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There are a few packages that were in Mandriva I used to use a lot that aren't in Mageia. Where and how do we make requests to have them included please? I could probably have a go at doing one or two of the simpler ones if I had step-by-step how-to. Not sure how welcome that would be though.

Open a Bug in Bugzilla marking it as applying to Mageia 1 and pointing out it was a package in Mandriva. https://bugs.mageia.org/
The policy is that packages missing in Mageia that were present in Mandriva will be put into the core/Updates repository assuming someone decides to package it.
If you can provide a spec file for the package it is sure to be appreciated.
Help testing new packages would also be appreciated
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Bug_Squad

It is also worth checking if the package exists in Cauldron.
http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/