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Thanks for the barnstar. Please let me know if you need any help in any articles like an informal WP:Peer review or suggestions on the article talk. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:18, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

GA review

Please review the page closely, the review is not on the talk page but its own sub-page found at Talk:Cuisine of Madagascar/GA1. Please add this page to your watch list and reply to any comments I leave there, okay? --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 18:22, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

You're doing a great job! Check reference #14, there is an error in the named reference. Please take a look and fix that before you go on. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 05:52, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

IPA-mg

{{IPA-mg}} and WP:IPA for Malagasy are now set up. I changed two personal names to match the key. We can always change our conventions, but IMO it's best to keep all transcriptions on the same footing, so as not to confuse our readers. — kwami (talk) 09:19, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Glad it's appreciated.

For barnstars, you can find the code here. — kwami (talk) 19:40, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Music of Madagascar

Hi Lemurbaby, thanks for your message. I'm afraid I can't review the article, I wouldn't feel like I was doing it justice. It's quite a big topic, on something I know nothing about. One of the good article criteria is that the article is "broad in its coverage". This isn't something I'd feel comfortable assessing with this article. Hopefully someone will review it soon. I did read the article though, and I must say you've put a lot of work into it. It's really looking good. It's great to see this kind of work being done on Africa-related topics. One thing I will say, is that it's still a little short on inline citations at the moment. For example, the "Musical instruments" introductory paragraph has no references, "The earliest of these is played uniquely by women who sit with their legs outstretched together and rest the bars of the xylophone across their legs rather than on a separate resonator box." needs a reference, the paragraph about the Afindrafindrao needs a reference. It's certainly much improved though, so well done!--BelovedFreak 12:23, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

I hope you don't mind, but I've gone ahead and removed SillyTimmy's review, and relisted the article in a way that hopefully hasn't messed anything up, and the original nomination date should still be on it. This way, someone can give the article a proper review.--BelovedFreak 12:41, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Music of Madagascar

The article Music of Madagascar you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Music of Madagascar for things which need to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:14, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations

		The Africa Award
		Awarded to Lemurbaby for fantastic contributions to articles related to Madagascar. Keep up the good work! BelovedFreak 16:51, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Congrats on the Music of Madagascar GA! --BelovedFreak 16:51, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Amazing work on Madagascar mate. Beloved freak, I, Aymatth and preicous few others actually work on African topics and it is brilliant to see an article with quality like Music of Madagascar. PLease keep up the terrific work! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:01, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Flag of Bhutan

Have you read the Talk page of Flag of Bhutan? Your recent edits have obscured some historiographical issues regarding the flags of 1949 and 1956. In brief, the CBS document does not give a description of the 1949 flag that is consistent with the surviving photos, and therefore its description of the 1956 flag (which it describes in terms of differences from the 1949 flag) is suspect. This needs to be reflected in the article, but you have removed the details. -- Elphion (talk) 17:03, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes I have read the talk page. I agree that the credibility issues relating to the source cited need to be acknowledged, but the issue is in how that information is presented. The CBS document is, as far as the reader can tell from the article's contents, no more or less important as a source than any other document. The way that it is discussed places too much emphasis on the document itself, confusing the reader as to its importance (per the GA review). If it is a source of questionable credibility, this can and should be stated in a way that does not place distracting overemphasis on the document itself. Lemurbaby (talk) 19:21, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

I am also trying to keep note on some of the other issues. The problem with Bhutan, unlike any other featured articles about flags, is the lack of information. There are no official flag days (Japan (a FA that I created) has suggested flag days, but nothing official). Very few official details about construction (unlike Belarus, which is another FA of mine) has everything published from government sources. Frankly, this is the best information I can pull out of my personal archives and personal papers (see Lupant reference on talk page) and I know this is not enough for a really good flag article (I say so myself since I created several FA's about flags). User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 06:49, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Correction, I was able to find just one flag day so far. I added it to the article. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 00:13, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for new Online Ambassadors

Hi Lemurbaby! I noticed your activity as a Good Article reviewer, and wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, and specifically the role of Online Ambassador. We're looking for friendly Wikipedians who are good at reviewing articles and giving feedback to serve as mentors for students who are assigned to write for Wikipedia in their classes.

