On 20 August 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Masonjoany, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that women in Madagascar paint their faces with masonjoany(example pictured) as a form of decorative sun protection? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Masonjoany. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Masonjoany), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 28 November 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Akazehe, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that rural women in Burundi greet each other with an intricate musical ritual called akazehe? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Akazehe. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Akazehe), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 17 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kangina, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that rural Afghanskeep fresh grapes in mud? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kangina. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kangina), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
By the way, I apologize for assuming bad faith at your MfD for No Nazis. I hadn't seen your final response to me until just now (looking for the link where I'd assumed bad faith) and I have to say that your response was warranted. I was being glib and unfriendly. Having dealt with a mountain of trolls is no excuse. You clearly have a lot to offer the encyclopedia and I hope you continue to play an active role –– even if (or rather especially because) we don't always agree. Generalrelative (talk) 03:27, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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On 3 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jews in Madagascar, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that millions of people from Madagascar claim ancestral ties to ancient Jews, according to a centuries-old origin myth called the "Malagasy secret"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jews in Madagascar. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jews in Madagascar), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Jengod, thank you so much! I’m really proud of it. How did you find it? I’ll ping you when it’s updated with a great new source I found about the varieties of zebu game played by Betsileo children at different stages of development. Zanahary (talk) 04:53, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
1. I found it through through the best general-interest magazine on earth, which I check daily for updates, User:AlexNewArtBot/GoodSearchResult
"rizicultural mud-trampling" is definitely key, says me, a lady who learned about this whole thing 24 hours ago LOL. I love the panoramic image and placement as well. Such a valuable addition to the site/sum of all human knowledge/etc. Bravo you. jengod (talk) 05:22, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Howdy! So a little bit ago I started a draft about Malagasy news - User:Generalissima/News media in Madagascar - and while I was able to find good information about history, I've struggled to find good sources about contemporary situation. Since you have a lot of experience with writing about Madagascar-related topics, I thought I might consult your help. I think there might very well be sources I just wasn't able to find here, and I think there might be a number that are simply in French or Malagasy. Thank you very much for your time and your good work on-wiki! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 17:30, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Salut Generalissima! I loaded the Talk page with sources last month—I'm currently in the process of moving, but when I free up again I'd be happy to work on adding prose to the article. ꧁Zanahary꧂22:04, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Will do! (And btw, the word is Malagasy—“Madagascan” is still used only in biology, e.g. “Four newly-discovered Madagascan fishes” Zanahary (talk) 17:30, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am! Check out Ibonia (especially the How to Read a Folktale source), the "Malagasy Secret" section of Jews in Madagascar and Hainteny.
It’s (I think) an unusually complex society in terms of richness of beliefs, oral mythology, ritual practice and the assignment of ritual roles in everyday life. Maybe the origin myths recounted on Savika will interest you too. Zanahary (talk) 17:34, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
thank you, I'm just amazed by how much depth they have, the traditions of the Ghana Empire are thought to have content from prehistory although much has been lost, I try to also talk about the oral traditions when writing African history Alexanderkowal (talk) 18:30, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just that it’s got lots of sections for countries within eras that say “this section is being written”, which is too unfinished for B-class Zanahary (talk) 17:11, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think I'm gonna do the Swahili coast and Madagascar next, is it alright if I write a bit and do the base for the narrative and then send it over for input? Alexanderkowal (talk) 10:18, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, bit niche but I'm having some trouble with discerning when and how Zebu were introduced. I've seen some say Tamil merchants, some say the first wave of Bantu migrants c. 1000, some say they were imported from South India Kowal2701 (talk) 16:31, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Kowal2701 I believe they were brought by Bantus—I remember reading something when researching for Savika about it. But if there seems to be a variety of theories, without an apparent best source giving a definitive one (or if it’s not clear that it’s a development in scholarship, e.g. the Tamil theory isn’t presented in newer sources), then you should describe the various theories. ꧁Zanahary꧂16:40, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It was great to meet you too! Thanks very much, and I hope I see you soon at another WM NYC event. I think I'll be going to them regularly. Zanahary (talk) 05:32, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The next section from 1500-1870 is going to be Madagascar's time to shine, I've tried to give the Swahili coast primacy here prior to Portuguese conquest Kowal2701 (talk) 18:15, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Kowal2701! I am definitely interested, but I am very overloaded with real life stuff right now. If you have any specific inquiries, I would be happy to do my best to help, but I can't do a broader review right now. ꧁Zanahary꧂08:33, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That’s completely fine, don’t worry, I’m going to add it