User:Pohjamadesse1 - Wikipedia

Hello! I'm Pohjamadesse1, but everyone calls me Jama, so I go by that really. I was born and raised as an Occitan speaker in rural Gasconha, and it is my native language, along with French. I prefer to use the Gascon dialect but I understand the other dialects with basically the same understanding.

Don't follow the crowd - let the crowd follow you.

My main interests are Occitania, local politics and radio, and Miraculous Ladybug. I know that's a weird range of hobbies, but that's okay.

You'll usually find me correcting information or expanding paragraphs. All my edits are in good faith. If I make any mistake or something of mine is reverted, please let me know at my talk page, I would appreciate the feedback!

I'm also a volunteer translator for French to English and Occitan to English articles, so if you have anything you would like me to translate, let me know!

I'm really good at playing the saxophone, though I don't play professionally. It's more of a hobby thing for me, if you know what I mean.

I've learnt quite a few languages, mostly due to connections with Occitan, French and English, which does make some of them a lot easier. I don't include Catalan in Babel because I consider it a dialect of Occitan, which isn't the standard view but it's similar enough for me to understand it without making an effort to actually learn it.

• 2021–22 Guadeloupe Division of Honor  
• Berceuses (radio station)   (Paris)
• France Bleu Gascogne   (Gascony)
• France Bleu Pays Basque  
• France Bleu Pays d'Auvergne  (Auvergne)
• France Bleu Poitou  
• France Bleu Provence  
• France Bleu RCFM  
• France Bleu Saint-Étienne Loire
• France Bleu Sud Lorraine  
• France Bleu Touraine  
• France Bleu Vaucluse  
• Stade Fiesque-Duchesne  

These are some sandbox pages, mostly for testing infoboxes and other details - they aren't really relevant but you can look at them anyway if you want. If there's any problems with this, please let me know. Thanks!

Visca Occitània!, frequently shortened to Visca! or it's abbreviation VOC, is a center-left political party in Occitània, including branches in the Val d'Aran and the Occitan Valleys. Founded in 1912 by Frederic Mistral, a Provençal writer and lexicographer, it advocates for Occitan nationalism, especially devolved government for the region, and advances in the regional languages within Occitania. It is historically the most successful Occitan party, with it's main opponent, the Partit Occitan. The party traditionally does not field presidential candidates and endorsed the Parti socialiste until it, disgruntled with the candidates and the Socialist party's poor performance, fielded Romiegè de la Tor d'Auvèrnha, President of the Regional Council of Occitanie in the 2022 French presidential election. He earned 23% of the first round vote but narrowly lost 49.82% to 50.18% to Emmanuel Macron.

The party is traditionally aligned with trade unions and the working class, and secures a majority of their votes consistently whether or not they have a landslide loss. The last time it did not do this in the 1889 French legislative election, it won only 2 seats, all in Aveyron. The party has such a strong hold on the sector because of it's social democratic policies, although for periods in the 1980s and 2000s it moved towards third way centrism. A significant wing of the party is still present here, although have been unable to vote in one of their members since 2009.

History

The party traces it's roots back to the French Revolution, because that is where the origins of the linguistic discrimination of vergonha are.

Political positions

Electoral performance