page be willing to volunteer as independent, reliable editors to improve the accuracy and completeness of the page? --KatherineBusby2019 (talk) 14:32, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

Notability of Belgium Star Wars fanclub TeeKay-421
Before this hits AfD for the 4th time or so, can anyoone comment on whether the Belgian news articles mentioned in prior AfDs and seen on Google News are in-depth coverage oe just mentions in passing? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 05:32, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Template:WikiProject Belgium
I have made some changes to the sandbox of Template:WikiProject Belgium. You can view changes here Template:WikiProject Belgium/sandbox. Are there any problems with this to be replaced with Template:WikiProject Belgium. Thanks. CAPTAIN MEDUSA  talk  21:10, 14 January 2020 (UTC)


 * .  CAPTAIN MEDUSA   talk  13:39, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Looks fine to me. --Andreas Philopater (talk) 15:36, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Don't see anything of concern.--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 07:13, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Tintin
I have nominated The Adventures of Tintin for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. DrKay (talk) 15:46, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Is "dorp" just a translation of village or is it more?
Please see Articles for deletion/Dorp (town). We could use input from more people familiar with the use of this word outside English. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 04:10, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Belgium Armed Forces - Land and Medical Components
Hi have an interest in Military units I have been reading the Belgium Armed Forces Web pages and media releases and have updated the relevant wikipedia pages but i can not figure out how to do the citations for the entries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Exsap (talk • contribs) 11:33, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Moroccans in Belgium
I am attempting to de-stub Moroccans in Belgium and would welcome participation from other users, especially with sources on the topic. —Brigade Piron (talk) 11:01, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Bit of (older) Dutch translation needed.
Hi, any chance of adding translations of the legends of this image to the Commons file? I'd be very grateful. I tried the Dutch project but was told it was too difficult. Johnbod (talk) 01:37, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Antoinette Spaak
If anyone has access to any paywalled newspapers in Belgium, it would be great to add some content to the article on Antoinette Spaak whose death has just been announced. It would be great to have Belgium's first female party leader listed in WP:RD. —Brigade Piron (talk) 13:09, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Women in Red Europe contest
After successfully completing our Asia and Africa contests over the past six months, we now welcome contributions to our Women in Europe contest which runs for three separate months from April to June 2021. To qualify for the contest, articles have to contain at least 160 words or 1,000 characters of running text and participants need to be members of Women in Red. We look forward to lots of new biographies of women from Belgium.--Ipigott (talk) 06:32, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Highest railway in Belgium?
If you know the answer, make sure to add it to relevant wiki pages, especially to List of highest railways by country. Thanks! Zach (Talk) 21:35, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

Make Jolyon Wagg a feature article
Hi everyone, I just want to let you know that I am currently translating the article Jolyon Wagg from the French version, which has the "good article" mention, what corresponds a feature article in the English version. I've created a draft (link here), that anyone can edit. If you are interested, don't hesitate to take part ;) -- Calvinsky (talk) 16:36, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Photography?
For anyone who's interested in photography: I've just created the article Stephan Vanfleteren (about a Belgian photographer who's prolific and seems both commercially successful and critically well-regarded). It's based on my (mis)translation of fr:Stephan Vanfleteren, but skips bits that are dubiously referenced (or not referenced at all) and adds a lot more information on publications and exhibitions that is referenced. (It's clear that Vanfleteren speaks Dutch in preference to French, but nl:Stephan Vanfleteren is disappointingly feeble and won't help.) Search engines show that there's a lot about Vanfleteren in Belgian news websites (particularly in Dutch), but most of this is behind paywalls. Call me stingy, but I'm not going to pay up for access to Belgian news websites just in order to improve a single article. However, if anyone here does have access and is interested, do please improve my work. -- Hoary (talk) 08:40, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Forward (Belgium)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Forward (Belgium) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 02:07, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Queen Fabiola of Belgium
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Queen Fabiola of Belgium that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Lennart97 (talk) 15:20, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

