Talk:Rotterdam

message: Please if any one knows both the Density and Area of Rotterdam e-mail me or posted.
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towns, villages and townships
I used to live in rotterdam north, so i was kind of surprised when "noord" was linked to a place in aruba, which is not even on the same continent.
Education
also has the Willem de Kooning Academy Hogeschool Rotterdam and the forward thinking Piet Zwart Institute
Pim Fortuyn isn't born in Rotterdam,but in Zaandam.(I'm a Dutchman,so i can also read the Dutch Wikipedia)
*Pim Fortuyn wasn't born in Zaandam but in Velsen. Aecis 16:36, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Density and Area 

message: Why did you removed the amateur clubs?
Because Rotterdam has way more than 4 amateur clubs, and the 4 you added do not stand out from the others. In fact, one of them (Zwart Wit '28) doesn't exist anymore. Furthermore, it is doubtful that they are notable enough to be included in an article about Rotterdam (an article about sports in Rotterdam would be another story.) Aecis 20:07, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Amateur clubs

message: Rotterdam has a green-white-green horizontal striped flag.
Yes, images of the flag and coat of arms (shield with vertical green-white-green stripes, with 4 lions on top, carried by two lions) are available in the commons section of wikipedia http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Arms_Rotterdam.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_Rotterdam.png
However I am not sure whether we should add them to the page. --Arnoutf 22:58, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Flag

message: The Kijkkubus is the show cube, accessible to the general public (after paying an entrance fee). The houses themselves are called the Kubuswoningen. I've changed it in the article. Arvey 09:07, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Cubical houses

message: Is it true that it is forbidden to speak other languages than dutch in Rotterdam? Or is that a February Fools day joke?
:*I live in Rotterdam and I've never heard of this. I can safely say that it is nonsense. Ruffnekk 07:33, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *Although one of our cabinet ministers has been making statements about a convenant of speaking only Dutch in public spaces in the Netherlands (welcome tourists!!), which seems unlikely to be implemented. Arnoutf 10:32, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

text: *It is partially true that there are plans to arrange a rule that says that local citizens are not allowed to talk any other language than Dutch. It is to prevent any plotting for terrorism in secrecy. Also, there have been recent acts of genocide in Rotterdam, respectfully because of discrimination against the native Dutch by especially Turkish and Morrocan citizens. A significant example is Theo van gogh, although I'm not sure if this was in Rotterdam. --Nin 20:09, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

text: * Van Gogh happened in Amsterdam. Still sounds very weird, so in this case a local citizen of one the worlds largest harbours is only allowed to talk Dutch to visting sailors; also very helpfull for Erasmus University for visiting scholars. Besides I just can not believe there is legal grounds for such a rule in Dutch law. But let's see; antiterrorism measures seem to take preference all over the world without reasonalbe arguments anyway.... Arnoutf 21:52, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Only Dutch

message: I removed the sentence saying the "rotterdam agglomeration is vies with the amsterdam agglomoration for first in the nation" . no idea what the means, if someone knows please add.
I agree that is a incomprehensible sentence, and you are right to remove. The meaning is that although Rotterdam Municipality is smaller than Amsterdam; greater Rotterdam is about the same size as Greater Amsterdam. This is no small feat of pride for Rotterdam as there is a fierce competition between the two cities on all kinds of issues. I think many people from Rotterdam would like to see a reference to this so I added a few words after the first sentence in the municiaplity bit, where there is talk about the greater Rotterdam area to reflect this point: "which is comparable to the greater Amsterdam area" Arnoutf 10:13, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rotterdam population 

message: Does anybody have a better picture from the city, as the top picture barely shows it.
:: I've uploaded and added a new image that better shows the skyline of Rotterdam. --Mecil 03:32, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  To be honest I liked the spooky foggy picture better than the current one. Anyway. I have a problem with the new one for two reasons. Firstly the image quality of the sky (too white) is less than perfert. Secondly The focus is more on the foreground than on the skyline. The soccer stadium and the (relatively small) apartment buildings are not that interesting. Also this is again a high point of view for the photo. I think a lower point of view gives a better rendering of the skyline. Personally I might like a picture from taken from the border of the Kralingse Plas. If anyone could make a good one???? Arnoutf 18:43, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I see what you mean, sadly my only pictures from that vantage point also have the same sunlight problems. But I think that the location would be great for a picture, could a wikipedian take a stroll, take a good picture and upload it? :-) --Mecil 18:50, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

