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Marrakesh

Thank you very much for promoting the article to GA. It was tough as rightly said that mnay people had contributed to it with different formats. Can you kindly leave a message of this promotion to GA on our talk pages. Thanks for all the efforts you put in to review it.--Nvvchar. 00:21, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Yes indeed and I agree. And for the fact that moth Paris and Marrakech are highly complex cities, producing a comprehensive but concise article with high quality prose throughout is highly demanding!! Thanks for your review!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 19:33, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

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Ranavalona I (c. 1778–1861) ruled the Kingdom of Madagascar from 1828 to 1861. After positioning herself as queen following the death of her young husband, Radama I, she pursued a policy of isolationism and self-sufficiency, reducing economic and political ties with European powers, repelling a French attack on the coastal town of Foulpointe, and taking vigorous measures to eradicate the small but growing Malagasy Christian movement. She made heavy use of forced labor to complete public works projects and to form a standing army that she deployed to pacify outlying regions of the island and expand the realm. European intermediaries unsuccessfully tried to use divisions between traditionalist and pro-European factions at court to hasten the succession of her son, Radama II. Her European contemporaries generally condemned her policies and characterized her as a tyrant at best and insane at worst, characterizations that persisted in Western scholarly literature until the mid-1970s. Recent research has recast Ranavalona's actions as those of a queen attempting to expand her empire while protecting Malagasy sovereignty against the encroachment of European cultural and political influence. (Full article...)

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GA

Thanks! Hope you are enjoying your time in Madagascar! We could use photos of some towns and villages as well as lemurs hehe! Let me know when you want we to do the review.Tibetan Prayer ^᧾ 06:12, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

I'll do the GA review later on today. Can you find some info about Malagasy cinema to expand Cinema of Madagascar? Like most African nations I'm sure it's very small, but I'm pretty sure there is something to say about it. Thanks for all of your photos!Tibetan Prayer ^᧾ 10:12, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

I'll definitely do the review later on today. Not sure why you asked Sabre to review it. I'd have done it a month ago but for the fact that you said you were in Madagascar for 4 weeks and didn't think you'd want to have to address GA points while on holiday. Apologies if you'd rather I had done it back then.Tibetan Prayer ^᧾ 12:26, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

UDI

Hi Lemurbaby, thanks again for your GA review of Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence. I just wanted to drop you a note to let you know that it's now at FAC. If you're interested in contributing to the review there, the link is here. Thanks, and I hope you're having a great day. —Cliftonian (talk) 07:26, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Ibitekerezo

Hello, Lemurbaby. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Ibitekerezo, for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:

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You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Jeremy112233 (talk) 20:52, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Ibitekerezo

I have added some more text with book references. You may like to see before I nominate it for DYK. Thanks.--Nvvchar. 00:17, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. It is already an approved DYK. It should be appearing on main page shortly.--Nvvchar. 23:29, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Andriantsimitoviaminiandriana Andriandrazaka

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Wrong assumptions (FAC)

With your interest in Madagascar-related topics i always pictured you as someone from Madagascar or maybe as a French :). My apologies for jumping to conclusions, i certainly didn't mean to imply anything negative with it. GermanJoe (talk) 07:43, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Cool DYK

I know from the edits that other people helped with the Ibitekerezo article and DYK. But as you were the first editor of the article, figured I'd pass on how cool the article was. Really interesting read. Thanks. AbstractIllusions (talk) 03:10, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Ibitekerezo

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Article Feedback Tool update

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We've now re-released the software, with the addition of a logging feature and restrictions on the ability to disable. Obviously, we're not going to automatically re-enable it on each article—we don't want to create a situation where it was enabled by users who have now moved on, and feedback would sit there unattended—but if you're interested in enabling it for your articles, it's pretty simple to do. Just go to the article you want to enable it on, click the "request feedback" link in the toolbox in the sidebar, and AFT5 will be enabled for that article.

Again, we're very sorry about this issue; hopefully it'll be smooth sailing after this :). If you have any questions, just drop them at the talkpage. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) 21:45, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Two questions

Hi Jagwar, it was fascinating reading about the process of your development of the Malagasy Wictionary and Wikipedia. It's incredible what one dedicated and altruistic person with initiative and the right combination of knowledge can do for the benefit of others. I have a couple of questions for you.

1) I'm thinking of developing the article on Malagasy language with some of the resources I own, including books with a linguistic focus. But I'm no linguist, and I want to be sure I don't make mistakes. Would you be interested / willing to work with me on it to ensure the final article is complete and correct?

2) Would you mind if we get in touch by email or maybe on Facebook? I have an idea I wanted to discuss with you off WP. Lemurbaby (talk) 04:24, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Lemurbaby, thank you for your comment on the blog.

To respond your first question, I am very interested in working with you on the Malagasy language article. I am sure your addition to the English language article aboout Malagasy language will be very interesting as well as your past -- and of very high quality -- contributions on Madagascar-related articles.

