Talk:Belgian Congo

message: There's the picture at the top of people who had their hands cut off because someone in their family(?) failed to meet a quota. Looking through the text, I can't find any further detail about this practice. Anthony Bordain is probably not a good reference for the article, but here's what he said about the Belgian Congo: "Handed outright to Belgium's King Leopold II for his personal exploitation, nearly half its population were worked to death, whipped, dismembered, executed outright or sent running into the bush to die of starvation and disease in a pitiless quest for first ivory and then rubber." He also indicated that the Belgians stripped the country on departure. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable than I could fill in the blanks?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.94.38.34 (talk) 21:55, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  needs detail regarding quotas and abuse 

message: I'd suggest renaming Congo Free State and Belgian Congo, as they suggest articles about a former states, when in fact they are just history of a current state article. Consider also an example of History of Poland (1945–1989) vs. People's Republic of Poland, or History of Poland (1569-1795) vs. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 21:28, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename 

message: I don't have much detail about this photo but it might be useful. It's of soldiers in Belgian Congo in 1943.
::I believe those are British King's African Rifles troops. As far as I know the Force Publique generally wore a khaki cover over the red fez with the adoption of the 1917 pattern uniform which was more or less the standard uniform until independence in 1960.69.115.242.114 (talk) 20:51, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm afraid that you are mistaken - the badge on the Kepi is very much Force Publique (pre-1944) as are the uniforms. Brigade Piron (talk) 09:13, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  WWII photo 

message: Suggestion for advanced Wiki user(s) to fix apparent linking problems in right column regarding general statistics.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ctrl freak (talk • contribs) 13:49, 16 May 2006.
:I have replaced the infobox tamplate with a table.  is really not appropriate for defunct states. --Ezeu 15:34, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion 

message: Is the entire text of this article from the NIE?? Because I can't find a copy of the NIE in order to verify, and this article has no other references!
I added two, but they're woefully inadequate. It's problems like these that cause Wikipedia to not be taken seriously as a source of academic knowledge! 207.175.48.45 21:09, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: New International Encyclopedia

message: It's inconceivable to me that the Congo's GNP in the 1950s was greater than that of South Africa. Maybe the greatest among the African colonies--but more than that of Algeria, with its petroleum production? I'll check for data. Dynzmoar 16:51, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gross National Product 

message: The article is unclear in its later paragraphs. Who were the 'évolués' and what was their viewpoint? How, when and why did Belgium decide to leave the Congo? How did the elections that are mentioned come about? What were the riots at Léopoldville? Somebody who knows the answers ought to put this right. --APW 07:33, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is unclear, especially towards the end 

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In the 1908-1945 section the word arachid indicates a need for clarification.  That is the French word for peanut.  Hope that helps. (talk) 8 Dec 2009  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris Latour (talk • contribs) 18:34, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarification Needed 

message: Seemingly missing from the article is the fact that an estimated 8-10 million Congolese were killed during the reign of Leopold II.  This must be further emphasized.
:This is adressed in the article Congo Free State.--91.181.192.228 (talk) 19:15, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slaughter of millions 

message: I changed the class on the table so that the page does not have as much white space on it. If you have another option like this please suggest it.  Sadads (talk) 00:57, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Belgians in Congo table 

message: It is quite surprising to see that the cruel Belgium regime is hardly mentioned. With one decade 10mio people died as a result of the colonial regime!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.198.184.90 (talk) 12:58, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: This is adressed in the article Congo Free State.--91.181.192.228 (talk) 19:19, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genozide in Belgian Kongo 

message: Several paragraphs will briefly explain the machinations of King Leopold II to enslave the people of Congo for the benefit of Belgium.   Discovery of the Rubber, invention of Goodyear to make cycle tyres and subsequent demand for rubber etc made the atrocities even worse for the people.   I will gather this information from other textbooks and include it here.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Psseshadri (talk • contribs) 11:25, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm afraid that your comment about enslavement "for the benefit of Belgium" is untrue. The Congo Free State was run for the Benefit of Leopold and the company that he ran. Comparatively, Belgium had little impact in the Congo until the period immediately before annexation in 1908. Plenty of sources indictate this: Ascherson's "The King Incorporated"/ Slade's "King Leopold's Congo" and Packenham "The Scramble for Africa" and even in "Red Rubber" by Morel to name just a few. As for the rest of your comments, I believe this is addressed in the Congo Free State article. Brigade Piron (talk) 09:20, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Atrocities by King Leopold II in Belgian Congo 

message: Can we keep this in mind please?
"*Joseph Conrad (1903) Heart of Darkness" in the Books about the Belgian Congo section is, I'm sure, well meant but it does not deal with the Belgian Congo for the simple reason that it did not exist at the time.
It has now been removed.
--(Brigade Piron (talk) 08:24, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difference between Congo Free State and Belgian Congo 

message: There have been a number of minor, but very destructive, incidences of vandalism to this article within the last couple of weeks and, since this article is of considerable importance to the DRC taskforce of WP:Africa, it would be good to have it protected. The vandalism is at low levels by unregistered users by has often taken quite a bit of time to correct. --Brigade Piron (talk) 19:14, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I made a request for you at WP:RFPP so it is up to the admins there now. --Jnorton7558 (talk) 01:04, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I have declined that for now; while I acknowledge the importance to WP:Africa (and living in Brussels myself at the moment, so I know a bit about the subject), the frequency of the vandalism is way under the threshold for semiprotection or even pending charges protection level 1. Lectonar (talk) 09:01, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protection requested 

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message: This article links to Flag of Congo and to Coat of arms of the Congo, both DAB pages. I can see the links below the images in the infobox, but have no idea how they're being generated or how to fix them. Can anyone help? Narky Blert (talk) 12:29, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Links to DAB pages

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message: I have changed the dates on this article for the capital change from 1926 to 1923. There is no evidence anywhere for the claim to 1926. This was the edit that introduced it. Their contributions to site consist almost entirely of this topic, making me believe it may be a case of misremembered personal knowledge. Their knowledge seems detailed enough, but no citations were attached, and other sources directly contradict their statement. Interestingly enough, this claim was also independently produced in Boma article in 2005. Perhaps this is where their information came from?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by IceWinds (talk • contribs) 08:32, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of Capital Change 

message: "Belgium had ratified article 73 of the United Nations Charter, which advocated self-determination, and both superpowers put pressure on Belgium to reform its Congo policy; the Belgian government tried to resist what it described as 'interference' with its colonial policy."
"both superpowers" -> Who? 2A02:1812:1126:5D00:F4FA:DB70:27DD:3381 (talk) 17:15, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Independence