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*'''Keep''' it. Clean it up, but keep it. Publications across the world are acknowledging that the violence could be spreading. [[User:Kade|Kade]] 06:52, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' it. Clean it up, but keep it. Publications across the world are acknowledging that the violence could be spreading. [[User:Kade|Kade]] 06:52, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
*:which is duly noted at [[2005_French_riots#Possible_Spread_to_other_countries]]. That doesn't warrant a "[[Possible_Spread_of_2005_French_riots_to_other_countries]] article, let alone one on Belgium in particular. [[User:130.60.142.65|130.60.142.65]] 11:47, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
*:which is duly noted at [[2005_French_riots#Possible_Spread_to_other_countries]]. That doesn't warrant a "[[Possible_Spread_of_2005_French_riots_to_other_countries]] article, let alone one on Belgium in particular. If we had created a new article every time the riots spread to a new town, we would have ''500'' independent articles now. This is ridiculous, delete as speedy. [[User:130.60.142.65|130.60.142.65]] 11:47, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' notable copycat violence. [[User:Klonimus|Klonimus]] 07:06, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' notable copycat violence. [[User:Klonimus|Klonimus]] 07:06, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
*'''Comment''': If this ''is'' an extension of the French problem, surely it should be covered in a single article? - [[User:Just zis Guy, you know?|Just zis Guy, you know?]] <sup>[[User_talk:Just zis Guy, you know?|[T]]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Just zis Guy, you know?|[C]]]</sub> :: ''[[User:Just zis Guy, you know?/AfD|AfD?]]'' 08:23, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
*'''Comment''': If this ''is'' an extension of the French problem, surely it should be covered in a single article? - [[User:Just zis Guy, you know?|Just zis Guy, you know?]] <sup>[[User_talk:Just zis Guy, you know?|[T]]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Just zis Guy, you know?|[C]]]</sub> :: ''[[User:Just zis Guy, you know?/AfD|AfD?]]'' 08:23, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

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Unencyclopedic. Wikipedia is not a daily newspaper. Karl Stas 20:46, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Strong delete. Highly speculative; this article attempts to link a series of crimes to the 2005 French riots. There has been no major credible source as of yet that has described any events in Belgium as part of a connected series à la the current twelve-day riots in France. Without that, the article is, as KS notes, just a listing of some random crimes in Belgium in the last few days. Sdedeo 21:09, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong and speedy keep this is just an attempt at censorship. freestylefrappe 22:17, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Censorship??? Is Wikipedia to relate every fait divers in the world? Should we copy the content of our morning newspaper into Wikipedia articles? Moreover, the shooting incident in the metro is not even remotely related to the riots in France.
There have been some new copycat arsons in Brussels this evening, but as of now nothing to be compared with the wave of riots in France. Arsons, acts of vandalism, clashes between youth gangs with the police etc. happen in any major city; they may be news-worthy, but not encyclopedia-worthy. I might add that a few years ago, there have been real riots involving immigrant youths in Antwerp; similar incidents have also happened in Brussels in the past, though on a much smaller scale and less destructive than in France now. - Karl Stas 22:37, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Your attempt at censoring the truth is blatant and the rationale is ridiculous. freestylefrappe 00:16, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
this is sarcasm, right? right? Clearly there cannot be a wikipedia article every time somebody is arrested, shot at or run over in Belgium. 130.60.142.65 11:45, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]