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A fact from Flag of Madagascar appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 September 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the colours of the flag of Madagascar originally had no meaning?

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen talk 02:42, 25 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Flag of Madagascar

... that the colours of the flag of Madagascar (pictured) originally had no meaning?

Source: Tétaud, Sarah (22 June 2020). "Madagascar: les débuts mouvementés du drapeau national" [Madagascar: The Turbulent Beginnings of the National Flag]. Radio France Internationale (in French). Retrieved 14 August 2024. A l'origine, les trois couleurs retenues par le concepteur du drapeau n'ont aucun sens particulier.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Cry Baby (Clean Bandit, Anne-Marie and David Guetta song)
Comment: The image of the flag is not necessary, but it's helpful to the reader.

5x expanded by Yue (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

Yue🌙 07:44, 15 August 2024 (UTC).Reply

Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:25, 15 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:44, 15 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

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