to the page now but I’m not happy with the Madagascar paragraph. I wanted to do a few sentences giving a cursory view of the antecedents of the groups but couldn’t find the information Kowal2701 (talk) 12:13, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe try notifying a bunch of wikiprojects relating to sociology, anthropology, mythology, folk tradition, and specific groups like Native Americans, Aboriginal Australians, and other large ethnic wikiprojects like China and Iran? ꧁Zanahary꧂16:10, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Good idea, I'm currently notifying active editors who have created/contributed to oral tradition articles. It's more likely it's going to be a sub project to WP:Anthropology rather than an independent one Kowal2701 (talk) 16:14, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I'm excited about it, I'd like to have some useful sources for people intrigued but not familiar, Jan Vansina's Oral tradition as history seems like a good recommendation. I 'd also like to tag different articles to different regions, as I imagine a lot of people would just be interested in a particular region Kowal2701 (talk) 16:19, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
She probably did leave for a reason, but man she's done some amazing work, every Malagasy ethnic group article was practically written by her Kowal2701 (talk) 19:08, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
On 19 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Microhodotermes viator, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that scientists tested the age of an African termite's inhabited mound—and found it to be 34,000 years old? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Microhodotermes viator. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Microhodotermes viator), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Are you able to comment on Talk:Lakana#Complete work of fiction? It may be that this is an article that should be put up for deletion, so if that is wrong, I really need to find other editors who will say so. Also, if there are RSs out there for an article on the traditional watercraft of Madagascar (I don't seem to be able to find any), I think that would be an interesting article.
On 11 November 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Teniky, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an enigmatic ancient site deep in Madagascar(pictured) may have been built by Zoroastrians? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Teniky. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Teniky), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 17 November 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kere (famine), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a recurrent famine has haunted Madagascar's southern regions since the 1930s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kere (famine). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kere (famine)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
I just wanted to say thank you for your work and inclusion of a sample of akazehe in the respective article. It deeply brightened my night to stumble across. Additionally, the valiha lullaby you included in your user page was beautiful. I'm grateful for being exposed to these musical traditions. -- Multifloral 9:28, 3 February 2025 UTC — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.27.185.95 (talk)
Thank you for your kind words! I’m so glad you found them beautiful. When I first heard that akazehe recording, my head exploded. You should listen to Burundi: musiques traditionelles, the album from which it’s taken. If you see this message and would be interested, I’d be happy to recommend some more good ethnographic recordings! ꧁Zanahary꧂17:35, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
On 27 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sidi Azaz labor camp, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that upon learning of the conditions at Sidi Azaz labor camp, the Tripoli Jewish community organized a food relief effort for the prisoners? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sidi Azaz labor camp. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sidi Azaz labor camp), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 3 April 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lace tells, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that workers in European lace workshops and schools chanted catchy, often gruesome rhymes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lace tells. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lace tells), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Dear zamahary,
I see you removed my edits regarding this article. After I initially translated dahalo as bandit, i removed some of its mentions as it seemed unneccesary to mention both lawlessness/bandits and dahalo. However, with the additional cattle-rustling dimension I can see how its of additional value to mention dahalo. The other edits i were quite constructive, would you consider adding those? SarahSmithLay (talk) 00:48, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SarahSmithLay, thanks for contributing to Wikipedia, especially on the topic of Madagascar! I’ll take another look at your edits and either restore or resume discussion at the article’s Talk page. How did you come across the article? ꧁Zanahary꧂00:58, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Zanahary, thank you for your note. I just setup my account and pressed suggested edits until this page caught my attention. Its was my first time editing so i wont feel offended if you decide against adding parts of it. I enjoyed reading more about your history, and saved some other pages of interest for the future! SarahSmithLay (talk) 01:09, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! Sorry @SarahSmithLay, it slipped my mind. If you wouldn’t mind, could you restore your edits without erasing mention of the dahalo? I can review later. ꧁Zanahary꧂23:45, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I have a lot of PDF's regarding Witney Rugby Club History (60 years) as written by Dave (Dabber) Willis, a long standing club member. I wanted to take these and create a Wikipedia page with the content. He created a physical book with his content and so I cannot really reference it. Some of the book was written by me and I have referenced that content on the Club website. --Dave1964g (talk) 09:33, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Dave1964g, wow, that’s fascinating! That source may be somewhat problematic, as it is not independent and, I am guessing, self-published and/or primary. This doesn’t disqualify the source, but it comes with caveats, which you can read about if you click on the hyperlinked words in this comment.
