Talk:Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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I've deleted Frank Vandenbroucke from the list of notable alumni. Not because of political reasons, but I think that if you add him, you also have to add all the other flemish ministers which have studied at the KUL which would be a huge amount of people.--Lamadude 14:25, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
please take a look at Talk:Catholic University of Leuven, for a proposal on moving the common history of the two universities to a separate article. --Lenthe 09:52, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
Why is the university of leuven considered private whereas the university of ghent is considered public? That doesn't make sense.
- The Catholic University of Leuven is a private institution, with a board composed of bishops and independent persons, whereas Ghent University has been founded by the State, and its board is composed of politically appointed members.
For governmental funding purposes, there is however no difference. MaartenVidal 20:47, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] VUB and freemasonary
"and the Free University of Brussels ("VUB") freemasonic. [...] It is nevertheless still unthinkable that priest-professors would teach at the VUB or the UGent or that lodge-professors would teach at the KUL."
I have found no evidence for labelling this university as "freemasonic" anywhere. As far as I know, the Masons do not establish universities the way the Catholic Church does - and therefore one cannot compare a university, which was founded by a member of a certain group to a university endorsed by a group. This section should be removed or amended. Karpada 08:10, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
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- You'd better read the phrase a second time. It clearly states "in polarized Flanders (...) is CONSIDERED (...) freemasonic". It is not incorrect at all. If you are a Fleming yourself and know something about the higher education in Flanders, you'd know that this is the truth. I don't see any reason for changing that part of the article. Maybe the other contributors do. Please let us know your opinion about this. Berchemboy 14:06, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
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- I changed the sentence "Ghent University is considered to be independent, and Antwerp University and VUB to be pluralist" into "Ghent University and Antwerp University are considered to be pluralist, and VUB to be independent", since VUB has an outspoken anticlerical reputation. MaartenVidal 20:47, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Merge proposal / Interwiki Examples
Hi everyone. When I stumbled upon this merge proposal, I checked out what was the situation on the french Wikipedia.
Even though some articles are still stubs in other languages, I think Lenthe's suggestion should be adapted in this fashion:
- Catholic University of Leuven: Becomes disambiguation page
- Interwiki: fr:Université catholique de Louvain
- Catholic University of Leuven (Leuven): Page with the common history, alumni, etc.
- Current: Catholic University of Leuven
- Interwiki: fr:Université catholique de Louvain (Louvain)
- Catholic University of Leuven (Louvain-la-Neuve): Modern French University
- Catholic University of Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven): Modern Dutch University
- Current: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Interwiki: fr:Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
I believe the Dutch Wikipedia currently has only two pages:
Following this example, I believe the four pages suggestion should provide the best interwiki template to preserve neutrality.
So this is my take on the question. Hope it helps : )
Stéphane Thibault 01:35, 8 November 2006 (UTC) 
Talk
The policy of the K.U.Leuven, as it is written on the page referred to below (sorry dutch only), is not to translate the official name "Katholieke Universiteit Leuven". http://www.kuleuven.be/huisstijl/naamgeving.htm
- That's 100% correct, so I believe that it should be KUL and not Catholic Univ Leuven.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:45, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
