Talk:Toera

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by TarnishedPath talk 11:45, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that the presumed skull of Menabe king Toera was returned to Madagascar by France almost 128 years after his death?

• Source: "France on Tuesday returned three colonial-era skulls held in a Paris museum to Madagascar 128 years after they were taken to France, including one believed to be that of a Malagasy king killed by French troops." from: "France returns three colonial-era human skulls to Madagascar". Reuters. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.

• • ALT1: ... that after DNA tests proved inconclusive, a skull was determined as belonging to Menabe king Toera by a Sakalava spirit medium? Source: "There is no DNA proof that the skull is King Toera's - tests carried out several years ago were inconclusive. Ultimately it was a traditional Sakalava spirit medium who confirmed the skull was that of the monarch." from: "Madagascar's King Toera: France returns skull of monarch killed during colonial era". BBC News. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 941 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 09:09, 27 August 2025 (UTC).

• Ooh, I like the first hook. Source checks out, article is in good shape with no evidence of copyvio. Hook is cited in-article. QPQ is good. Looks all good to me! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:51, 31 August 2025 (UTC)