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Madagascar

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I would like to list this article as a Featured Article Candidate shortly. It underwent a peer review earlier this year before being awarded GA, and now it needs FA-level scrutiny. I would especially appreciate an outside perspective to make sure the prose is cohesive, since there's been a lot of copying, pasting and shuffling of content in the development of the article. Thanks, Lemurbaby (talk) 05:25, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

• Comments...I've done a few edits to adjust some non-breaking space issues, and a couple metric/imperial conversion additions...there are more that may still need to be cleaned up.
  • Watch for consistency of non-breaking spaces...MOS:NBSP...it is especially best used when joining a number to an abbreviated word such as ft. or AD.
  • Not a fan of references in the middle of a sentence...though I don't think there is a guideline that suggests this be avoided. Prefer the ref to be at end of sentence since from my perspective this makes the article easier to edit, especially for those less familiar with wiki-markup.
  • Watch for consistency in wording...such as spelling out "percent" or simply typing %....either used with consistency seems fine.
  • For the international audience, I linked to United States dollar and abbreviated USD...there might be a better way to do this....either as USD for every monetary mention or simply $ after the first linked mention.
  • I didn't see any in my cursury glance, but make sure the dates mentioned follow the same wording format for consistency...such as 26 June 1960 or June 26, 1960.
  • Images should right hand margin at beginning of each section or be left hand margin after first paragraph...see MOS (I've gone and taken care of this matter and set the default in individual images to float px)...the first tier of 5 images in the Geography section has page run-off..they are all wonderful images, but some might complain about the run-off depending on their browser settings...
  • Though it shouldn't drown out the focus of the article, which is Madagascar...to most in the English speaking world, the plight of the the ecosystem there is what most hear about. This seems to be less emphasized than I think it should be and I believe that most readers of this article are going to want to know more about this issue before they click to the daughter articles linked at the top of that section on Environmental challenges. I think several more paragraphs on this matter would be beneficial. otherwise, the other sections seem to cover the various topics well and meet summary style.
• I'll check back in on this in a few days...--MONGO 01:33, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks for your comments. I will be on the road (or in the air) for the next several days and will not have an opportunity to begin addressing your comments until Saturday evening, but I will get back to you then. Lemurbaby (talk) 05:32, 19 April 2012 (UTC)