Talk:Brussels-Capital Region

message: I removed the following matter:
The population of this area is dominantly French-speaking, altough the entire agglomeration was initially Dutch-speaking, except for the royal court, nobility and 'haute-bourgeoisie' that were French-speaking since several centuries. Important minorities are: nationals from many European Union-countries, USA, UK and Canada, and of 'guest-workers and their families, mainly southern-Europe and North-Africa, and more recently from Central and Eastern-Europa. 
Redundant with Comtemporary Brussels and History of Brussels sections of Brussels' article. Must be merged if appropriate. --Edcolins 20:37, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Dear, looking back after a while, it looks like most contributors see the use of having these two separate entries.  That allows also for a greater accuracy and precision in the descriptions, and in the actual information. However, i do agree that we should avoid double and redundant information. --Lucas Richards 14:31, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed matter 

message: The section about institutions does not reflect the reality, which is much more complex, with reserved seats for the Flemish minority in the regional parliament etc. It is obvious for people who are informed of the situation, but the present article leads others to confusion. Awaiting the development of this article, I think it's wise to add a political stub status banner. --Pylambert 19:33, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It is indeed much clearer, even if it remains quite difficult to understand these institutions, only because they really are complicated ! --Pylambert 14:54, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Institutions 

message: Hello,
not all questions need to be controversial :), I noticed that the Dutch and French articles give a different number for the population : 1,018,804.
I calculated the sum of the number of inhabitants for all communities in the Region that were given on the Dutch Wikipedia, and found the exact same number.  Note that those Dutch articles claim it's from a 01/01/2006 census.  Unless we use a different definition of the region or its inhabitants, I think there is no reason to revert it?
Evilbu 20:41, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population number 

message: Between 23 December 2006 and 28 January 2007 there has been a survey about which names the articles for the municipalities in the Brussels region should have. The municipalities in question have different names in French and Dutch, the two official languages of the region. A majority of contributors to the survey prefers using one single same over using both names in the title. This single name should follow English usage, which has been determined using domain specific Google searches. 
The final result of the survey is that:
*for the following municipalities the French name has been chosen, in line with the most commonly used names in English:
**Auderghem 
**Forest, Belgium 
**Ixelles 
**Saint-Gilles, Belgium 
**Saint-Josse-ten-Noode 
**Schaerbeek 
**Uccle 
**Watermael-Boitsfort 
**Woluwe-Saint-Lambert 
**Woluwe-Saint-Pierre 
*for the following municipalities no significant preference in the English language has been found. After discussion, the Dutch names have been chosen:
**Sint-Jans-Molenbeek  
**Sint-Agatha-Berchem 
Details about the survey can be found at Talk:Brussels-Capital Region/NamingArchive3. Markussep 18:20, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Names survey, result

message: According to the Institut Bruxellois de Statistique et d'Analyse, there were 158,230 EU-citizen foreigners living in the Brussels-Capital Region. This represents 15.4% of the total population of the region. In whose mind is this a "small" population. Especially when one considers that this is roughly equal to (or exceeding) the percentage of Dutch-speaking Belgians who live in the region, as reported in the article. I have removed the word "small" and added the actual population figures for EU foreigeners. --Deregnaucourt 17:18, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Small" population of EU citizens? 

message: Hello ! There is a vote going on at Latin Europe that might interest you. Please everyone, do come and give your opinion and votes. Thank you. The Ogre (talk) 21:16, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latin Europe 

message: It may very well be that a majority of English-language users of Wikipedia prefer to name the 19 municipalities of Brussels by one single name, but especially in the title that would be wrong, as all municipalities are officially bilingual in Dutch and French. Using only one of the languages would be imposing an English mentality on a Belgian reality. It would also be correct to use the English term "municipalities" instead of the French term "communes", as the 19 communes are also "gemeenten"...
By the same token, virtually all the towns in Flanders should be named by their Dutch name only, even if some (like De Panne, Mechelen and Voeren) have a French name as well. That is because the 308 municipalities of Flanders have Dutch as their only official language, even though a handfull (like Sint-Genesius-Rode) recognize French as a secondary language.
Could this error be corrected once and for all?!
78.20.241.152 (talk) 18:21, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This isn't an error but a properly discussed decision. Dutch names are used when the municipality is in Flanders, unless there is a widely used English name (Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Brussels, etc.). Wikipedia doesn't have to abide to Belgian politics, we mention what the local names are, and use names English speakers know and expect. If one day people call Antwerp Antwerpen in English we'll change the article accordingly, like Mechelen used to be called Mechlen in English. If this is imposing English mentality on a Belgian reality then why are French and Dutch Wikipedia's not using both language names for article titles? Or are you implying they are imposing one reality over the Belgian one? --moyogo (talk) 08:34, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

text: btw where do we use the term commune in Brussels' or Belgium's related articles? --moyogo (talk) 08:36, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  For the last time: all Brussels municipalities should be named in both Dutch and French, also in the title 

message: Woluwe-Saint-Pierre now redirects to a page with a bilingual title, despite the Brussels naming conventions.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pokflok (talk • contribs) 13:36, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. Oreo Priest talk 14:49, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Shouldn't that article be renamed to the English name Saint-Peters-Woluwe? PPP (talk) 09:15, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: English-language sources unfortunately mostly use the French names and didn't anglicise such names. SPQRobin (talk) 11:05, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Pieters-Woluwe"