Talk:Madagascar

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Madagascar article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: 1, 2: 500 days

This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (color, defense, traveled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Madagascar is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on October 11, 2012.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
January 23, 2012	Peer review	Reviewed
February 16, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed
April 19, 2012	Peer review	Reviewed
September 20, 2012	Featured article candidate	Promoted
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on June 26, 2011, June 26, 2012, June 26, 2013, June 26, 2014, June 26, 2015, June 26, 2016, and June 26, 2017.
Current status: Featured article

Guild of Copy Editors

This article was copy edited by a member of the Guild of Copy Editors.Guild of Copy EditorsWikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy EditorsTemplate:WikiProject Guild of Copy EditorsGuild of Copy Editors articles

Africa: Madagascar Top‑importance

	Africa portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Africa, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Africa on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.AfricaWikipedia:WikiProject AfricaTemplate:WikiProject AfricaAfrica articles
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.
	Madagascar portal This article is supported by WikiProject Madagascar (assessed as Top-importance).
	This article was created or improved during the "African 10,000 Challenge", which started in 1 September 2016 and is still continuing. You can help!

Islands

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Islands, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of islands on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.IslandsWikipedia:WikiProject IslandsTemplate:WikiProject IslandsIslands articles

Countries

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Countries, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of countries on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CountriesWikipedia:WikiProject CountriesTemplate:WikiProject Countriescountry articles

WikiProject Countries to-do list:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests : Check out the article alerts; see if anything catches your fancy.
Cleanup : clean-up listing for Countries
Stubs : de-stub articles in Category:Stubs by region.
Other : add {{WPCountries}} to talk pages of related articles, and assess.

Text and/or other creative content from this version of Tangena was copied or moved into Madagascar with this edit on 2016-02-27. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

Correction to Madagascar's Ranking as Largest Country

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Dear Editor,

I noticed a slight inaccuracy in the current description of Madagascar. While the statement mentions it as the "44th largest country in the world," the actual ranking is 46th.

Here's the corrected sentence:

Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's fourth largest island, the second-largest island country, and the 46th largest country in the world. [14]

I believe this edit ensures the information aligns with current geographical data.

Sources:

- [of countries and dependencies by area.] - Largest Countries in the World (by area).

Thank you for your time and consideration. Yelstine (talk) 21:46, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The reference cited in the article supports the claim that it's the second largest island nation by area, but it doesn't support the other claims. The CIA World Factbook lists it at #49. So, yes, something needs to be cleaned up here. Mgnbar (talk) 22:19, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Madagascar is definitely not the 44th, the lead says it's the 44th, but the rest of the article itself cites 46th. I'm going to--for now--change this to 46th. 750 h+ 01:47, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New Zealand

The article’s Early history section states that Maagscar’s settlement predated that of New Zealand, but New Zealand’s article dates its settlement substantially earlier than Madagascar’s. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 19:31, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Madagascar says that Madagascar was settled by 550 CE (and maybe substantially earlier). New Zealand says that New Zealand was settled around 1300 CE. I don't see the problem. Mgnbar (talk) 04:38, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oops. My mistake! ꧁Zanahary꧂ 14:50, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 22 July 2024

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Dear maintainer of the Madagascar page,

I would like to request an update to be made to the economy section of the page. The graph showing the GDP change is outdated (2015). I already uploaded the latest version of the graph to wikipedia commons.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madagascar_GDP_per_capita,_1950_to_2022.png

Thank you! JordiG94 (talk) 10:00, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. 🛧Midori No Sora♪🛪 ( ☁＝☁＝✈) 06:41, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correction to Madagascar's Ranking as Largest Country

tags

New Zealand

Semi-protected edit request on 22 July 2024