Talk:Limburg (Netherlands)

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[edit] Queen's Commissioner

In Limburg, the Queen's Commissioner is called the governor (The only province in the Netherlands who calls Queen's Commissioner governor), could this be fixed in the template? It's a piece of the Limburgish culture so I think it's very important. My background: I was born and raised in Maastricht.--83.119.148.104 19:20, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

While this is true, repeating it in parentheses every time the term is used is complete overkill. Clarify it once, then use one of the two terms throughout the rest of the article. 84.28.131.121 (talk) 19:13, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Famous Limburgians

What a list! These are mostly locally, or nationally well known from Maastricht. "Famous" implies international fame. Propose to remove the names, that are not really known outside the country. (They already are mentioned in the Dutch editiion under Maastricht) Natubico (talk) 04:00, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Yet this is the English Wikipedia, and they should be mentioned in the English Wikipedia if the information is available. Define famous - I have never heard of "international fame" being a requirement for the adjective. If they are Limburgers, and they are famous, then they are famous Limburgers. Allow some of the articles to be created first. There is no deadline. Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 19:54, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Luxembourgish name

User Aecis asks: Why on earth put the Luxembourgish name in the lead? It's LIMburg, not LUXEMburg! It is strange, of course, but I may have a clue here. There exists a special relationship between the Limburgish regional language and Luxemburgish. Both are related to the group of Moselle Franconian dialects, although only a very small part of Limburg (the southeastern most) actually belongs to Middle German (see: Southern Meuse-Rhenish). I can understand why Luxemburgians recognise a lot meeting Limburgians from that part of Limburg. Both vernaculars are almost mutually understandable. Of course it remains a kind of a joke to mention (Luxembourgish: D'Provënz Limburg), but at least to some degree I can feel the rationale behind it. Ad43 (talk) 12:26, 13 January 2008 (UTC)