Talk:Gelderland

Lopik is not in Gelderland, but in the West of Utrecht. I deleted it from this page. —The preceding comment was added by 195.169.204.90 (talk • contribs) 11 July 2006

Do we really need subregions?

I believe less than 9 destinations even have articles, and many of them are quite scant - I find this unnecessary complication for the readers to have to go through so many levels to reach any useful information. PrinceGloria (talk) 11:13, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

I think you're right. Subdivisions should be made when the need arises (more specifically; when the article starts holding too much information). That's not the case yet. JuliasTravels (talk) 11:34, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

If we were to remove the subregions, are you recommending to delete the pages for those subregions? If not, what's the recommended way to link to their pages from here? Doubleplusjeff (talk) 11:09, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

We don't delete such pages, as they are legitimate destinations, but we redirect them to a more appropriate article. In that case, all should be redirected to Gelderland. PrinceGloria (talk) 13:43, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

I've just merged content from the 3 scant regions (not incuding Veluwe) into Gelderland and replaced them with redirects. Doubleplusjeff (talk) 16:25, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Veluwe was actually also redundant, a hybrid of mostly Apeldoorn and Hoge Veluwe National Park, so I have moved whatever content was original to other articles.

PS. When moving destinations, please remember to update the "isPartOf" template at the end. We also need to sort out categories - Category:Achterhoek, Category:Rivierenland‎, Category:Stadsregio Arnhem Nijmegen‎ and Category:Veluwe can now be deleted. Perhaps User:Ikan Kekek can help? PrinceGloria (talk) 03:31, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Probably not, in this case, for lack of time. Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:33, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

User:Wauteurz, User:Traveler100, please do not create subregions again, we've just agreed to do away with them. The situation has not changed, we still have a limited number of destination guides within Gelderland, there is no need to make it more complicated for the traveller to navigate the province by adding more levels. PrinceGloria (talk) 11:28, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

User:PrinceGloria, I am currently working on translating the Dutch Wikivoyage to add additional information on the English version. If I've understood the discussion above, then they can be re-added once most cities and towns within the subregions are added?
-- Wauteurz (talk) 14:00, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

In theory, yes. In practice, we need much more than translating the Dutch Wikipedia. Most regions there don't hold water. Some guides have already been added quite forcibly - even for genuinely interesting destinations they offer preciously few reasons to visit them. I would focus on growing guides to current destinations and the select few most important ones gradually, focusing on quality. As a frequent visitor to the Netherlands, I do not think we need regions below provincial level perhaps except for Noord- and Zuid- Holland. Most other provinces in reality have 7-9 actually interesting destinations and adding the latter is a matter of splendid local patriotism but not really much help to travellers - and this comes from a person who loves NL to bits enough to visit places like Zoetermeer. PrinceGloria (talk) 20:06, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Bible Belt delicacies for the elderly?

I find the Eat section to be quite cryptic. First, why is Gelderland called the Bible Belt and what's that have to do with the food? Second, what are examples of local delicacies, why would only the elderly eat them, and why are they not recommended to tourists? Lacking clarification, it might be better to delete this sentence. Doubleplusjeff (talk) 11:07, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

On the "bible belt" thing: Certain parts of the Netherlands are more religious than the rest (and the public perception of the permissive and lieral country) so this area is often called "bible belt" in analogy to the US area (mostly in the South and interior of the country) which exhibits a similar dynamic. Hobbitschuster (talk) 14:54, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and removed the unsubstantiated and cryptic food comment, and moved the Bible Belt note to Understand. Doubleplusjeff (talk) 14:24, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Banner switch?

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Proposed banner

The current banner is too grey for my liking, so I've gone out and made a replacement. Should the current banner be replaced or left alone?
-- Wauteurz (talk) 19:56, 21 January 2018 (UTC)