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I've merged Geuzen and Watergeuzen here, I think this is the right place for the article, but if someone knows a different designation which is more common in English, we can move it. We will probably need assistance from an admin to move it to one of the names that redirect here now. But discuss first. Piet 12:47, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WPMILHIST Assessment

A very nice start, but needs a little cleanup. In particular, the first line of the article is not a proper sentence. There's no verb. LordAmeth 08:54, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Curious name

The article is a definite improvement on what was there before, but why switch from Dutch to French for the title? It was after all a Dutch movement, and nothing to do with the French, though obviously the origin of the word is (archaic) French. "Sea Beggars" is used in the article so why not use that? It is after all an English article and this is the commonly used name in English texts and even appears on Dutch websites. e.g. [1] The redirects take care of the others. Chris55 15:10, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I renamed it to "Gueux" because I saw the French word used in English texts. I have since seen the English version used as well. I don't know what's most common but feel free to change if you see a good reason. Btw. Dutch websites (even when written in English) are not good sources to decide what the correct English version is. We should use what is most common in English texts. And off course the article should use the same version as the title. Piet | Talk 15:41, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

thinking about it a bit more, the original "Geuzen" is the broader term and probably preferable. e.g. EB uses it as its headword. The "Watergeuzen" were only one part, even tho the most effective and if they are both treated in the same article then the generic term is better. (My comment about the Dutch site was merely that it seemed acceptable in the Netherlands, not that we should follow it :-) Chris55 07:56, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]