Talk:Université libre de Bruxelles

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Merge from Free University of Brussels

I am suggesting that the article Free University of Brussels be merged to this page. This article covers the entire history including back to 1834, and seems to duplicates the split. If this article covers the entire time period of existence then the other article should be merged; if this article predominantly only covers post the merge, with a little bit of back story, then the other article would remain, and we should be more specific about the actual later start date and link to antecedent history. — billinghurst sDrewth 02:42, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

There is a good reason that this isn't the case. Basically, ULB has no better claim to be the "successor" of the original Free University than VUB does. I would, however, support renaming the Free University of Brussels article to make the period it deals with more obvious, as has already been done at Catholic University of Leuven (1835–1968) —Brigade Piron (talk) 16:31, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Since there was no objection, I've made the change I suggested.—Brigade Piron (talk) 12:39, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Universitas Bruxellensis

@AukusRuckus:, you marked the parenthetical "(with multiple senses, including Vrije Universiteit Brussel)" as as needing a citation, but not the claim that it refers to ULV. Our article on VUB, cites a source published by VUB for the claim that "Universitas Bruxellensis" refers to VUB, but that source doesn't seem any better than the seal on this page. Are you aware of third party reliable sources stating which university the Latin name refers to, that it is ambiguous, or that it refers only to the university before the split? What each article should say about the name? McYeee (talk) 01:53, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

McYee, I'm a little confused by your question (partly, the initialisms are doing my cognitive capacity no favours!), so please forgive me if I don't fully address your query.

My concern was purely linguistic. The claim being made – that I thought should be cited – seemed to me to say: That a Latin phrase itself has multiple senses (shades of meaning). This seemed odd, especially as we're saying "literally". If, instead, it was intended to convey that the Latin name Universitas Bruxellensis is also applicable to other universities, such as Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the earlier Free University of Brussels, etc., then that would not need citing (as far as I can see).

If that's the case, I would recommend rephrasing, even to something as simple as what I've just written above, something like: "lit. 'University of Brussels' (applicable to multiple universities, including Université libre de Bruxelles)" Sorry if I got the wrong end of the stick, but I do think it needs clearer phrasing if it's only stating the Latin name is used by multiple institutions. AukusRuckus (talk) 13:04, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Your most recent edit to the page makes the footnotes look perfect to me. Thank you! McYeee (talk) 05:02, 26 September 2024 (UTC)