I can say quite definitely that the source is not enough to establish the club’s notability. Spots clubs must meet Wikipedia’s general notability guideline, which means it needs to have demonstrated notability through significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. You should search for those to cite in writing your article.
I know linking so many policies and guidelines may be overwhelming, so in short: that sounds really cool; you’ll can probably use Willis’s source; you’ll need some reliable sources that show this club to be notable enough for its own article. Try posting a comment at WikiProject Sports for more guidance from editors experienced in writing about this subject! ꧁Zanahary꧂23:53, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
On 3 May 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lachryphagy, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that some insects drink the tears(example pictured) of their predators? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lachryphagy. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lachryphagy), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
I appreciate your help! I am researching people at the Connecticut State Library and the Library of Congress to expand a few different articles. --IEdias399 (talk) 14:56, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm going to begin uploading some older photos on Wiki Commons. I want to know what you think about starting a page on George Janko and a stub for James Naleski. George Janko is a former YouTube entertainer and James Naleski is the former Chief Photographer for Gov. Ned Lamont and film producer. IEdias399 (talk) 21:08, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@IEdias399, when you click the red link for George Janko, what do you see? If it’s an editor, you can just write and publish it there. James Naleski is WP:SALTed, but maybe start with George? ꧁Zanahary꧂05:08, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Zanahary, I'm returning to Wikipedia after a mega break. Very cool to see all the interesting articles you've been working on! I'll always be glad to review things or collaborate in other ways to fill the gaps on Mada and other less well covered subject areas. Very cool that you're in NY... I'm returning to the US after 15 years abroad. It'd be cool if we ever have the chance to connect in person. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to collaborating! -- Lemurbaby (talk) 03:17, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Woooah, Lemurbaby! I am so happy to hear you're returning to Wikipedia! Yes, I would so love to work with you on content. It's funny you're coming back to the U.S. now; I am leaving to live in Madagascar quite soon. It would be great to connect in-person during the overlap, if possible—please send me an email! Hope everything's great. Mandram-pihaona! ꧁Zanahary꧂03:21, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
On 14 June 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tai's model, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a 1994 paper tried to claim ancient Babylonian astronomy as a new discovery in diabetes care? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tai's model. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tai's model), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hi @Gfgary53, in order to weigh in on a discussion, you edit the page where the discussion is taking place to add your comments (and leave others' comments untouched). What's the article? ꧁Zanahary꧂19:06, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! Is it ok to change the reference cited for a fact if I find a more reliable and authoritative source? Or is this considered rude to the original editor? To be clear, there is nothing wrong or incorrect about the text, I just want to change the source that is cited. --ByeByePapaya (talk) 14:52, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello Zanahary,
You moved the new 'Small Group Activity'lemma to Draft:
I fully reworked it, and to me it feels being OK now. Could you pls confirm?
If so, pls tell me how to move it back to 'published'?
Tnx, Arno Arno Koch (talk) 19:45, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Arno Koch, the article still has loads of unsupported statements, the topic's independently notability is still not demonstrated, and the formatting is wrong. I recommend using the AFC process to develop this draft and receive feedback, but I'll warn you to really examine whether the topic meets our notability guidelines, and also to write in your own words, without the use of LLMs. ꧁Zanahary꧂19:49, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your kind feedback. Obviously I am more a content expert than a wiki writer...
Would you please be kind enough to give me your feedback after my recent modifications?