If you want to contact me just send me a mail by using the email user function of the English Wikipedia (it didn't enable it here, I don't know why...). Best regards, Jagwar - (( talk )) 12:37, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

I sent you an email, looking forward to your thoughts. Lemurbaby (talk) 04:27, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Jagwar, I hope you got my email a while back. We've missed the application deadline for this year, but if you'd like to be considered for next year just let me know. I'm happy to give you more details on how it all works. I realize it might seem weird to be "head-hunted" in this way, but for this type of opportunity nominations are only ever made by people like me who come into contact with people I think would be good candidates. Members of the band AmbondronA were selected by my colleagues a couple of years ago for this opportunity, and every year there are more. I think the work you've done to bring Malagasy language articles to Wikipedia deserves recognition. In the meantime, I'm hoping to get started on the Malagasy language article while in Washington DC in October. Hope to be in touch soon. Best, Lemurbaby (talk) 16:27, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I've got your mail a few months ago, and replied it. You can consider me for next year. About it, I have one question: am I obliged to fill the nomination form in the US embassy of my country of citizenship? If the case, I won't be able to fill it, unless I can do it in an US embassy in my country of residence (France). The academic year has started so I'll be quite busy for the next 3 months. On Wiki, I am currently on mg.wikipedia doing some article translation and on Wiktionary helping the Tamil language community with my programming skills. Despite all this, I'll still try to find the time to do some work the article, your collaboration and recommendation will be welcome. Again, thank you for your interest in Madagascar. Jagwar - (( talk )) 17:52, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo

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As a more personal follow-up, I see you speak French. (Unfortunately I do not.) Do you have access to the written sources, particularly Rabearivelo (2007)? There's something I would like to check. – Quadell ^(talk) 19:01, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Oops! Nevermind, I found it online here. I look forward to working with you on this article. – Quadell ^(talk) 19:06, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

I have finished my review and placed the nomination on hold. There are some minor changes or clarifications which need to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 (or so) days, the article will pass; otherwise it will fail. I look forward to your replies! – Quadell ^(talk) 14:51, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Just as a heads-up, I will be out of town and away from all internet access from early Saturday the 21st until late Monday the 23rd, and the book-ending Friday and Tuesday are dodgy as well. So if you leave comments regarding this review during that time, I won't be able to get back with you until Tuesday or Wednesday at the earliest. All the best, – Quadell ^(talk) 18:34, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo

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Presidential Council (Benin)

Hello again, Lemurbaby. Thanks for agreeing to review Presidential Council (Benin) for GA status. Unfortunately, the nominator, User:QatarStarsLeague, has not edited in nearly a month, although when he stopped editing he had several article up as GANs. I noticed this when I reviewed Al-Mansuriya, which is very close to GA status already. Another article he nominated, French Sudan, was recently reviewed; I took the nomination over, making the all improvements requested by the nominator, and the article was promoted. (It was already quite close to GA status.) On the other hand, another of his articles, Cayman Islands Society of Professional Accountants, was also reviewed... but it needed extensive expansion. I don't have that expertise, so I chose not to get involved, and the GAN failed.

If you feel the Presidential Council (Benin) is nearly at GA level, I'll be happy to take the nomination over (at least, if QatarStarsLeague doesn't return). But if it's going to take a major extension or extensive rewrite, I'll probably pass on that. Just keep me in mind. All the best, – Quadell ^(talk) 15:00, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

Bahrain Tamarod

Thank you very much for reviewing and promoting the article. I would also appreciate it if you have some comments about what the article needs to be ready for a FAC. Mohamed CJ (talk) 06:42, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

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Quid pro quo at GAN

Hi Lemurbaby. I've noticed you have had a couple musician articles waiting at GAN for over a month - i've had one waiting there for over a month as well (DJ AM) and I don't relish the idea of waiting another month or longer before someone reviews it. Just making you an offer, if you start reviewing mine i'll review one of yours. No worries if you're not interested though. Have a nice day. Freikorp (talk) 22:59, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

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It looks great! Thank you for doing this. - Lemurbaby (talk) 01:27, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

My pleasure, I was happy to get one of yours. - Dank (push to talk) 02:11, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

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Will keep this on hold as long as you need. If there's a delay, though, please drop me a message on my talk just to check I've seen you're back. Best, —Brigade Piron (talk) 22:32, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! I'll have time to work on it Sunday evening. - Lemurbaby (talk) 11:07, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

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Bara people

Hi, I started the GA review of this, looking forward to working with you. If I don't notice your changes right away, feel free to drop me a note on my talk page. Peace, delldot ∇. 02:40, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

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Hi, I've finished my review. You have seven days to address the issues that I've identified: good luck.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 09:46, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

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I've left comments for your consideration.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:46, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 1, 2016

LB, if you're still around, this FAC nomination of yours will be coming up soon. - Dank (push to talk) 00:34, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

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