Talk:Breda

message: Somebody is claiming in the first alinea that "It's most notable for having a high population of Indian descendants who migrated during the Indian independence movement from Great Britain[citation needed]", without giving any reference.
So if it is correct, I would suggest to add a reference and besides: don't add it to the first alinea. Since I cannot find any proof -at all- for this fact it cannot be important enough for the first few lines of the wiki. Personally I suggest to remove this strange phrase.
BTW, the comment in the history says: "Unless you have a countersouce to the Indian migrants, please do not change this". How can this be done? Of course there are no articles stating that Breda is NOT known for Indian descendants". I don't get the point of this "fact".
(My proof would be that I'm from Breda and never heard of it.)
Bas90210 23:23, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Indian descendants

message: "The Spaniards Hole still marks the spot where the peat-boat lay."
I removed this sentence because it isn't true, even though it's a popular myth. Fnorp 11:51, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Spanjaards Gat

message: This article has been renamed as the result of a move request.
Breda → Breda (disambiguation) & Breda (Netherlands) → Breda 
–Hajor 21:17, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: why dont they mention the headquarters for jaja smoking papers worldwide http://80.84.244.154/index-en-new.htm and the lego benelux headquarters? http://www.lego.com/eng/service/contactus.asp --> netherlands  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.148.226.70 (talk) 23:06, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Economy 

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:35, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Poles Breda.jpg

message: William I of Orange never was stadtholder of the Netherlands, he was stadtholder only of the provinces of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht before the dutch revolt in and consequent secession from Spain. He was however not the first but he fourteenth to hold that position. With the arrival of Spanish troops commanded by Duke of Alba in 1568 martial law was applied and the office of stadtholder suspended. After the secession the Dutch offered the souvereignty of the dutch provinces first to Elisabeth I of England and then to the french Duke of Anjou. Only when these alliances failed it was decided to found a Republic with once again a stadtholder as its highest official. This position was offered to William of Orange but he was assasinated before he could accept. 
I have edited the wiki accordingly.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.40.193.16 (talk) 15:09, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  William of Orange as first Stadtholder? 

message: Private sweety, do not revert a careful edit as if you know things better. Act like any good loser would do.  Don't get trapped into hollow matters of prestige. Ad43 (talk) 21:03, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ad43, don't remove material without good reason. .:Pvt S:. 22:21, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

text: At no point have you offered sources in this matter. .:Pvt S:. 04:32, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

text: Neither argument here is particularly compelling.  For best results, please keep discussions civil, and keep discussions focused on the article, and source-based. Per WP:V, anyone can remove unsourced information from any article, and then that information should not be added back, unless accompanied with a reliable source which verifies that information. --Elonka 05:18, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Zandberg

message: You can talk about Charles Stuart as "the exiled Stuart pretender" if you like, but it is not good history. No one else gained power as a monarch in England, Scotland or Ireland between 1649 and 1660. A "pretender" is a person who claims to be a monarch, but whose claim is illegitimate; Charles Stuart's claim to the throne was considered absolutely legitimate in all of Europe, in Scotland, Jersey, and Ireland, and by a very substantial party, quite possibly the majority party, in England itself. The de facto rule of Parliament and Cromwell was illegitimate in the eyes of most of the European world at that time, and was never a monarchy, despite the evident desire of some Cromwellians to make it so.
You can, of course, acknowledge the legitimacy of Charles Stuart's claim to the throne by calling him "Charles II."
What you really can't do is contradict yourself by trying to have it both ways, as in "the exiled Stuart pretender Charles II."
98.243.173.66 (talk) 18:31, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. ʍαμ$ʏ5043 (talk) 17:02, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "exiled Stuart pretender Charles II" 

message: The death dates given for the Breda four, come from "de.wikipedia.org, Vier von Breda."Valleyspring (talk) 03:53, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Breda four 

message: What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content! Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 19:54, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Timeline of Breda]] 

message: I do occasional voluntary work for the organisers of BredaPhoto and I have declared a potential COI on this topic. With the help of a Wikipedia coach and 2 independent reviewers/contributors, I contributed to an entry on BredaPhoto in the Dutch Wikipedia. Independent sources for BredaPhoto are almost exclusively in Dutch. There is little discussion of BredaPhoto in English language (international) media as there are for, for example, the Noorderlicht photo fesival (although these sources are not included on that page). To me, this indicates that as yet BredaPhoto is insufficiently notable to justify an entry in en.Wikipedia. This may change in the future if and when BredaPhoto receives more international media attention. Although English language sources are preferred, Dutch language sources are valid. If anyone has an opinion on the value of an en.Wikipedia entry on BredaPhoto (now or in the future), please leave a comment.
Mikemorrell49 (talk) 12:30, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability of BredaPhoto? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The demonyms listed for Breda are Dutch. Since this article is in English, the demonyms should be labeled "Dutch," lest the reader think that they are English.S. Valkemirer (talk) 00:56, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  The two demonyms listed 

message: In the article Breda is consistently referred to as a city. The Dutch word is "stad". As far as I know "stad" translates as "town". In view of the historical development of the towns of Flanders and Brabant and their economic and cultural significance I would prefer to see Breda referred to as a town instead of following the American usage of calling anything larger than the smallest hamlet a city. Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 13:59, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Stad can mean either, so it appears that Dutch has that in common with American English. I don't see a problem with calling Breda a city, to be honest. Sol505000 (talk) 12:39, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Town or City