Talk:Masonjoany

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Masonjoany article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

A fact from Masonjoany appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 August 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that women in Madagascar paint their faces with masonjoany (example pictured) as a form of decorative sun protection?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Masonjoany.

France Low‑importance

	France portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject France, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of France on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.FranceWikipedia:WikiProject FranceTemplate:WikiProject FranceFrance articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Africa: Comoros / Madagascar Low‑importance

	Africa portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Africa, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Africa on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.AfricaWikipedia:WikiProject AfricaTemplate:WikiProject AfricaAfrica articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Comoros.
	Madagascar portal This article is supported by WikiProject Madagascar (assessed as Low-importance).
	This article was created or improved during the "African 10,000 Challenge", which started in 1 September 2016 and is still continuing. You can help!

Fashion

	Fashion portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Fashion, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Fashion on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.FashionWikipedia:WikiProject FashionTemplate:WikiProject Fashionfashion articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:26, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

(

Comment or view
Article history

)

A Malagasy woman wearing masonjoany

... that women in Madagascar paint their faces with a wood-based paste masonjoany, as a form of decorative sun protection? Source: https://www.peacecorps.gov/madagascar/stories/painting-tradition-madagascar/
- Reviewed: NA

Created by Isthistwisted (talk). Self-nominated at 22:12, 5 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Masonjoany; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Will review. Longhornsg (talk) 00:17, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting article and meets DYK eligibility requirements. QPQ done. While the picture in the hook is is free, the other article is copyrighted and should be deleted. There are some good sources, but the article also includes travel agency and other promotional sources that do not meet WP:RS and should be deleted or replaced. Made small typographic updates to the hook. Longhornsg (talk) 00:34, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The copyrighted image is in process with the VRT thanks to the photographer giving permission. I'll improve sources. Thanks! Isthistwisted (talk) 01:25, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Removed the pending image in the interim. Isthistwisted (talk) 04:29, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Longhornsg: As the nominator of the article used as a QPQ, I'm not sure this qualifies as a review. It's a very brief statement that mostly suggests a hook change (where the change in question is actually inaccurate). I'm certainly still awaiting a full review. Vaticidalprophet 05:50, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Damn girl that's not nice... in any case this is my first DYK submission and as such I don't believe a QPQ is required. Sorry my comment was unhelpful! Isthistwisted (talk) 06:04, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Isthistwisted:, with the changes, the article doesn't meet DYK length requirements. Also still citing the website of Jehovah's Witnesses, which I'm not sure is a WP:RS on the subject. Anything else we can find? Remaining image is free. Longhornsg (talk) 05:13, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Longhornsg: I found a better, academic source, and the length is now back above DYK requirements. Isthistwisted (talk) 05:31, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did a final round of edits, good to go. I think the apocryphal story isn't additive and can be removed, but leave that up to editor discretion. Longhornsg (talk) 18:15, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]