Wikipedia:WikiProject Netherlands

WikiProject Netherlands
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Add yourself to the category of Wikipedians located in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands WikiProject is a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the Netherlands.

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

Our goals
  • To improve Wikipedia's coverage of the Netherlands by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles.
  • To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of the Netherlands.
  • To help new Dutch editors learn the ropes of Wikipedia.
  • To serve as a central point of discussion for issues related to the Netherlands in Wikipedia.
Our scope
The Netherlands Wikiproject generally considers any article related to the Netherlands as a valid topic. Having said that, we shall try to include all such articles in the Category:Netherlands.

What you can do

You can create and improve content within the scope of this project.

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Translation

If you come across a Dutch source that holds essential information you should know that reliable Dutch sources are just as reliable as reliable English sources. In other words, you can use the source.

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Current and recent events or recent deaths that have occurred in the last three months that are within the scope of this project.

Current events

High quality content monitored by the project

  1. Mary II of England (20 September 2004)
  2. William III of England (5 October 2004)
  3. Anne Frank (10 February 2005)
  4. Battle of Ramillies (11 September 2007)
  5. The Garden of Earthly Delights (28 May 2008)
  6. Tulip mania (18 August 2008)
  7. Design 1047 battlecruiser (14 April 2009)
  8. Battle of Morotai (12 December 2009)
  9. Dutch 1913 battleship proposal (27 March 2010)
  10. Pig-faced women (4 September 2010)
  11. The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (5 October 2011)
  12. Murder of Joanna Yeates (1 April 2012)
  13. 1740 Batavia massacre (6 May 2012)
  14. Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych (8 November 2012)
  15. Terang Boelan (4 December 2012)
  16. Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari (6 April 2013)
  17. Gagak Item (26 May 2013)
  18. Lie Kim Hok (1 July 2013)
  19. Sorga Ka Toedjoe (23 July 2013)
  20. Djaoeh Dimata (3 August 2013)
  21. Boenga Roos dari Tjikembang (novel) (15 August 2013)
  22. Amir Hamzah (5 October 2013)
  23. Si Tjonat (27 October 2013)
  24. Fakih Usman (20 November 2013)
  25. Roekiah (12 January 2014)
  26. Early Netherlandish painting (20 January 2014)
  27. Asmara Moerni (9 February 2014)
  28. Drama dari Krakatau (27 February 2014)
  29. Tjioeng Wanara (1 April 2014)
  30. D. Djajakusuma (14 May 2014)
  31. Union Films (6 June 2014)
  32. Soeara Berbisa (25 June 2014)
  33. Harta Berdarah (9 July 2014)
  34. Si Ronda (15 July 2014)
  35. Battle of Öland (8 August 2014)
  36. Kedok Ketawa (15 August 2014)
  37. Oriental Film (21 September 2014)
  38. Pah Wongso Pendekar Boediman (27 November 2014)
  39. Air Mata Iboe (18 April 2015)
  40. Jacobus Anthonie Meessen (13 May 2015)
  41. Joehana (3 September 2015)
  42. Panggilan Darah (16 January 2016)
  43. Jacob van Ruisdael (5 February 2016)
  44. Huguenot-Walloon half dollar (14 April 2016)
  45. Vincent van Gogh (15 September 2016)
  1. Union Films (8 August 2014)
  1. List of films that received the Golden Film (18 November 2007)
  2. Order of battle at the Battle of Camperdown (24 April 2010)
  3. Amsterdam Tournament (23 September 2010)
  4. List of films of the Dutch East Indies (21 October 2012)
  5. List of film directors of the Dutch East Indies (17 November 2012)
  6. List of film producers of the Dutch East Indies (15 February 2013)
  7. List of municipalities of the Netherlands (24 June 2013)
  8. Dutch Athlete of the Year (19 December 2023)
  9. List of members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2017–2021
  10. List of members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2023–2025

Pictures with a Netherlands-related subject or made by an author from the Netherlands.

Artwork
Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle
Diagrams, drawings, and maps
Engineering and technology
Food and drink
History
People
Places
Vehicles

Other content

Exposure

Previous Today's featured article

See Category:Netherlands Todays FA

Did you know (DYK)s

See Category:Netherlands main page DYK articles

Participants

Active members

To join WikiProject Netherlands, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

