Talk:Belgian Congo
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- has replicated text from Congo Crisis
- more opinion than history
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[edit] Rename
I'd suggest renaming Congo Free State and Belgian Congo, as they suggest articles about a former states, when in fact they are just history of a current state article. Consider also an example of History of Poland (1945–1989) vs. People's Republic of Poland, or History of Poland (1569-1795) vs. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 21:28, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WWII photo
I don't have much detail about this photo but it might be useful. It's of soldiers in Belgian Congo in 1943.
[edit] Suggestion
Suggestion for advanced Wiki user(s) to fix apparent linking problems in right column regarding general statistics.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ctrl freak (talk • contribs) 13:49, 16 May 2006.
- I have replaced the infobox tamplate with a table. {{Infobox Country}} is really not appropriate for defunct states. --Ezeu 15:34, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] New International Encyclopedia
Is the entire text of this article from the NIE?? Because I can't find a copy of the NIE in order to verify, and this article has no other references!
I added two, but they're woefully inadequate. It's problems like these that cause Wikipedia to not be taken seriously as a source of academic knowledge! 207.175.48.45 21:09, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Gross National Product
It's inconceivable to me that the Congo's GNP in the 1950s was greater than that of South Africa. Maybe the greatest among the African colonies--but more than that of Algeria, with its petroleum production? I'll check for data. Dynzmoar 16:51, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