"Brussels naming conventions" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Brussels naming conventions and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 January 11 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Thryduulf (talk) 16:19, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Formatting Maria Vindevoghel
I recently translated the page Maria Vindevoghel using content from the Dutch and French articles. I am having formatting issues though. How would you fix the formatting on it? MaitreyaVaruna (talk) 22:04, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Discussion about merger Greater Region into Greater Region of SaarLorLux
An editor has requested for Greater Region to be merged into Greater Region of SaarLorLux. Since you had some involvement with Greater Region or Greater Region of SaarLorLux, you might want to participate in the merger discussion (if you have not already done so). --Heanor (talk) 10:58, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Honour killing of Sadia Sheikh
I notice the French version doesn't have the level of coverage the English one at Honour killing of Sadia Sheikh has. It may be a good idea to add to the French article. WhisperToMe (talk) 22:50, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Women in Red translation contest: April to June 2022
At the beginning of April, WikiProject Women in Red is launching a three-month translation contest focused on increasing our coverage of women's biographies. As the Dutch, French and German versions of Wikipedia are among the most popular sources for translation, members of WikiProject Belgium may be interested in participating.--Ipigott (talk) 10:45, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

My village name redirects to another village name...
Hi there.

I have just translated the wikipage of Merendree and found out the it's redirected to Nevele though Merendree is a village itself.

How can I arrange that? Why can't villages have their own page? It's sort of weird.

Any help will be appreciated. Thank you and sorry if this is not the forum...

Gmartinie (talk) 16:30, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

Using this link you can change the redirect into a separate article. As long as there is no info on a submunicipality, it is better to have it as a redirect to its parent municipality (where it is mentioned) than to not have it at all. Fram (talk) 17:27, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

List of Flemish Ministers of Welfare and Health
Hi,

Is there a reason why there are 4 different powers in the same wiki listing page? Well-being and Family, Public Health, Social Affairs and Poverty Reduction. Can someone change this as it is not really useful in the context of Wikidata.

Lijst van Vlaamse ministers van Welzijn en Gezondheid

--RVA2869 (talk) 07:24, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:HC Visé Basse Meuse
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:HC Visé Basse Meuse that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 02:03, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Franciscus Renatus Boussen
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Franciscus Renatus Boussen that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – robertsky (talk) 10:36, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Category scope
Hi, does anyone have any thoughts on Category:Flemish sportspeople and Category:Walloon sportspeople? Just wondering what the scope of them is intended to be. At the moment there are 85 articles in Flemish and 41 in Walloon, but if this is a geographic category, almost all could be moved into provincial subcategories (Sportspeople from Hainaut, etc) leaving these containers; alternatively if it is meant to be more of a cultural origin indicator that can be used in addition to a geographical province, the number of members should be much higher as there are about 1800 and 700 in those Province subcategories, many of whom will be obviously and veribiably Flemish/Walloon by culture. I initially added this to the talk pages of the categories a couple of weeks ago but no response (not surprising as not many editors watch Category pages). Crowsus (talk) 09:40, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree that this category tree doesn't make any sense and is a total mess. I do not think it is unreasonable to say that "Flemish" and "Walloon" are subjective identity-based categories. They may even be considered an ethnicity by some people. Currently, given the way that the category tree works, a foreign national who happens to have been born in Antwerp is "Flemish". Except where "Flemish" refers to the medieval County of Flanders (e.g. Flemish artist), I think we should scrap the whole lot. What is the point of Category:Flemish artists (before 1830), for example? —Brigade Piron (talk) 17:06, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Sint-Agatha-Berchem
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Sint-Agatha-Berchem that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Favonian (talk) 19:10, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Mustii
Mustii is the Collaboration of the Month for WikiProject Drag Race. Members of WikiProject Belgium are invited to collaborate, too! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 18:55, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Help request: who has access to old Belgian newspapers?
Greetings. I wonder whether anyone here has access to old Belgian newspapers? This is for the Lucien Brouha bio which has just passed a GA assessment. An outstanding issue is his marriage. I have found a primary source where he self-reported the wedding details: Lucien Antoine Maurice Brouha married Elizabeth Shaler in Corbion on 23 July 1938. There are two places in Wallonia of that name (some 70 km apart) – one near Bouillon (Corbion (Bouillon)) and the other near Ciney (Corbion (Ciney)). Would anyone be so kind and check whether a local newspaper reported on the wedding? Chances are high as Brouha was notable (he was appointed professor at the University of Liège earlier that year, his father had been a professor at the same university since 1925, and her father was Millard Shaler, who had a leading role with the Commission for Relief in Belgium on behalf of Herbert Hoover. Any help would be greatly appreciated. My wife can read French just fine. Items in the Walloon language would be more of a challenge for me!  Schwede 66  03:52, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Deletion of years in Austrian Netherlands
Since 2015, there were years and decade categories in Austrian Netherlands for 1714–1794, which were part of the series covering the history of Belgium, in between Category:17th century in the Habsburg Netherlands and Category:18th century in the Southern Netherlands. See the tailored navigation templates using "Austrian Netherlands" for those years at Category:18th-century establishments in the Southern Netherlands (permalink), Category:18th-century disestablishments in the Southern Netherlands (permalink).

