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Vandalism report: The name of one candidate (Monja Roindefo) was changed to "Salman Khan" and have link to a hiw wikipedia page which had nothing to do with the Malagasy election. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.204.112.189 ( talk) 12:37, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
No-one who is not a Madagascar specialist knows the word "Malagasy". This article should be called
Madagascar presidential election, 2006, and I will move it shortly unless someone can give me a good reason not to.
Adam
06:41, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Kindly do not take that tone with me. You need to explain why you think it is incorrect. It's the same convention used for dozens of other elections. ( French presidential election, 2002 etc). The only difference is that there is no recognised adjectival form of Madagascar in English. I would accept "Madagascan", but Malagasy is totally foreign to most English-speakers. Adam 17:50, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
I have posted proper results at my website. Adam 08:59, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
The only relevant point is, what adjectival form of the name Madagascar will be recognised by the average literate English-speaker? And the answer to that is not Malagasy. In the absence of a common English adjective form, the default is to use the noun - and Burkina Faso parliamentary election, 2007 is indeed an excellent analogy. I am not going to have a revert war with you, so I am now referring this matter for arbitration. Adam 23:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
I have now looked at the section on your user page mentioned by PMA above. I see you are one of those who think that the English Wikipedia ought to be made to conform to the linguistic and orthographic conventions of every language other than English for the gratification of everyone except the English Wikipedia's intended readership. I am strongly opposed to this. The English Wikipedia must conform to English usages and no others. I had the pleasure of visiting your beautiful city in May, so I know what it is called in German. But here it will always be Vienna. Adam 23:44, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Ah the mind of the pedant revealed. If the majority of English speakers said "Nepalian", that would be the correct usage. The language belongs to the people, not to grammarians. Unlike French (I'm not sure about German), English is not policed by an Academy. Usage determines correctness, not the other way around. Adam 00:08, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
I am happy to settle for Madagascan. It would not entail changing Malagasy people and Malagasy language, because I accept that Malagasy is the correct ethnic and linguistic term, just as we have Cambodian elections but the Khmer people and language. Adam 00:13, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Adam's results, according to his website, come from the interior ministry, so I have no reason to doubt them, but I have no way of knowing what percentage of votes counted this is supposed to reflect. It doesn't match the latest figures being reported by the AP, which give Ravalomanana 55% and put Lahiniriko in second with over 11%. Everyking 06:26, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Suit yourself. If you won't post results here, you can always provide a link to my website in case any readers actually want to know who won. Adam 06:37, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
I have updated my figures. Ravalomanana's percentage has been declining as the count has progressed. The Interior Ministry website says that 96.8% of bureaux de vote have reported, so these are close to final figures. Adam 07:17, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Feel free to use my map of the presidential election http://www.electoralgeography.com/en/countries/m/madagascar/2006-presidential-election-madagascar.html Please, pay the proper respect to the author's rights, of course.
... for when the court will decide on the complainst? I'd be inclined to remove the {{ current}} tag... — Nightst a llion (?) 12:59, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Merriam-Webster's online dictionary is basically just wrong. "Malagasy" is by far the accepted adjective. If we use "American" for the United States, we should certainly be using "Malagasy" for Madagascar.-- Pharos 18:38, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
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Vandalism report: The name of one candidate (Monja Roindefo) was changed to "Salman Khan" and have link to a hiw wikipedia page which had nothing to do with the Malagasy election. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.204.112.189 ( talk) 12:37, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
No-one who is not a Madagascar specialist knows the word "Malagasy". This article should be called
Madagascar presidential election, 2006, and I will move it shortly unless someone can give me a good reason not to.
Adam
06:41, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Kindly do not take that tone with me. You need to explain why you think it is incorrect. It's the same convention used for dozens of other elections. ( French presidential election, 2002 etc). The only difference is that there is no recognised adjectival form of Madagascar in English. I would accept "Madagascan", but Malagasy is totally foreign to most English-speakers. Adam 17:50, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
I have posted proper results at my website. Adam 08:59, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
The only relevant point is, what adjectival form of the name Madagascar will be recognised by the average literate English-speaker? And the answer to that is not Malagasy. In the absence of a common English adjective form, the default is to use the noun - and Burkina Faso parliamentary election, 2007 is indeed an excellent analogy. I am not going to have a revert war with you, so I am now referring this matter for arbitration. Adam 23:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
I have now looked at the section on your user page mentioned by PMA above. I see you are one of those who think that the English Wikipedia ought to be made to conform to the linguistic and orthographic conventions of every language other than English for the gratification of everyone except the English Wikipedia's intended readership. I am strongly opposed to this. The English Wikipedia must conform to English usages and no others. I had the pleasure of visiting your beautiful city in May, so I know what it is called in German. But here it will always be Vienna. Adam 23:44, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Ah the mind of the pedant revealed. If the majority of English speakers said "Nepalian", that would be the correct usage. The language belongs to the people, not to grammarians. Unlike French (I'm not sure about German), English is not policed by an Academy. Usage determines correctness, not the other way around. Adam 00:08, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
I am happy to settle for Madagascan. It would not entail changing Malagasy people and Malagasy language, because I accept that Malagasy is the correct ethnic and linguistic term, just as we have Cambodian elections but the Khmer people and language. Adam 00:13, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Adam's results, according to his website, come from the interior ministry, so I have no reason to doubt them, but I have no way of knowing what percentage of votes counted this is supposed to reflect. It doesn't match the latest figures being reported by the AP, which give Ravalomanana 55% and put Lahiniriko in second with over 11%. Everyking 06:26, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Suit yourself. If you won't post results here, you can always provide a link to my website in case any readers actually want to know who won. Adam 06:37, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
I have updated my figures. Ravalomanana's percentage has been declining as the count has progressed. The Interior Ministry website says that 96.8% of bureaux de vote have reported, so these are close to final figures. Adam 07:17, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Feel free to use my map of the presidential election http://www.electoralgeography.com/en/countries/m/madagascar/2006-presidential-election-madagascar.html Please, pay the proper respect to the author's rights, of course.
... for when the court will decide on the complainst? I'd be inclined to remove the {{ current}} tag... — Nightst a llion (?) 12:59, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Merriam-Webster's online dictionary is basically just wrong. "Malagasy" is by far the accepted adjective. If we use "American" for the United States, we should certainly be using "Malagasy" for Madagascar.-- Pharos 18:38, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
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