If you're interested, I encourage you to take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines; the "mentorship process" describes roughly what will be expected of mentors in the coming term. If that's something you want to do, please apply!

You can find instructions for applying at WP:ONLINE. The main things we're looking for in Online Ambassadors are friendliness, regular activity (since mentorship is a commitment that spans several months), and the ability to give detailed, substantive feedback on articles (both short new articles, and longer, more mature ones).

I hope to hear from you soon.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 22:26, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Cuisine of Madagascar PR

Sorry to be so slow in replying, but I will be glad to take a look at it, though it will take me a few days. Thanks for your work on an under-represented area of the encyclopedia. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:02, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Flag of Bhutan

I think all the intext website links in citation template now? Spongie555 (talk) 04:14, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Good edits to the article today, Lemurbaby -- well done. I think I would not have been quite so bold, having been slapped down before for "original research", but you have gone farther than I did. -- Elphion (talk) 18:12, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

V for Vendetta GAN

Have the refs in the marketing section been adequately improved?--Iankap99 (talk) 00:33, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

National symbols of Bhutan

Thank you for promoting Flag of Bhutan to GA maybe you would interested in reviewing National symbols of Bhutan nomination? Spongie555 (talk) 02:31, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

This article is modeled after National symbols of Belarus article which is a GA. Spongie555 (talk) 21:26, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Madagascar-related GANs

I will be doing the Madagascar-related reviews of your Good Article nominees. Please be patient while I try to fit it into my schedule. I seem to have bitten off more than I can chew with the collaborative Slow Loris project I'm a part of. – VisionHolder « talk » 16:21, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm glad you're the one who will review them. Take your time, I'm more interested in getting quality articles up, regardless of how long it takes. -- Lemurbaby (talk) 18:13, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Are you just looking at GA, or are you planning for FA? I can give more detailed reviews now if you want. – VisionHolder « talk » 18:20, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

I would like to go for FA ultimately - don't articles always have to get to GA first, though? I don't really know how that works. I'd welcome your more detailed critical feedback if you have time to give it. -- Lemurbaby (talk) 18:40, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

It's good to go through GAN first in order to smooth out the rough spots. However, you could nominate directly to FAC, assuming you don't have a nomination currently open. Until you get more FAs under your belt, I'd go through GAC first. And anyway, some people like to tally their DYK, GA, and FA credits, so it's nice to get credit for every step along the way. – VisionHolder « talk » 19:12, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

It might be wise to also review Wikipedia:Moving files to the Commons. Some of your older images are probably fine, although we should try to contact the site you got them from to see if they have higher-resolution copies they can share. We really do need to track down the source of these photos. If we can, I'd like o get the entire Madagascar collection from Gallica while we're at it. – VisionHolder « talk » 21:49, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Keep up the good work while I'm gone. Don't hesitate to look around and ask people for second opinions and suggestions. Usually the only people watching a good article review are the nominator and the reviewer. Also, as you try to figure out how to move images to WikiCommons, I'm sure people will come along to help. (If I remember correctly, you have to flag it so that an admin can move it.) If they give any fuss, just explain that you're new and learning. If anyone's mean to you while I'm gone, just let me know and I'll anoint my ringed tail and go after them when I come back. – VisionHolder « talk » 23:33, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

By the way, I'm back and I want to apologize for not revisiting your GANs yet. I have a bunch of reviews to tackle, and if I don't get to them tonight, I will try for tomorrow night. – VisionHolder « talk » 01:41, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Take your time - Over the past week I decided to get ambitious and make some major additions to the Rova and Architecture articles that are still in process. -- Lemurbaby (talk) 02:49, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

I don't know if you saw my most recent comments from last week on the GANs or my reply on my talk page. Do you keep these pages on your watchlist, or should I start using the {{Talkback}} template to notify you of my replies? I'm fine with either option.

I do have those pages on my watchlist but for whatever reason I can't find notifications of your replies on there. Thanks for pinging me on here. I've just looked at your comments and I'll be working on them soon. -- Lemurbaby (talk) 00:08, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

I just made a last quick note for the one remaining GAN. Please take a quick look and fix, and I'll be happy to pass it today. Thanks for the excellent work! – VisionHolder « talk » 20:38, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Awesome work you two. I think you both compliment each other and increase quality. Keep up the great work. Lovely to see good articles for Madagascar on here, or any African country really.♦ Dr. Blofeld 01:23, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Handling OTRS

I noticed you claimed to have gotten a reply concerning your request to use the image on Rova of Antananarivo. I went ahead and made a change to the image on Commons to reflect the OTRS case that you will be opening up. Please note the change. Normally this is added when you upload the file. Now just email the release to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org, and you should get a reply within a few days or weeks. Once they confirm the request, you'll be good. If they cannot complete the request, you will need to address whatever issues they point out. – VisionHolder « talk » 17:30, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you - I have just submitted the authorization per your instructions. I'm glad M. Rajaonary agreed to let his image be used here - it adds a lot to have a current color photo of the Manjakamiadana in this article. -- Lemurbaby (talk) 19:15, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Education in Malta GAN

Hello - I responded to your comments at this article's GAN. Unfortunately, due to the sheer lack of information on this topic, I couldn't address some of your comments (for example, I couldn't find an image on Commons, nor a CC image on Flickr). Would you be able to take a second look at all? Thanks, Arctic Night 19:00, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Caroline Lacroix

I just wanted to thank you for approving the article so quickly! It's much appreciated! :) Keep up the good work, Ruby2010 talk 16:50, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

GAN page

Hi Lemurbaby, you don't need to edit Wikipedia:Good article nominations‎ when you add a nomination, or start a review, or put an article on hold, in fact if you do, you may be reverted by the GA bot. You just need to edit the template on the article talkpage (see the "How to nominate an article" instructions on the page). --BelovedFreak 20:13, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to explain this... it's good to know the bot could revert the nomination. I'm aware the bot should normally add an article to the GAN list, but normally the bot picks it up within 15 minutes, and the article had been nominated for several hours without getting listed. That's why I moved it over there manually. Is there any period of time after which it would make sense to list manually? In other words, does the bot ever fail? -- Lemurbaby (talk) 21:19, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

If the bot does't seem to be picking it up, and it has edited the page in between, or if it seems to be down, I would either post the problem at Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations or let User:Harej know. Sometimes, if the bot doesn't seem to be working, it's due to a slight problem in the talkpage template. In the case of Radama II, the bot added the nomination 12 minutes after you added the talkpage template. :) --BelovedFreak 23:00, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Ah! I see what happened. I was looking for it in the royalty/nobility section but had miscategorized it, so didn't see it when the article was listed in the general history section. I've fixed the category now. Thanks, Belovedfreak. :) Lemurbaby (talk) 23:16, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Recomendation?

I saw your nomination of one of kings of Madagascar for GA maybe you should go for a Wikipedia:Good topics with the Madagascar monarchs? Its just a suggestion since you probably will get them to GA anyway Spongie555 (talk) 04:33, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Education in Malta - GAN

Hello Lemurbaby, I have responded to your concerns here. Thanks, Arctic Night 02:42, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Maybe?

User Artic Night recently retired and I noticed he/she left quite a few GA nominations left. I thought you maybe you be interested in watching them beacuse I don't think that the users nominations should go to waste especially since this user probably put alot of time in it. I asked you beacuse I saw you reviewed arctic night nomination of education in Malta. Spongie555 (talk) 08:26, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Also I had a question for you. Does Madagascar have a current pretender to the throne? I asked you since you work with Madagascar royalty. Spongie555 (talk) 07:32, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi Spongie555, thanks for your idea about creating a GA group for the Malagasy royalty articles. I would definitely like to make that happen once all the related articles reach GA status. As far as a claimant to the throne, that's not something the andriana (noble) class is advocating for. So many generations later, there are far too many descendants of the various monarchs for any one of them to even make a case that they are more deserving than the next. Some Malagasy do sometimes say they think the country would be better off under a king since they feel disappointed by democracy - and then some of my Malagasy family in Tana sometimes only half-jokingly say the country should be recolonized. In my opinion, what the country needs is a drastic reform to the constitution (having compared the constitutions of the 3rd and 4th republics side by side, I see hardly anything meaningful and even less that's positive was accomplished by the "reform" the current administration has put forward). It's based on the French parliamentary model with too much power massed at the executive level - and really terrible division of powers (i.e. for all practical purposes, the division is nonexistent because the executive branch gets to select key positions that control what the other branches do). Such an arrangement makes it very easy for the president to abuse his power. -- Lemurbaby (talk) 18:08, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Interesting I thought they would have a claimant from Ranavalona III decendents. Also are you going to work on Ranavalona III article in the future? It looks interesting and some thing I would look forward to see expanded by someone. Spongie555 (talk) 08:10, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Ranavalona III didn't have any children of her own. She did adopt her sister's two children (both girls), who could have claimed the throne but one died very young and the other died in childbirth, leaving behind a daughter named Marie-Louise Ranavalo who joined her great-aunt in exile in Algeria as a child and was raised by her. Marie-Louise married a Frenchman named M. Garnier and died in the 1940s. I haven't been able to find out if the marriage produced children, but they would have been half-French ethnically and have French citizenship, which would have kept them from being able to claim the throne anyway. So all the immediate lines of descent have ended. That leaves far too many contenders among the various nobles for any one person to authoritatively claim the throne. I'm getting a lot of joy out of researching and writing on these Madagascar topics and I do plan on getting all of them to GA one by one. It makes me happy to hear from you and know these articles are being read. Sometimes I wonder if all this work is going to be useful to anyone. What's the nature of your interest in the sovereigns of Madagascar? -- Lemurbaby (talk) 14:27, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

I have always been interested in former monarchies. The sovereigns of Madagascar started to Interest me because it was more recent(well compared to monarchies in the renessiance). I usually read former and current monarchies articles( I read to much that that i think it's turning me into a monarchist). Spongie555 (talk) 17:59, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Shashthi GAN

Thanks for the GA pass and constructive edits on Kamadhenu. I have been busy lately and may not be able to address your concerns till the weekend. Please bear with me. Thanks. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 17:04, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Anyway, got some time today. So replied your comments in the article with HTML comments. Please feel free to reword accordingly. Thanks. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 17:49, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Please check. Redtigerxyz ^Talk 18:09, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Addressed issues. Redtigerxyz ^Talk 15:45, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for all your constructive edits and the GA pass.Redtigerxyz ^Talk 05:20, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Rock [barn] star

Thanks for the Barnstar and the encouragement. Which are both much appreciated. I am getting there with the webcites and hopefully the encyclopedia authors won't take as long. Ghmyrtle has promised to have a look at the draft lead/characteristics section this week, which is usually very helpful. I will drop you a line when I've considered any suggestions he makes. So we are making progress. Thanks again.--SabreBD (talk) 19:29, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

I presume Ghyrtle is busy, so rather than wait any longer I have posted a link to my sandbox on the article talkpage in the hope of getting comments.--SabreBD (talk) 21:47, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

This looks wonderful, Sabrebd! there are just a few minor punctuation, spelling and sentence structure edits to make before it's ready to be added to the article. Great work! -- Lemurbaby (talk) 22:21, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I think it will be a big improvement to the article if we can get agreement on the text.--SabreBD (talk) 22:32, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi Lemurbaby. I am sure you are pretty busy, but if you get time there are some comments from me on progress on the review at [[1]]. Thanks in advance.--SabreBD (talk) 08:43, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for pinging me here, Sabrebd. I'm going to try to have a look in the next day or two - I'm just about to move cross-country so I'm a little tied up but will come back to the article when I have some time to dedicate my full attention to it. -- Lemurbaby (talk) 06:12, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

That's great. Hopefully it will give me time to pin down any outstanding issues.--SabreBD (talk) 07:46, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi. I am sure you are busy, but is there any chance you can take a look over the rock music article and review comments as I cannot progress further until I get some input on progress so far or remaining issues. I would like to get this view wrapped up soon so that I can move on to other things. Thanks.--SabreBD (talk) 19:05, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Just to say many thanks for undertaking the daunting task of the review. It is a much better article now and hopefully, when I have recovered, it may be possible to take it to FA status with all the helpful advice and improvements, but if you do think of anything else that would need doing for that do let me know. Thanks again.--SabreBD (talk) 18:19, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi Lemurbaby. Sorry to bother you but I have just noticed that Rock music is showing as a B Class article and a Good article nominee, rather than as a good article. I cannot see why this may be as all the templates seem to be in order, but perhaps you could just have a check if you get time.--SabreBD (talk) 16:20, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Hold that thought it may be one of my displays - its showing fine on my main pc.--SabreBD (talk) 17:34, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Smile!

Hello Lemurbaby, User:Ruby2010 has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
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Ruby2010 talk 18:14, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Source about food prices

• "Madagascar: Rice is 'becoming a luxury'". World News. 15 February 2011. Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
• "Madagascar: Food insecurity tightens its hold". World News. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.

Thought this might help with one of your Malagasy articles. – VisionHolder « talk » 23:01, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

I've added another one I found, although I don't have time at the moment to archive it. – VisionHolder « talk » 14:51, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Ralambo

Before I start in on the full GAN review, there are two issues in the references. First, "La Vaissière (1885), pp. 285-290" does not provide enough details on where it's from. Also, I noticed that one of your references is listed twice for different page ranges. I was wondering if you were up for trying out a slightly different referencing system, similar to what I've been using on lemur and loris articles. I would gladly walk you through setting is up if you need help. Basically, I suggest both list define references (to put all your references in one place at the end of the artile) and the {{Sfn}} template (to handle short foot notes for specific page references to books). Just let me know. – VisionHolder « talk » 16:32, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Oops... I left the "de" off the second la Vassière ref. It actually *is* the same as the one cited earlier. Thanks for catching the inconsistency. It's been fixed now. That different citation style you propose does look cleaner and I like it, although I might try experimenting with it on future articles rather than trying to revise the ones I've already written so far (at least for now). How exactly would it work for the first reference? Would you cite the page number(s) for the first citation, and then simply list different page numbers below the initial one for each subsequent citation of the same reference? -- Lemurbaby (talk) 20:49, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Sorry for missing the de la Vassière ref. I did a visual scan that lasted 0.03 seconds, then did my traditional search: highlight, Ctrl-F, Enter, and it didn't pull anything up. However, I forgot the "search" feature in IE6 here at work doesn't work. Anyawy, as for the reference system, I don't mind converting the Ralambo article for you in one edit so that you can see how it works. Basically, with LDR (list defined references), the refs get listed in the References section, and you just use the usually repeated ref tags (<ref name=.../>) throughout the article. Sfn is a little trickier, but you'll catch on quickly. Just let me know. Either way, we'll want to use footnotes for this article, whether we use Sfn or do it manually. – VisionHolder « talk » 21:18, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

request

Hi again,

Could you add the native name and IPA to Malagasy language? And maybe an explanation of the el: is that dialectical, or a grammatical derivation?

Thanks, — kwami (talk) 15:31, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Would you have a look at what I added and let me know if this is what you had in mind? I'm not quite sure what you mean by "explanation of the el"... having no linguistic background, I could benefit from a little more information. :) Thank you in advance Kwami. -- Lemurbaby (talk) 15:58, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Madagascar

I recently found an article I thought was odd but interesting. It is the article of Maurice Benyovszky who was a Hungarian who claimed the Madagascar throne. I wanted to see what you think about him. Spongie555 (talk) 06:49, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for this lead. I will look into it soon. -- Lemurbaby (talk) 18:51, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Also could you review the article National symbols of Bhutan(it's not a GA nomination but we could use some feedback to get it to GA. Also it has been improved since the GA nomination before. Spongie555 (talk) 01:16, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi Spongie - Sure I will have a look at it, hopefully this weekend if I have the chance. -- Lemurbaby (talk) 13:51, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. Hopefully the article can get to GA we just need some input. Spongie555 (talk) 03:10, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Article size

I really like the improvements you're making on the article Madagascar. However, I should note that the size is starting to get a little large. Yes, the article Lemur is larger yet—something I hope to remedy with sub-articles in the future—but regardless, we need to keep things brief and rely on those links to related articles, otherwise people will have problems accessing and editing the article. Otherwise, I'm looking forward to the finished product. Let me know when it's GAN ready! – VisionHolder « talk » 12:27, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Ardhanarishvara

Thanks for your improvements. I left replies to your comments in the comments on the article page. Please take a look. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 17:59, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I realized today that you were the GA reviewer. Thanks for the review.--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 17:10, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Madagascar Geography Stubs

Also posted on WikiProject Madagascar's discussion page -- looking for comments or thoughts from the Madagascar editors before going ahead. Madagascar's geography stubs still use the old 6 province system. WikiProject Stub sorting approved creating 22 new stub types for the new regions. The discussion and proposed stub types are here for your review. I'll be creating the stubs and starting the sort this weekend if all looks good. Aelfthrytha (talk) 00:09, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Madagascar lede

Thank you for your significant and generally useful edits to article Madagascar. However, the lede does not seem to clarify that the change in illegal logging situation is due to instability and withheld aid is the main cause rather than only Rajoelina's policies. The latter I found could be a possible interpretation of the current text. The lede also mentions nothing about Ravalomanana's abuses of power despite its substantial length. Munci (talk) 18:01, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback, Munci. The lead does not provide the reasons for the increase in illegal logging - it only states that the logging has increased under the present regime. Thank you for observing that Ravalomanana's misdeeds are not noted in the article (at this point, only Ratsiraka is really singled out, for his use of violence via the secret police). I am continuing to work on the article as time permits and hope to elevate it to GA and eventually FA status, and some of the corruption and abuse of power issues common to all the regimes in Madagascar will be mentioned in the politics section. Great work on the Sega article and others relating to Reunion and the Indian Ocean islands, by the way. It's great to get in touch with a fellow Wikipedian working on sharing information on that part of the world. -- Lemurbaby (talk) 23:16, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

re:Introduction

Hello Lemurbaby, and sorry for a very late reply ^^' ;

I am now seventeen, but soon eighteen, and I am a malagasy born in Madagascar. I am now in Paris, France. I lived here for eight years now and I am now preparing the french Baccalaureate in Industrial and Technical Sciences ; I study electronics and informatic.

My mother tongue is Malagasy, the easiest language that I can understand. I have studied mostly in French language. I learnt English and Spanish at school. I have been interested in learning old english and Lakota, but because lack of time (for many reasons), I didn't have learnt them.

I learnt myself to write in malagasy language, as in France I was not encouraged to learn my own language ; I really started to relearn malagasy three years ago, and now I am as clever in written malagasy as in written French. I also learnt esperanto myself, for three years ; as I don't use it as often as Malagasy, I am less fluent in that language.

I am writing on malagasy wikipedia and wiktionary. I often read my discussion pages over there ; whereas the discussion page here is not often seen.

Ah, as you lived in Madagascar during two years, you didn't learn Malagasy? It's a very difficult language, I know, but it is a beatiful language, and I love that language.

Best regards from Paris, --Jagwar - (( talk )) 12:12, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Malagasy cuisine

Thank you, Philg88, for your thorough work! The article has a more natural, non-academic style to it now thanks to your changes. I did revert a couple of edits where the word Malagasy was originally used - the word is both an adjective for anything associated with Madagascar and also for the people of Madagascar themselves, and although it's not immediately recognizable to some readers (who might be more comfortable with some invented term like Madagascarian), I wanted to keep Malagasy in the article to help familiarize readers with the correct term.

Hey, you don't feel like going through my other copy edit request for Rova of Antananarivo do you? :) -- Lemurbaby (talk) 14:03, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

GAN nomination of List of World Heritage Sites in Madagascar

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Rova of Antananarivo‎

Hi Lemurbaby, this is a nice article and could make it to FA status fairly easily I think. Interesting topic too - makes me want to visit Madagascar :) (I was already half sold after copyediting the food article.) ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 02:17, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the barnstar - I agree with the above comment, reading the article made me want to visit Madagascar and see this (and have a time machine to see it before the tragic fire). Thanks for your work on it and please let me know when it is at FAC, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 20:27, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Colonization of Madagascar

The introduction of this paper by Blench and Walsh (2009) discuss a colonization history that seems to conflict with what is written in the Madagascar article and others. I think we need to do some more research, particularly among the most recent literature. – VisionHolder « talk » 00:03, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

FAC noms

Please see the responses on my talk page, regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:20, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Bhikshatana

Thank for a GA review. My Home PC is not workibg for a week. So I haven't edited for a week. I will try to edit by another PC on the weekend. However, I may not be able to edit in the week, if my PC does not get repaired. If you feel that this article is closer to GA than B, please keep the article on hold for a longer time. Thanks. Redtigerxyz ^Talk 15:08, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the GA pass and improvement in the article. I noticed you have also initiated the GA review of Ahalya. My Home Pc is still not working. I hope it starts by Wed. In a worst case scenario, i will be away till Fri. Redtigerxyz ^Talk 14:57, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your patience. Please take a look. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 09:28, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Please take a look. I have addressed your concerns.--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 05:23, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the pass. All the best for the FAC. It is a very nice article on cuisine, but today, I would not be a neutral party to vote. Anyway, this time it seems it will pass. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 15:43, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Paulo Francis

I've withdrawn GA-nomination, and am willingly to comply with requirements to present it anew. As to illustrations, I don't know how to work with Commons, so please help me. As to the other changes suggested, I will do what I can, OK? RegardsCerme (talk) 00:53, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Cerne! I replied at your talk page. Lemurbaby (talk) 10:29, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Million Award

Wow, congrats on having gotten Madagascar through! I always love to see the country articles get up to that quality... it's just like we're a real encyclopedia. Thanks for all you do... -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:04, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

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Sorry for the ridiculous delay in replying. You still around? I'm happy to work with you on the article, sure! LudicrousTripe (talk) 21:43, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

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Ambohimanga is a hill and traditional fortified royal settlement (rova) in Madagascar, located approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) northeast of the capital city of Antananarivo. The hill and the rova are considered the most significant symbol of the cultural identity of the Merina people and the most important and best-preserved monument of the precolonial Kingdom of Madagascar. The walled historic village includes tombs of the vazimba, the island's first inhabitants, and the residences and burial sites of several key monarchs. It remains a place of worship to which pilgrims come. Founded by King Andriamasinavalona (1675–1710) as the capital of the Avaradrano region, Ambohimanga is one of the twelve sacred hills of Imerina and contains the house of King Andrianampoinimerina (1787–1810), who led the successful effort to unify most of Madagascar under Merina rule. Ambohimanga was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2001. Its historic sister city, the Rova of Antananarivo, was destroyed by fire in 1995. Numerous governmental and civil society organizations support the conservation of Ambohimanga by restoring damaged features and preventing further degradation. (Full article...)

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Next GA push

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United Nations

I saw on your user page that you're interested in getting United Nations up to GA at some point... I'm actually working on that right now, though I haven't gotten very deep into the article yet. If you have any input, I'd be glad to hear it. The article's in surprisingly good shape; mostly I think it's a question of bringing better balance to the history-ish sections (more pre-2000 events, less focus on a few virulent critics). And ping me if you ever want a collaborator on Rwandan Genocide--it's on my list too. Anyway, thanks again.

Are you in Islamabad yet? Good luck with the move! -- Khazar2 (talk) 16:10, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Just FYI, I've put UN up for peer review here; if you happen to have a chance to comment, I'd value your input. Cheers, -- Khazar2 (talk) 02:50, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

Re:Help shrinking my audio files

Hi there- sorry, I realise the shrinking's a pain. I've done File:Mahaleo - Hay Hay - super group from Madagascar.ogg for you. In Audacity, you can lower the bitrate by going to File > Export > Options and lowering the quality to 0. It's not exact, and that file's been lowered to slightly below 64kbps. As long as you can still hear the music, much better for it to be lower bitrate rather than higher! J Milburn (talk) 13:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

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That was oddly slow in being delivered--or maybe you get one of those a week? Sorry about that, I have no control over that bot. -- Khazar2 (talk) 15:23, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Antananarivo

You reverted my removal of the demographia figures and ref in this edit. There is currently a discussion about the reliability of the source.

• Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#demographia.com

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Madagascar in WWII

Hi Lemurbaby,

I stumbled across your excellent Malagasy Uprising article, which I really enjoyed. I just wondered whether you might be up for writing an article on Madagascar in WWII - a sort of overview of life and governance in the colony etc. as well as the fighting itself. I've had a go at improving the coverage of Africa in World War II with articles on Kenya and the Belgian Congo "in World War II", but I'm afraid I don't have the expertise to work on anywhere else. I think Cliftonian's also collaborating with an article on Southern Rhodesia in the conflict. Anyway, thanks for your contributions to a region often overlooked in history! Brigade Piron (talk) 20:07, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi Brigade Piron, thanks for your kind comments on the Malagasy Uprising article. I'm trying to get all the top and high importance Madagascar topics up to at least B class as quickly as I can, then hope to help out on some other less covered countries, most likely starting with Rwanda. I'd been planning to write one on Vichy Madagascar during WWII, and it's a great idea to ensure Madagascar's WWII experience is represented on WP. Do you have a table of contents or other kind of template for the articles you're creating on African countries in WWII that I could adapt or follow for this, and maybe later for Rwanda and whichever other countries in Africa I try to tackle later? Cheers, Lemurbaby (talk) 07:34, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi Lemurbaby, thanks! I think it wouldn't be wrong for any article like that to encompass both Vichy and Allied regimes in Madagascar? I've been structuring my articles on the subject fairly simply, with economic and military contributions (chief importance for most African countries of the period) and a life-in-the-region-at-the-time section. An aftermath section is also always interesting! I've been thinking of writing a Ruanda-Urundi in World War II article myself (I did the Ruzagayura famine article in preparation) so I'd be happy to do a collaboration if you're interested? Brigade Piron (talk) 17:54, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Sorry to interrupt. Yes I am indeed intending to collaborate with a Southern Rhodesia in World War II article, but I'm sorry to say what I have so far (here) is far from ready. Anyway, thank you to you both for your excellent contributions to African articles; I hope you're both well. —Cliftonian (talk) 18:24, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Oh and incidentally I've just nominated Air Rhodesia Flight 825 for FA. If either of you are interested in reviewing you can do so here. Cheers! —Cliftonian (talk) 18:25, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

good suggestions, and nice work on the famine article. This is what's so great about WP - it ties experience and knowledge together across time and geography in a way Brittannica can't even touch. Cliftonian, I will be glad to review your article. I also have one at FAC about Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, generally considered the first modern African poet and a colonial martyr. It's about to fail because it's been at FAC for several weeks with two supports and it's just awaiting a third to pass. If you could have a look, I'd be much obliged. Cheers, Lemurbaby (talk) 00:48, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

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