Talk:Free University of Brussels (1834–1969)

Confusing

So, if I see a reference to someone who attended the "Free University of Brussels" in 1950, which article should I read? This page doesn't help at all! --R'n'B (call me Russ) 21:11, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

That's a good point - I've made it an article, like that of Catholic University of Leuven. StAnselm (talk) 07:30, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Name

While the university might have been named Université libre de Bruxelles, per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English) the English translation is Free University of Brussels, which is what should be used. You'll notice that there's similarly a page on Shanghai University, not on 上海大学, which is the local non-English name. The only reason the English name isn't used for the modern institutions is because there are two of them and it's ambiguous. Oreo Priest ^talk 14:06, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Merge to Université libre de Bruxelles

I am suggesting that this article be merged to Université libre de Bruxelles. While they may have been split for a reasonable purpose, the other article purports to cover the entire history of the university, not post the split of the parent to its two parts. If the other article is truly covering from the 1834 origin, then this article belongs as a sub-part, not standalone. — billinghurst sDrewth 22:57, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

I disagree. There is no particular reason why ULB or VUB should be considered the direct successor to the pre-1969 university. Merging the articles, as you imply, would involve making this judgment. Do feel free, however, to reframe the scope of the articles more clearly! —Brigade Piron (talk) 22:05, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

There was clearly no consensus to merge, so I have removed the template. --RFBailey (talk) 02:33, 1 February 2019 (UTC)