Talk:List of Flemish painters

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Hi, back in May I attempted to rearrange this article without the tussenvoegsel and, after much searching, found that Wiki policy at the time was to sort with it. Therefore, I removed my changes. It seems that now most of the names (such as in the Category:Flemish painters) are ordered in the way I attempted, but not here. Now, I realise that this is about Flemish painters, and the Flemish practise is to use the "Van" in many instances. However, that is not the case in library sorting. The entry for—to use one of many examples—Rogier van der Weyden in the Stadsbibliotheek Antwerpen (Antwerp library) lists him as "Weyden, van der, Rogier". All major art history indices (such as the Getty Union List and Bibliography of the History of Art) use similar sorting patterns. Therefore, would anyone be opposed to reordering the names here so that we can shorten the "V" section a bit and make it consistent with other pages? I assume that Jan van Eyck and Van der Weyden are the only two that are known well-enough to people who might not think to look in the next logical place, and might cause some confusion. --Stomme 16:37, 2 October 2007 (UTC)