  1. C mon 14:01, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
  2. Arnoutf 14:00, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
  3. Evolauxia 22:49, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
  4. Graeme Bartlett 01:19, 24 June 2007 (UTC) (Special interest Friesland and history)
  5. Ekki01 17:36, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
  6. Staka 04:39, 30 December 2007 (UTC) Mainly adding images (around Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and Schiphol Airport).
  7. Mweites 13:05 22 Januari 2008 (UTC)
  8. Ereunetes (talk) 21:08, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  9. Arteyu (talk) 15:55 16 December 2008 (UTC)
  10. djflem (talk)
  11. Sitethief~talk to me~ 13:09, 3 June 2009 (UTC) (Special interest: anything related to Zwolle)
  12. DrJos (talk) 21:50, 8 July 2011 (UTC) (Special interests: medicine, aeronautics, astronomy)
  13. Jane (talk) 11:02, 27 July 2011 (UTC) working on WP:WLM, Dutch Golden Age painting, and Haarlem related stuff
  14. Rjensen (talk), Social and political history, economic history, historiography
  15. CRwikiCA talk
  16. Redalert2fan (talk) 04:14, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
  17. Wolbo (talk) 02:00, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
  18. TechnicianGB (talk) 18:33, 8 April 2017 (UTC) ( Netherlands and  Spain dual citizenship, lives in Spain but born in Netherlands).
  19. Aivin G. (talk) 13:55, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
  20. NatriumGedrogt (talk · contribs) 11:51:51, 14 February 2020 (UTC) Dutch history, politics and whatever is big in the news
  21. Tristan Surtel (talk · contribs) 13:39:14, 29 February 2020 (UTC)  - Dutch user writing about newly elected/appointed politicians
  22. Botterweg14 (talk · contribs) 00:24:16, 27 June 2020 (UTC)  History of Amsterdam, intellectual history, linguistic history, Dutch Jews, Sobibor
  23. Styyx (talk · contribs) 12:52:42, 28 July 2020 (UTC) 
  24. Ruud Buitelaar (talk · contribs) 02:11, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
  25. Mysteriumen (talk · contribs) 14:59:39, 2 October 2020 (UTC) 
  26. Ætoms (talk · contribs) 15:33:13, 28 December 2020 (UTC) 
  27. TheThomanski (talk · contribs) 22:49:06, 29 December 2020 (UTC) 
  28. Dajasj (talk · contribs) 08:21:48, 2 February 2021 (UTC) 
  29. Amy1111 (talk · contribs) 14:25:12, 25 July 2021 (UTC)  Dutch athletes
  30. CharlesViBritannia (talk · contribs) 10:27:52, 27 November 2021 (UTC) , Dutch history
  31. Neumannk (talk · contribs), 5 December 2021, Dutch baseball, as well as society, culture, and history
  32. Gachago (talk · contribs) 10:58:51, 7 July 2022 (UTC) , Dutch historical monuments, localities, and culture.
  33. Sottiwotti (talk · contribs) 15:01:32, 6 November 2022 (UTC) , Dutch history, geography and architecture
  34. Femke (talk · contribs) 17:34, 22 January 2023 (UTC)  Climate, energy
  35. Snowflakedivertor (talk · contribs) (Special interests: Dutch punk rock)
  36. W.G.J. (talk) 21:13, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
  37. ConcurrentState (talk · contribs) 21:09:24, 2 March 2024 (UTC)  - Special interest in Dutch legal matters, government structure, history and cities (in the East)
  38. Nowhere Box (talk · contribs) 21:08:08, 24 March 2024 (UTC)  - Amsterdam, politics, and music
  39. Hallohellohillo (talk · contribs) 12:07:03, 2 January 2026 (UTC) 
  40. Saisønisse (talk · contribs) 03:13:38, 2 February 2026 (UTC)  – part-time contributor; entirely focusing on I Can See Your Voice and its franchise, especially the Dutch counterpart
  41. Naturalkilla76 (talk · contribs) 20:20:57, 11 April 2026 (UTC)  - The Netherlands is currently my special interest. I love the country and it's history.
  42. Knypster (talk · contribs) 12:27:27, 18 June 2026 (UTC)  - Dutch history & politics mostly

