JurgenG

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Thanks for the welcome! It is initially not my goal to do a lot of editing on the english version of Wikipedia, there's way too much to do on the dutch one for the moment :-) JurgenG 09:57, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

We shall see; perhaps you'll get addicted...Lectonar 10:43, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the warning but it arrived way too late... At least a wiki-addiction is not as unhealthy as most other addictions :-) JurgenG 10:45, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Have a look here. Not unhealthy? Anyway, happy editing. ;-) Lectonar 10:56, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Belgium

A Dutch-speaking Belgian is just perfect! I'm a foreigner living in Brussels, and I'm translating several articles from French to English. The request was actually quite open-ended, but I have one question to start.

What is the canonical English name for the nl:Zeekanaal Brussel-Schelde?

I hope you don't mind if I pester you with small things like this for a while.

Cheers, -Oreo Priest 09:12, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

I guess it should be called the Brussels-Scheldt Sea Canal, I couldn't find any official publications (on the net) stating this name though. Some publications seem to use the Dutch or French name even in their English texts.

No problem to answer these questions from youJurgenG 10:01, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Brussels Stock Exchange

Thanks. I've just expanded the article on the Brussels Stock Exchange, and I'd like you to look it over for any unnecessary Francocentrism (or Dutch omissions), although on a historical article about Brussels this seems somewhat inevitable. Thanks. -Oreo Priest 17:32, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

On that note, perhaps you could root around inside the Dutch Wikipedia to see if the article exists there and add an interwiki link... If not, no big deal. -Oreo Priest 17:46, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

OK, time permitting I'll have a look into this tonight (always better than to watch TV :-)) JurgenG 08:38, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I just had a look at the article and apart from a minor typing error (which I corrected) I can't see any problems with it. There is no article 'Beurs van Brussel' or the like on the NL wikipedia. There is an article 'Euronext' but that's not exactly the same. JurgenG 11:29, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much. -13:22, 22 October 2007 (UTC)Oreo Priest

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