Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region

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The list was promoted by User:The Rambling Man 16:12, 18 August 2008 [1].

List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region[edit]

I believe the list meets the requirements. Thank you! Malinaccier (talk) 23:12, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Crzy cheetah 01:24, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CommentsNeutral
- …1975.[3] although Several… - Were you trying to continue that sentence or you were just starting a new one?
  - Y Yeah, that was a typo.
- What this article says is that in 1831 there already were 19 municipalities; later, it says that three municipalities were merged with the City of Brussels. The question now is how come there still are 19 municipalities. You need to explain this a little clearer.
  - Y Explained. Malinaccier (talk) 01:00, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Haren is linked to a disamg. page
  - Y Fixed link. Malinaccier (talk) 01:00, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Current Ref#5 should be cited in the "Population density (persons/km²)" column heading, since it only verifies the density.
  - Y Done. Malinaccier (talk) 01:00, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - I meant putting the citation in the heading; see List of counties in Wyoming for an example.--Crzy cheetah 01:16, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - Done Malinaccier (talk) 01:23, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Current Ref#6 should be cited in the "Postal code(s)" column heading, since it only verifies the postal codes.
  - Y Done. Malinaccier (talk) 01:00, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - See above.--Crzy cheetah 01:16, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - Done Malinaccier (talk) 01:23, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Density figures are fine, but we need population and area figures, as well.
  - Y Added. Malinaccier (talk) 01:00, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- You should use {{ref label}} and {{note label}} templates to indicate the English and German names of Brussels.
  - I don't understand how to use the templates. Could you explain? Malinaccier (talk) 01:00, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - It's really a little hard for me to explain this, so I decided to do it myself. Hopefully, it will be more understandable when you see how they work.--Crzy cheetah 01:16, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

--Crzy cheetah 23:37, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- Where did you get population and area numbers from? Any sources that verify those numbers?--Crzy cheetah 01:16, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Y
- "Density" and "Area" columns do not sort properly.
  - Y Fixed.
- The note should be separated from citations.
  - Y Fixed.

--Crzy cheetah 22:48, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- Why are the "French", "Dutch", and "ref." columns in boldface and in dark gray background?
  - Y
- The first column must have the most important information: the names of the cities, not flags or CoAs.
  - Y
- As for the page move, I still think this is a list of municipalities because none of the municipalities are described. This page only lists basic information about them.

--Crzy cheetah 01:24, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- - Y

Support Well done! Crzy cheetah 20:47, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments
- "the lowest number in any region" any region of what? Belgium I presume. Clarify it.
  - Y clarified.
- Is there a list of regions of Belgium you can link to?
  - Y linked.
- Ought "local level" be hyphenated?
  - No. this is one example.
- I know it's the subject of the list but you have Municipalit(y/ies) mentioned nine times in the two (short) paras in the lead, which results in it reading really poorly.
  - YI've rephrased them and reduced the number.
- "19 provinces in the " so province = municipality?
  - Y Province!=municipality. Now fixed.
- "remained untouched " what do you mean by this?
  - Y explained
- The last sentence of the lead is a monster (56 words, 4 x municipalities) - it needs considerable work.
  - Y Split into two sentences. Should be better now.
- Interestingly, the City of Brussels article says its French name can be Bruxelles-Ville.
  - Y It makes more sense (having a slight knowledge of the French Language) for the name to be Bruxelles-Ville in the list, so I have changed it.
- "The English and German names for the City of Brussels are also given." well, the English version is "City of Brussels", and what relevance does the German name have here?
  - Y
- Consider right-aligning the columns with numbers in - this would line up the decimal places, commas etc.
  - Y Done.
- Why is the (s) of Post code(s) on a separate line?
  - Y fixed.
- Can you clarify where you reference the population and area of each municipality? They do not correlate with the density values.
  - I took the population and areas from the individual municipality articles, but they do not check out. After some digging on google, I found this site in French, and I can get the population data from there and calculate new density numbers on my own. (I'm assuming that the populations were different on the individual articles than what was used in the statistics from the other site, and that the areas are correct.)
    - Y
- Can you put a date on when the values for population/area/density were derived (e.g. Census date or whatever)?
  - ~~There's a date on the new site I mentioned above, and I can put this in the article.~~
    - Y
The Rambling Man (talk) 07:22, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Brussels-Capital Region -- both links point to Brussels, and per WP:OVERLINK, two words next to each other shouldn't be linked. I'd prefer simply Brussels-Capital Region which redirects to Brussels
- Y
Which country is Brussels in?
- Y it was already in the first sentence of the lead that Brussels is in Belgium.
"the lowest number in any region." of the world? Because you haven't mentioned Belgium, it's not clear.
- Y clarified.
Another paragraph in the Lede about the features of the municipalities would be good. Which is the largest, and which is the smallest in terms of area? Population?
- Y Added.
"Brussels-Capital Region" vs "Brussels-Capital region" -- be consistent
- Y only one inconsistency
to help the Americans, use {{convert}} in the Area column
- Once I get correct numbers I can do this.
"The English and German names for the City of Brussels are also given." I must have missed it, then
- It uses {{ref label}} and {{note label}} in the Ville-Bruxelles row.
Your reflabels don't click
- All check out fine for me. Which ones?
  - The [a]s next to Bruxelles-Ville and Stad Brussel, and then the not label that coincides with it. Matthew Edwards (talk • contribs • email) 20:50, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - Still works fine with me. Something that has to do with your browser?
Can you upload a new version of the map that isn't shaded in blue? It's making the numbers practically invisible
- Y

Matthew Edwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:48, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

per Edwards: Which country is Brussels in?
- Y
The lead image is irrelevant with the subject of the list. A map or a skyline of Brussels woul dbe more appropriate. Eklipse (talk) 16:01, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Removed, will look for another image.

No bold links please.
- Y removed.
Caption/frame etc for the image.
- Captions cannot be added to images using {{Image label begin}}

The Rambling Man (talk) 19:45, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article begins "twelve", list contains nineteen? --Golbez (talk) 09:00, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Y fixed. Malinaccier (talk) 15:58, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support from Killervogel5 – I have reviewed this list and am quite impressed. Well done!

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