text:  I've asked a professional landscape photographer whose work I know from a calendar to donate a picture. If that doesn't work, I might take a picture in the near future from the Euromast, de Kop van Zuid or from the Maasboulevard. A picture of Rotterdam's center should at least show some highrise buildings, the Nieuwe Maas river and preferably both the Erasmusbrug and Willemsbrug. Sippin Soda 19:47, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  If you can get a professional picture that would be briljant. Be sure that the photo when uploaded gets the correct usage license, Wiki is very carefull about copyright violation. Arnoutf 19:52, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

text:  The professional photographer answered my e-mail and is willing to cooperate and donate a picture. How do we best protect his copyrights? Sippin Soda 12:17, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  When you upload the picture you get to choose from a list of Licenses. Please use Wikipedia:Copyrights to determine which applies. I myself have only uploaded a few of my own pictures, so the GNU-self made always applied. This situation is a bit more complicated, so I think it is important to get it right. Arnoutf 13:33, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

text:  Thanks for the advice. As soon as he has a picture, I'll just show him what licences there are and make him pick, since I know little of copyright. Sippin Soda 19:17, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The main picture 

message: The article says that there was a beach in Rotterdam during the summer 2003 and 2005. As far as I know, that beach is still there. Is that not so?
Only in the summer I guess, so it would be again rather than still, if you know for sure it is there in the summer of 2006 (i.e. now) feel free to add that to the relevant section. (PS please sign using four tildes (~)) Arnoutf 20:07, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beach in Rotterdam 

message: Hi all, I noticed some reverting on the addition of the nickname Manhatten upon Meuse. Before a revert war starts. Please discuss. Personally I can live with both inclusion (as this term has been used fairly frequently, especially for the Kop van Zuid development) and removal (as this has been used mainly by planners as a PR stunt). So before a next revert, please list arguments why here. Thanks Arnoutf 09:32, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think thousands of Google hits in combination with some decent references like      and last but not least  will clarify the name is used quite often by locals and official instances. You're right when you say that it's mainly used in combination with the Kop van Zuid project, but it's becoming a nickname for the city more and more. SportsAddicted 12:26, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nickname Manhatten upon Meuse 

message: The current translation of the motto (Sterker door Strijd) is given as(Stronger through Effort). This is based on the translation made for the American town Rotterdam (NY state) see: here. There is no account to be found why it was thus adopted, neiter could I find any other reference to a translation. 
IMHO the translation is not correct (it may have been adapted in the American case) as the translation of Strijd should be somehting like "Strife" "Struggle" "Fight" or "Battle" which is a much stronger statement dan "Effort" (Which would back-translate to "inspanning" "moeite" or something similar). So can someone provide the official translation (supported by the Dutch Rotterdam) Arnoutf 19:19, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If the WWII bombing of Rotterdam is the origin of the motto, I support the translation Battle (lit. slag). Not knowing that was the origin, struggle (lit. worsteling) seemed an adequate translation of Strijd (lit. fight); at least much better than effort (lit. inspanning). Arnoutf 22:52, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

text: A bit more about the awarding of the device in this PDF in Dutch. It's the best source I could find so far. But I'm not yet sure which translation to choose, see outdented below. RToV 20:15, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coat of arms and motto

message: I deleted the following:
: Constructing a second Maasvlakte was the subject of political debate in the 1990s, because it would be partly government-financed. Construction started in the summer of 2004 (press release, PDF in Dutch).
In my recollection, the controversy wasn't so much about the way of financing as it was about environmental issues. This is backed up by the Dutch Wikipedia article on the Maasvlakte. In addition, construction did not start in 2004 at all; it was stopped by the Raad van State. I collected the rest of the information from the Dutch Wikipedia Maasvlakte site again and from the Havenbedrijf Rotterdam's second Maasvlakte website (www.maasvlakte2.com). Sippin Soda 18:06, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second Maasvlakte 

message: Can anyone find out the length of the Nieuwe Waterweg? The Dutch Wikipedia article says 20 kilometers, but seems to include the Scheur. So does the English Wikipedia article, which says 15 kilometers. Old maps, however, suggest the length that must actually have been dug appears to be only 4 kilometers.Sippin Soda 20:47, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Length of Nieuwe Waterweg 

message: No politics section? Given what has happened in Rotterdam poolitics over the last decade, that is a serious omission. DirkvdM 09:17, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Politics 

message: Does Rotterdam have the same liberal laws that makes Amsterdam popular among tourists? *ahem*  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.235.201.181 (talk) 05:25, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What do you mean? Dutch law? Yes obviously as it is in the Netherlands. Arnoutf (talk) 20:04, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Question many may wonder 

message: Excelsior won't be in the Eredivisie for the next season (2008-09). Only Sparta and Feyenoord will be playing in the Eredivisie.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.128.41.131 (talk) 14:01, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Football Teams 

