Talk:Sikidy

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Launchballer talk 15:06, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

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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)

Article has a {{clump}} tag; this should be resolved before this runs.--Launchballer 09:57, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

@Zanahary and Pseud 14: Fixed ping.--Launchballer 09:58, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

@Launchballer: done! Zanahary (talk) 17:50, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Better, although I've just noticed that much of the "Algorithmically-generated columns" lacks of end-of-paragraph citations, is this covered by another policy?--Launchballer 14:32, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

I’ll fix that—I think it’s a relic from when that content was a single paragraph. It all comes from just one source. Zanahary (talk) 16:03, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Fine by me. I don't plan on promoting this while there are five hooks in the bottom set, but this is ready.--Launchballer 16:14, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Sikidy/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Zanahary (talk · contribs) 00:37, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: TheNuggeteer (talk · contribs) 01:19, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

The article passes the six criteria. Including:

• Well-written - The article is well-written and complies with the Manual of Style
• Verifiable - Passes the four sub-criteria included.
• Broad - Focuses on the topic without focusing on something else and shows the main aspects of the topic.
• Neutral - No biased words shown here.
• Stable - Can't see an edit war in the page history.
• Illustrated - Contains media.

There are some small issues, but I will fix them myself. TheNuggeteer (talk) 01:19, 1 July 2024 (UTC)