Template:Did you know nominations/Antananarivo


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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 03:56, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Antananarivo

 * ... that the capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo, was founded in 1625 by King Andrianjaka on the site of a village occupied by Vazimba, the island's earliest inhabitants?

Improved to Good Article status by Lemurbaby (talk). Self nominated at 22:49, 11 September 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg Article promoted to GA on Sept 11. Date and length are OK. No copyvio detected. No need for QPQ since it is not a self-nomination. The hook is not cited in the article nor mentions the year 1625 in that line (except in the lead paragraph). Antananarivo as Madagascar's capital is not also cited in the article. See sections on Etymology and Government. A minor edit will solve this DYK nomination. --Carlojoseph14 (talk) 13:40, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
 * This is a self-nomination. QPQ is not required because the nominator has not had five DYK credits, not because it's not a self-nom. -Zanhe (talk) 02:03, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Ooops. Sorry. --Carlojoseph14 (talk) 02:44, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg I have added the date of founding in the body of the article with a citation, but I do not believe that the fact that Antananarivo is the country's capital city needs a citation as it is common knowledge. Full review needed. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:28, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg - looks good to me! In-line citations are now fine and everything surrounding the hook is both fascinating and slightly depressing. (Yay history) PanydThe muffin is not subtle 21:35, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
 * (On the off-chance that that particular update summary is unclear - is long enough, is very well referenced, including in-line for the hook, apparently DYK credits under 5 (see above!) and it's most definitely long enough.) PanydThe muffin is not subtle 21:37, 26 October 2014 (UTC)