User talk:SpesBona

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 * Dear Jeff3000, thank you for welcome me! Best regards, -- JCIV (talk) 21:30, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

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Merina Kingdom
Thanks for your contributions to the Merina Kingdom article. I'm practically doing the articles related to the people of Madagascar on my own and it's really great to have some help. :) Lemurbaby (talk) 03:51, 10 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Dear Lemurbaby, it's my pleasure! :) I did the same at Kiswahili and wrote the german one. I am highly interested in Africa, too. Especially in North and Southern Africa. That's why I contribute at Afrikaans Wikipedia, to help the people there. Best regards, -- JCIV (talk) 09:56, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Gas Exporting Countries Forum
Hi, JCIV. Could you please update the map of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum? As of today its members are Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Qatar, Libya, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Russia, and Oman. The Netherlands, Norway and Kazakhstan are observers. Thank you in advance. Beagel (talk) 17:56, 18 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Dear Beagel, I added Oman as member state and updated South Sudan as indepent state. Best regards, -- JCIV (talk) 20:57, 17 December 2011 (UTC)


 * FYI: See commons:User talk:JCIV. Best regards, -- JCIV (talk) 00:14, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

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Greetings from South Africa in 2019
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 * Hallo Gert, thank you so much! The same for you and the whole South Africa. May the new year be full of health, economic growth and peace in South Africa and the whole world. Mag die Proteas en Springbokke die Wêreldbekers wen! – Groete. -- Flag of South Africa.svg SpesBona 17:40, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

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