Talk:Marc Van Ranst

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

Biography: Politics and Government / Science and Academia

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography
	This article is supported by the politics and government work group (assessed as Low-importance).
	This article is supported by the science and academia work group (assessed as Low-importance).
	An editor has requested that an image or photograph be added to this article.

Belgium Low‑importance

	Belgium portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Belgium, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Belgium on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.BelgiumWikipedia:WikiProject BelgiumTemplate:WikiProject BelgiumBelgium-related
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	An editor has requested that an image or photograph be added to this article.

Politics Low‑importance

	Politics portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of politics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PoliticsWikipedia:WikiProject PoliticsTemplate:WikiProject Politicspolitics
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	An editor has requested that an image or photograph be added to this article.

Medicine Low‑importance

	Medicine portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Medicine, which recommends that medicine-related articles follow the Manual of Style for medicine-related articles and that biomedical information in any article use high-quality medical sources. Please visit the project page for details or ask questions at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine.MedicineWikipedia:WikiProject MedicineTemplate:WikiProject Medicinemedicine
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	An editor has requested that an image or photograph be added to this article.

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion:

Marc Van Ranst in 2020 during the corona crisis.jpg

You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. —Community Tech bot (talk) 08:22, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

For a moment I thought it said comma crisis. E Eng 17:53, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comma versus semicolon

There's been a rather crazy dispute between myself and User:The Banner regarding a switch in punctuation by me from a comma to a semicolon. I think it's an improvement, because it fixes what I now know is known as a comma splice. The Banner thinks otherwise.

@The Banner: I genuinely am interested, despite the turn that this somehow took, to hear your views on why you don't like the change. Clearly, you don't, but if I knew why perhaps we might get somewhere here. Hopefully we can move on constructively. 92.24.246.11 (talk) 16:46, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Seeing the aggressive behaviour of you, I do not expect a serious discussion about the subject. Try some apologies first... The Banner talk 18:23, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not an English professor, but I'm fairly confident that the semicolon is preferable, and that the comma usage in that context does appear to be a comma splice. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 18:38, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The semicolon is obviously preferable here. TheBanner, you've just responded to a polite and substantive comment with a strictly personal one -- I think some self-reflection would be wise. --JBL (talk) 18:55, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You could also have cut the sentence in two. The Banner talk 19:01, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure why you didn't just do that at the time, I've certainly got no objections to that version. I'm not sure it's needed; I'm fine with either option. 92.24.246.11 (talk) 19:17, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You had already reverted before I could do that... The Banner talk 19:47, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Why not just change instead of reverting and moving on? 92.24.246.11 (talk) 20:01, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I can ask the same question to you. The Banner talk 20:40, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, you can't. I did change the article to remove the comma splice. It was you who restored it, and you who wouldn't say why, which is what has led to us all being here talking about a comma. 92.24.246.11 (talk) 20:46, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semicolon or two sentences. Attic Salt (talk) 19:21, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
These are two independent clauses that can be standalone sentences. Therefore a comma is incorrect; a semicolon should be used. Per The Chicago Manual of Style, section 6.54.— Diannaa 🇨🇦 (talk) 23:03, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I can't believe it's taken an edit war, and RPP, an ANI thread, and a discussion here to get clarity on a comma splice. E Eng 00:45, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Semicolon, please. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 14:09, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

any background ? fell off somewehre?

what about his family - nobels or what? socialisation and such? THANKS.

"van" isn't as distinguished as "von". You can try to research this yourself but it's not actually that likely. 1Veertje (talk) 09:45, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

VanRanst2021.jpg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 16:38, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Honorary doctorate Radboud University Nijmegen in 2023

Seven new honorary doctorates at Radboud University Radboud University Nijmegen d.d. 9 january 2023

JoostB (talk) 14:57, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]