Talk:Madagascar

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 * No, I'm against it !  There are much worse "holiday pics" from Madagascar, than this innocent graphic !
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 * 41.213.235.225 (talk) 18:35, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Correction to Madagascar's Ranking as Largest Country
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: - [|List 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)


 * 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)
 * 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. 750h+ 01:47, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

tags
there are some tags like update (i added due to very outdated info) along with a section expansion tag. if these issues are not addressed by 1 July, I will probably put this up for FAR. TALK 00:08, 8 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Is it just the note about infobox stats? Because a lot of statistics are infrequently collected. Zanahary (talk) 00:42, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry didn't realize this post had to do with the update.... yes we only got new stats every 10 years .... last one was 2018 release https://data.humdata.org/m/dataset/cod-ps-mdg? Moxy 🍁 00:47, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

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