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"Nigerois"

I've set up a quick user page on the coined "faux-French" term "Nigerois." It is of course not the accepted way to refer to people from Niger, and thankfully its use seems to be in decline. However the history of the term seems worth having a record somewhere that does not validate its use. Anyone having further information on its origin or early usage, please let me know.--A12n (talk) 21:05, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've lived in Niger for 20 years, but I don't recall ever hearing this word. The article says it was in the CIA Factbook, but I don't recall that either, though I may simply not have noticed it. seberle (talk) 19:17, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Tourism in Niger

Hi! It would be great if you could create this article: Tourism in Niger!

Perhaps you can draw some inspiration from Tourism in Brazil and Tourism in Germany. :) Use proper sources! Thanks & all the best, Horst-schlaemma (talk) 23:02, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There is little tourism in Niger, and sources are weak. Why is it important to create hundreds of per-country articles in neat serried ranks? It may be an easy way for some editors increase their count of articles-created, but I think it's much less helpful for readers. bobrayner (talk) 19:31, 14 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's important to draw a more comprehensive picture on world tourism. Either you care or you don't, but tourism is developing also in weaker economies. Cheers Horst-schlaemma (talk) 11:17, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that more information about tourism in Niger would be important. Such an article should also document historical factors. Tourism used to be more important in Niger, until security factors began curtailing it in the 1990s, and much more so since the war in Mali. Tourism in Saharan countries has traditionally been more popular among the French. --seberle (talk) 14:10, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Adjective form of Niger?

What's the correct form for "the Nigerian town of Agadez", as used by the BBC today [1]?

To my eye, "Nigerian" (of Niger) is too easily confused with "Nigerian" (of Nigeria). Thanks Andy Dingley (talk) 10:28, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We'd better change the language to accommodate you, then, Andy. I'll contact the Embassy immediately. Actually, it's your ears that are the problem. The adjective from Niger is "Nigerien". Sounds a bit like "Nigerian". It's a "homophone". I don't think even you can do anything about that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.183.128.34 (talk) 11:14, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not a homophone. All English speakers I know pronounce it similar to the French, but anglicized: /ni.ˈʒɛr.i.ɛn/ (hope I got the IPA right), something like "nee-ZHAIR-ee-en". (In French it is /ni.ʒe.ʁjɛ̃/.) --seberle (talk) 17:10, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The BBC page has now been corrected to say "Nigerien". bobrayner (talk) 13:58, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in Niger

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Niger's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Geels2006":

From Wildlife of Niger: Jolijn Geels (1 August 2006). Niger. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-84162-152-4. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
From Abalak: Geels, Jolijn (2006). Niger. Chalfont St Peter, Bucks / Guilford, Connecticut: Bradt UK / Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 978-1-84162-152-4.
From Diffa: Geels, Jolijn (2006). Niger. Chalfont St Peter, Bucks / Guilford, CT: Bradt UK / Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 978-1-84162-152-4.^{: pp.227–231}

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 16:32, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Life expectancy

It would be helpful if this stat were added. It's 58 yrs for life expectancy at birth, 2012. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN 74.60.161.158 (talk) 12:25, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]