A fact from Voorleser appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 October 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
This article is part of WikiProject New Jersey, an effort to create, expand, and improve New Jersey–related articles to Wikipedia feature-quality standard. Please join in the discussion.New JerseyWikipedia:WikiProject New JerseyTemplate:WikiProject New JerseyNew Jersey articles
This article falls within the scope of WikiProject Netherlands, an attempt to create, expand, and improve articles related to the Netherlands on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, visit the project page where you can join the project or contribute to the discussion.NetherlandsWikipedia:WikiProject NetherlandsTemplate:WikiProject NetherlandsNetherlands articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject History, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the subject of History 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.HistoryWikipedia:WikiProject HistoryTemplate:WikiProject Historyhistory articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Law, an attempt at providing a comprehensive, standardised, pan-jurisdictional and up-to-date resource for the legal field and the subjects encompassed by it.LawWikipedia:WikiProject LawTemplate:WikiProject Lawlaw articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Education, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of education and education-related topics 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.EducationWikipedia:WikiProject EducationTemplate:WikiProject Educationeducation articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Religion, a project to improve Wikipedia's articles on Religion-related subjects. Please participate by editing the article, and help us assess and improve articles to good and 1.0 standards, or visit the wikiproject page for more details.ReligionWikipedia:WikiProject ReligionTemplate:WikiProject ReligionReligion articles
Latest comment: 13 years ago4 comments2 people in discussion
Does "voorleser" really come from German, as the article states (without a clear source)? The German form would be Vorleser, and the Dutch would be voorlezer, but it's quite possible that voorleser occurred as a variant. Ucucha 17:30, 5 August 2010 (UTC)Reply
I think I've corrected it, if not, let me know. - Theornamentalist (talk) 02:23, 6 August 2010 (UTC)Reply
I'd prefer if you found a source that actually covers the subject, since "voorleser" may actually well have been the word the Dutch in the Americas used—the modern spelling is voorlezer, but Dutch spelling has gone through some changes since the 18th century. Ucucha 06:31, 6 August 2010 (UTC)Reply
I've been looking, and I've found that there is even a pick which uses both spellings for describing the same thing in the same time period! voorleser and voorlezer, and the latter which, in this book, has been used to describe someone, I have seen in other sources for the same person with the former spelling. My biggest concern is, the word as used in Nederlands, simply means reader, yet this was used as an official title in the New Netherlands. I've made another edit, let me know what you think. - Theornamentalist (talk) 12:25, 6 August 2010 (UTC)Reply