message: The intro says:
"The city, which had a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007, comprises the soutern part of the Randstad, the 6th-largest metropolitan area in Europe, with a population of 6.7 million inhabitants."
Section "Municipality" says:
"Rotterdam lies in the Zuidvleugel ('South Wing') of the Randstad ('Rim City') conurbation with 7.5 million inhabitants, the sixth largest metropolitan area in Europe".
Now what?
VKing (talk) 23:32, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the Nl version it's about 7.1 million. Who can know better? Changing it right away. VKing (talk) 16:22, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Randstad

message: Yesterday Ahmed Aboutalib was appointed mayor of rotterdam  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.205.197.9 (talk) 10:54, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: New mayor

message: Rotterdam has been described as the capital of Eurabia in an article by noted Italian journalist Sandro Magister. While this is certainly controversial, it would be interesting if this aspect of the city could be mentioned somewhere in the article.  ADM (talk) 10:34, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Capital of Eurabia

message: I think the following links are almost essential to the topic Rotterdam as not much other video and photo material is shown or linked to right now, and the material is not easy to find for non dutch speakers, so it's a pitty if they are not allowed to be in the weblink section, greetings Floris5 (talk) 22:19, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rotterdam links 

message: Presumably this meant "Western", which is what I've changed it to. But this description is still unclear and possibly racist. What does "Western" mean exactly? Could the author please find an acceptable English translation? Schildewaert (talk) 09:03, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Westers?

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thread_title: File:Rotterdam city hall.JPG Nominated for speedy Deletion

message: What's wrong with the template?? I can't fix it.--GeoTrou (talk) 00:04, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template 

message: As part of WikiProject Dutch municipalities I am going through the municipal articles and updating the infoboxes with new information and with using data templates to keep population number up-to-date. Usually I am bold and implement them, but because of the details in the current infobox I am suggesting this on the talk page first to see if there are any comments. I propose to use the version on the right here as the new infobox, this includes
* Updating it using the current fields used in  including white space and the order as discussed in the documentation.
* Updating population numbers and using data templates
* Standardizing some of the wording
* Having the districts and aldermen in a collapsible list.
* Urban and Metro areas are not officially defined in the Netherlands, it seems proper to use Stadsregio Rotterdam as the metropolitan area. I sourced and updated the population numbers for Metro and Randstad. I am open to suggestions if this should be done differently in your opinion.
* I sourced various statements, including some stats. The following references are used in this suggested infobox
Let me know whether there are any objections or additions to this proposal. If not, I will update this infobox in the near future.
CRwikiCA talk 20:48, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Generally looks good, I only have doubts about the metro area. The problem is that Rotterdam Stadsregio is a semiofficial institution without much legal recognition, and no democratic control over its doing. If you would take metropolitan area as definition this would span the Rotterdam-The Hague conurbation, which would be odd for Rotterdam, or even the Randstad as a whole. Perhaps an idea to use Larger Urban Zones an EU measure to harmonise definitions (Rotterdam ranks 51st) might do the trick here and helps to avoid arbitrary definitions. Arnoutf (talk) 21:31, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: You raise a valid point, I will change the number once I find the proper source. CRwikiCA talk 18:32, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I found the number of 1,169,800 for 2008 on Eurostat. Starting from http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/region_cities/city_urban/data_cities/database_sub1 - you might be able to locate it, but user friendliness is not very good and I cant find a way to deeplink to results. Arnoutf (talk) 19:36, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I found a way to deeplink to it, but no area numbers though. I updated it in the infobox. CRwikiCA talk 18:21, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I will implement this in the article now. CRwikiCA talk 08:16, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed infobox update 

message: You can now vote on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Delftsevaart in Rotterdam. – Editør (talk) 13:02, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: There are too few featured pictures from Rotterdam, so this would be a nice addition. We only need a few more votes. – Editør (talk) 08:33, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  FPC Delftsevaart in Rotterdam 

message: Today I completely rewrote the introduction (header) of this page to elaborate more on the history and the architectural side of Rotterdam. What is still missing in my opinion is some basic information about economy (which sectors dominate?), tourism and maybe some other highlights like the Van Nelle factory which is UNESCO Heritage. What do you think? Are there parts that can be removed from the intro? It's already a bit long. Zwaardmeester (talk) 15:32, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ideas for introduction 

message: What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 14:58, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Timeline of Rotterdam]] 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Detroit Publishing Company - Rotterdam - Delftsevaart, c. 1895.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on June 17, 2016. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2016-06-17. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:22, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Detroit Publishing Company - Rotterdam - Delftsevaart, c. 1895.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: Hi, I just reverted some vandalism, of the pubescent kind by the looks of it, made by an anonymous user from 89.205.225.250. --Ilja.nieuwland (talk) 10:53, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism