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Sikidy

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A Malagasy diviner performs sikidy in 1900

• ... that people in Madagascar perform algebra on tree seeds in order to tell the future? (pictured)

• Source: https://www.academia.edu/38151275/Malagasy_Sikidy_A_Case_in_Ethnomathematics

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Xenophon of Robeika

Created by Zanahary (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

Zanahary (talk) 21:52, 10 May 2024 (UTC).

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: Article new enough and long enough. Passes earwig, no close paraphrasing was found, and the hook is quite interesting, cited inline, and verified. Image appropriately licensed. I'd suggest linking "people" in the hook to Malagasy peoples, but otherwise GTG.Pseud 14 (talk) 14:56, 15 May 2024 (UTC)