Hello. I'm tryng to upload a photo and no matter what name I use it comes back as blacklisted and I can't work out why. Please could you help? --OliviaFromLucy (talk) 09:51, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings mentor. I joined Wikipedia because I noticed how it lacks most information regarding traditional philosophies. I would like to write articles that will inform precisely about traditional philosophy, theology, etymology and history according to ground observation and experience.
Is it possible? Please help. --Masonchwaevistonionyathi (talk) 11:35, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to cover theosophy( whereby I will highlight ancient religion(way of life) and how ancient people used to worship in a certain part of the world) I want to classify and go deep on their spirituality..."The ancient Vandzau/Vandau ethnic group of Mozambique and Zimbabwe" whose culture and tradition is still unconciously embraced today by many cultures in the SADC region of Africa. Please note that there have not been any precise articles published by any "big" source in the past. This hereby means that such an article will need ground observations and direct experience...which is what I have been unconciously doing from an early age and I would like to now consciously continue to study and understand their way of life. I would like to let it known to the world.@ZanaharyMasonchwaevistonionyathi (talk) 14:37, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That sounds really cool. But your article will have to be based on reliable secondary sources, and cannot be based on your own observations or primary research—see our policies on original research and reliable sourcing for more information. Basically, as an encyclopedia, Wikipedia's role is to "follow" and summarize the knowledge contained within reliable sources—not to advance novel research or "lead". Are there any reliable sources discussing these topics that you're interested in? @Masonchwaevistonionyathi꧁Zanahary꧂16:20, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
List of e-commerce chain in Nigeria is something that users should be seeking for on wikipedia, please remove schedule for deletion. For the love of God and brotherhood's sake. Thanks
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the 27th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering all our favorite new and updated user scripts since 2025! Boy, does it feel good to kick off the year with an issue. Yep, it's been a year since we cleared out the 2022-2024 backlog with issues 23 and 24! Good times. Though in this case "a year" just means... 6 months? 😯 The salience of whatever joke I was planning to make here has vanished speedily. Aaron Liu (talk) 21:00, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Got anything good? Tell us about your new, improved, old, or messed-up script here!
WikiTextExpander by Polygnotus, is this edition's featured script. At the click of a configurable hotkey, this script will find and replace or link a configurable list of phrases within the selected text in all source editors (even in the comment/reply field!). Besides allowing the quick insertion of templated messages, this script greatly mitigates the WP:WTF? problem by providing both the legibility of familiar words and the convenience of shortcuts. And to those asking, the capitalization of "Wikitext" as "WikiText" was a necessary sacrifice for far-more-memorable acronymy.
CanonNi: AlertAssistant has been fixed and rewritten using OOUI instead of Twinkle's Morebits. Such modern, very tool. (Do note that the maintainer has since become inactive.)
NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/AjaxLoader has been updated to use modern JS APIs that replace the browser's URL bar with the link you clicked on to load in place. The "back" (and "forward") buttons also work now. Cool, innit?
andrybak: Unsigned helper no longer shows an error when the message to sign was added in the earliest 50 revisions of a page's history. This is especially relevant to pages with short histories.
BilledMammal/Move+ needs updating to order list of pages handle lists of pages to move correctly regardless of the discussion's page, so that we may avoid repeating fiasco history.
In breaking m:Tech/News, Gadgets can now include .vue files. This makes it easier to develop modern user interfaces using Vue.js, in particular using Codex, the official design system of Wikimedia. Codex icons are now also available. The documentation has examples.
Appo/Globstory integrates OpenHistoryMap, updating the map whenever hovering/clicking on a location or year, the latter of which changes the map to be (hopefully) accurate to the year selected. It's pretty interesting.
linkinfo Somewhat similar to WP:NavPops, Awesome Aasim/linkinfo(pictured) provides a collection of links to replace the right-click context menu, presented beautifully.
PreviousDiscussions provides a link to search for your username on subpages of another user's userpage and talkpage conveniently.
Twineeea/noRedLinks brings you to the "read" instead of the "create" tab when you visit a red link. Contemplate life's mysteries as you stare into the blank! Deeply.
No, this is not going to be the enduring tradition of S++ for the future. This was meant to be a joke for the special occasion on the first day of the fourth month but was delayed by four months because I'm lazy.