The relevant decades in Belgium were formerly redirected to decades in Austrian Netherlands, which facilitated direct navigation from Category:2nd-millennium establishments in Belgium & Category:2nd-millennium disestablishments in Belgium to dates in Austrian Netherlands.

Now, all these year and decade categories have been merged and deleted following Marcocapelle's nomination at Categories for discussion/Log/2023 February 28. The 1700s are no longer linked at Category:2nd-millennium establishments in Belgium etc.

If I had noticed that discussion, I would have opposed the mergers on the grounds that the categories were part of a larger series in the history of Belgium.

Part of the underlying rationale for merging the Austrian Netherlands categories was that the target hierarchy in Category:Establishments in the Habsburg monarchy by year is a larger structure. But the categories for Belgian history by year and decade have been lost.

Should that merger approach now be followed for the preceding Category:History of the Habsburg Netherlands?

As for the succeeding Category:18th century in the Southern Netherlands, there is no Habsburg parent. The Southern Netherlands were annexed by Revolutionary France 1794–1815, but the Belgium hierarchy only kicks in from 1830.

Or should the Austrian Netherlands merger be undone to restore years, or at least decades, in the history of what is now Belgium? – Fayenatic  L ondon 12:39, 10 March 2023 (UTC)


 * First and for all it is important to realize that nothing is lost. The micro level categories no longer exist, but the history of Belgium can still be traced from Category:Habsburg Netherlands to Category:Spanish Netherlands to Category:Austrian Netherlands.
 * It is also important to realize that thinking that these year categories reflect the history of Belgium is naieve. There are three distinct periods with impact on categorization:
 * In the period up to 1568, Category:Habsburg Netherlands contains current "Belgium" and "the Netherlands" together.
 * In the Eighty Years War period the Habsburg Netherlands year categories mostly contain war events which however largely took place in "the Netherlands" rather than in "Belgium". Having Category:Eighty Years' War as a subcategory of Category:Spanish Netherlands, as is already the case, suffices; one doesn't need year categories to reflect Belgian history per se.
 * The Habsburg Netherlands year categories in the period 1648-1700 do follow "Belgium" only, but these categories are almost as poorly populated as the Austrian Netherlands tree was. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:44, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Arrondissement of Torhout
hi friends, I've been trying to find sources to verify Arrondissement of Torhout but so far I'm striking out. I'm hoping the page can be saved, does anyone have access to RS that can be cited? Thanks JMWt (talk) 09:36, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments
Quality assessments are used by Wikipedia editors to rate the quality of articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a class parameter to WikiProject banner shell, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to WikiProject banner shell, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass WPBannerMeta a new custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 20:24, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Drag Couenne
Project members are invited to help expand a newly created stub about the Belgian drag performer Drag Couenne. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:13, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Women in Green's 5th Edit-a-thon
 Hello WikiProject Belgium:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a  month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2023!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2023, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there! Grnrchst (talk) 12:42, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Leuven University Press and WikiLibrary
Leuven University Press have announced that they are entering a partnership with WikiLibrary. Many of their books will interest members of this project, I think. Although nothing seems to have happened as yet, it is definitely worth keeping an eye on. —Brigade Piron (talk) 09:53, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Help
Talk:Beer in Belgium -- Mastrocom (talk) 11:09, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Blackadder Goes Forth
Blackadder Goes Forth has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Spinixster  (chat!)  09:28, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

RfC of interest
(non-automated message) Greetings to all members of WP:BELGIUM! I have opened an RfC on WT:ROYALTY that may be of interest to users of this WikiProject! You are encouraged to contribute to this discussion here! Hurricane Andrew (444) 22:50, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Good article nomination for Femke
The article Femke about the given name was nominated as good article. You can help review it. – Editør (talk) 14:06, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Alumni of Royal Military Academy of Belgium
Category:Alumni of Royal Military Academy of Belgium has been nominated for mergingwith Category:Royal Military Academy (Belgium) alumni. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page.