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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.

We are currently looking for Belgians or other interested members!

Contents 1 Project News 2 Article improvement drive 3 Article problems 3.1 Belgian Article for Deletion 4 Article creation drive 5 Stub sorting 6 Pages of interest 7 Watchlist must-haves 8 Project banner 9 Project barnstar 10 Project trophies 11 Participants

[edit] Project News

• Some members of the Dutch Wikipedia are holding a meet-up in Ghent: nl:Wikipedia:Ontmoeten#Gentse_wikimeet.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:49, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
• In about one week, our project has gathered some 15 members and written at least 12 articles and created 1 portal! The project is in full expansion.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:13, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[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)

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)

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)

Their first language? Why not their Province? --moyogo 18:29, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah great why not!?Evilbu 23:00, 30 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)

• 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)

[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

You can add links in the normal Wikipedia way (using [[ and ]]), or you can use the Belg and Belg2 templates (that put these handy links to the wikipedias in other languages behind the article title). Anyone can bold articles that they consider high priority! If you translate an article, first read Wikipedia:Translation#Instructions. A bluelinked "striked" title (like this) means that the article has been checked for spelling and grammar. Please check articles that haven't been striked yet.

edit · history · watch · refresh  To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Belgium:

Art: Art Nouveau in Belgium, Philippe Wolfers Comedy: Hugo Matthysen, Bert Kruismans, Herr Seele (nl), Kamagurka (nl), ... Comics: Jean-Claude Servais (fr),... Crime: Freddy Horion, Alex Vercauteren, Karel Van Noppen, Victor Hoxha, ... Culture: Vlaams Verbond van Katholieke Scouts en Meisjesgidsen, Guides Catholique de Belgique Economy: Tessenderlo Group, Port of Liège (fr), Port of Brussels (nl) ... Film: Stijn Coninx (nl/li/de), Dominique Deruddere (nl/li), Julien Schoenaerts (nl), Nicole Van Goethem, Raoul Servais (fr/nl),... Geography: ... Literature: ... Music: Noordkaap (nl/li), The Radios, Johan Verminnen (nl/de/eo/fr/lb), Guido Belcanto, Jean Blaute, Stijn Meuris (fr/nl) ... Politics: Bernard Anselme, Jos Chabert, Guy Coëme (nl), Jean-Maurice Dehousse, Jan Peumans (nl), Isabelle Durant (nl/fr), Jaak Gabriëls, Jean-Marie Happart ,José Happart (nl/fr), Guy Mathot, Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, Patrick Moriaux, Philippe Moureaux, Serge Moureaux, Marleen Vanderpoorten (nl), Eric Van Rompuy (nl), Herman Van Rompuy (nl), Freddy Willockx, Marie Arena (nl/fr), Michel Daerden (fr/nl), Claude Eerdekens, Roger Nols, Voting rights for immigrants in municipal elections in Belgium ([2] is the Dutch version), Staf Nimmegeers, Lionel Vandenberghe, Marc Van Peel,... Printed media: , Knack (magazine), Roularta Media Group, ... Science: ... Sport: Brigitte Becue, Kathleen Smets, Sport in Belgium, Luc Millecamps, Walter Meeuws, Michel Renquin (fr/nl), Theo Custers, Marc Baecke, Maurits De Schrijver, Gerard Plessers (nl), Raymond Mommens, Marc Millecamps, Guy Vandersmissen (nl), Philippe Desmet, Leo Van Der Elst, Nicolas Claesen, Daniel Veyt, Bruno Versavel (nl), Jean-François De Sart (nl), Pascal Plovie, Marc Van Der Linden (nl),... Television and Radio: Bart Peeters, Marcel Vanthilt, JimTV, vijfTV, Vitaya, RTL TVI, Radio 2 (Flanders) ... Various: University hospitals Leuven, Flor Grammens (nl), Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport Holidays: King's Feast (this one is tricky, we might have to add Belgium or Belgian to the name and the date has nothing to do with Belgium!!)

[edit] Stub sorting

Please use the most specific stub tag possible. Propose new stub categories according to guidelines. All new stub types should be proposed at WP:WSS/P before creation. Otherwise, these may need to be re-named, modified, or deleted, because they may mess up the hierarchy of stub types.

• {{Belgium-stub}}
  • {{Belgium-geo-stub}}
  • {{Belgium-bio-stub}}
    • {{Belgium-footybio-stub}}
    • {{Belgium-politician-stub}}
  • {{Belgium-sport-stub}}
    • {{Belgium-footyclub-stub}}
  • Belgian culture
  • {{Belgium-music-stub}}
    • {{Belgium-band-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] 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)
• ...

[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

WikiProject Belgium		BelgiumWikipedia:WikiProject BelgiumTemplate:WikiProject BelgiumBelgium-related articles
Belgium portal v • d • e This article is within the scope of WikiProject Belgium, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles relating to Belgium on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.  ???  This article has not yet received a rating on the quality scale.  ???  This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale.

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 barnstar

...maybe some day...

[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
• Music: Will Tura, 0110 concerts, TC Matic, Noordkaap, Bart Peeters
• 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
• 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
• 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

[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
-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, ...
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, ...
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	Category: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
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
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

If you want to identify yourself as a member of this project on your userpage, you can use this userbox template. Use the notation {{User WPBelgium}}.

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