Former members

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

  1. Aecis Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984. 18:33, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
  2. SportsAddicted | discuss 21:35, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
  3. Keesiewonder
  4. Adderbak 14:55, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
  5. Spearhead 23:13, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
  6. Frumentarius 12:25, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
  7. Mach10 19:58, 11 May 2007 (UTC) (special interest: articles related to Heerlen)
  8. Salaskan 16:06, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
  9. Goldenrowley 16:57, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
  10. NetherlandishYankee 00:11, 15 June 2007 (UTC) (special interest: articles related to Wassenaar
  11. Knurftendans 00:54, 29 June 2007 (UTC), Mainly sports related articles
  12. Daimanta 17:29, 6 July 2007 (UTC) Interests: Dutch Royal Family and articles related to Twente
  13. Basvanhuut 17:22, 9 September 2007 (UTC) Interests: Sports
  14. HeartofaDog 23.39, 2 October 2007 (UTC}
  15. Erispre 19:57, 10 October 2007 (UTC) Special interests: Drenthe =D
  16. Guido den Broeder 11:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC) Special interests: econometrics, economic policy, labour market, social security, ME/CFS, chess
  17. Jeffpw 07:22, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
  18. User:Amsterdamned 01:19, 01 January 2008 (UTC)
  19. Makeshift Thackery (talk) 10:25, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
  20. Xbrouwer 23:58, 18 April 2008 (CET) (Special interest: anything related to Dutch History especially World War I)
  21. Red4tribe(History) (Red4tribe (talk) 18:07, 25 April 2008 (UTC))
  22. JacobH (talk) 10:26, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
  23. Ewald (talk) 18:03, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
  24. Jenever Spirit (talk) 11:51, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
  25. -The Bold Guy- 16:48, 21 September 2008
  26. Erebus Morgaine (talk) 18:48, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
  27. Rubenescio (talk) 20:21, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
  28. Verena Köster (talk)
  29. A ansems (talk) 11:48, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
  30. Welbergen (talk) 10:00, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
  31. Johfrael (talk) 09:08, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
  32. Typehigh (talk) 15:56, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
  33. Discworldian (talk) 16:18, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
  34. Cdamanwillems (talk) 21:59, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
  35. Cutedutchbiker (talk) 14:36, 12 August 2010 (UTC) (special interest: anything related to the Dutch bicycle culture)
  36. Paddy Rynders (talk) 10 October 2010
  37. Rastko Pocesta – -Rastko Pocesta (talk) 12:49, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
  38. Toos53 (15:08, 18 October 2010 (UTC))
  39. FightingMac (talk) 22:19, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
  40. Koentjuhh (talk) 6:38, 15 June 2011 (UTC) (Special Interests: anything related to the Dutch Armed Forces)
  41. Targaryen (formerly known as SpeakFree) 12:38, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
  42. Peter238 (talk) 23:47, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
  43. Eugène van der Pijll
  44. jaco♫plane 13:19, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
  45. AgainErick 23:29, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
  46. John Manuel 16:45, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
  47. Peter Maas\talk 14:20, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
  48. Michel Doortmont (talk) 12:29, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
  49. Tonkie67 (talk) 02:41, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
  50. jonnie d smith (talk)
  51. Ultracobalt (talk) 23:11, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
  52. Antiphus (talk) 06:55, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
  53. The Wiki ghost (talk) 14:35, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
  54. Scottykira
  55. Karl Bas Sander Ran (talk) 07 October 2010 (Interests: History; Sociology; Cultural Anthropology; Literature and other arts. Expertise: Colonial history, sociology and anthropology.)
  56. Sijtze Reurich (talk) 23:33, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
  57. #TheRoy-t (talk) 13:03, 18 February 2013 (UTC) (lives in the Netherlands)
  58. Wafaashohdy (talk) 19:24, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
  59. Tezamen (talk) 05:26, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
  60. Sportsguy17 (click to talk • contributions) 01:24, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
  61. Gooper20 (talk) 18:18, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
  62. Stu199 (talk) (AkA. S99 - Specialist in Music and Vehicles) 20:18, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
  63. Lauwster (talk) 17:29, 1 April 2015 (UTC) (lives in  England)
  64. Ethraen (talk) 05:17, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
  65. Evancahill (talk) 00:38, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
  66. Fornyrðislag (talk) 21:35, 15 April 2016 (UTC) (Interests: linguistics and mythology. Expertise/currently studying: molecular biology and chemistry)
  67. Hirosjimma (talk) 17:28, 13 July 2016 (UTC) (Lives in the Netherlands and new to Wiki editing)
  68. MorbidEntree - (Talk to me! (っ◕‿◕)っ♥)(please reply using {{ping}}) 11:48, 31 August 2016 (UTC) (Moving to the  Netherlands soon)
  69. Ttzavaras (talk) 22:15, 24 February 2017 (UTC) (Translating Dutch and Flemish painters and creating articles on Dutch Museums in el-WP)
  70. Guido den Broeder (talk) 12:42, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
  71. BOBBYJOHN10 · TALK 18:55, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
  72. SubjectIsDead (talk) 03:20, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
  73. Dragnadh (talk) 20:07, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
  74. HeadwayNL (talk · contribs) 16:26:53, 27 September 2019 (UTC) 
  75. Tim2893 (talk · contribs) 15:17:32, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Member identification

Members of WikiProject Netherlands should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Netherlands participants.

Wikitext userbox where used
[[Category:WikiProject Netherlands participants]] none linked pages
{{User WikiProject Netherlands}}
This user is a participant in
WikiProject Netherlands.
 linked pages
{{User WP Netherlands}}
This user participates in
WikiProject Netherlands.
 linked pages
{{User WP Netherlands|invite}}
This user invites you to join
WikiProject Netherlands.
 linked pages

For other Netherlands userboxes, see Category:Netherlands userboxes.

Barnstar

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Templates

The following templates are available: {{WikiProject Netherlands|class=}} to be added to the talk pages of all articles within the scope of this project.
New project participants can be welcomed with: {{Welcome to WikiProject Netherlands}} ~~~~

Stubs

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Tools

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