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Text and/or other creative content from this version of Geography of Mauritania was copied or moved into Mauritania with this edit on December 22, 2018. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

This article is about a topic whose name is originally rendered in the Berber script; however the article does not have that version of its name in the article's lead paragraph. Anyone who is knowledgeable enough with the original language is invited to assist in adding the Berber script.
For more information, see: MOS:FOREIGN.

Case of sahara[edit]

According to the UN the west Sahara is a disputed territory it is not vandalism but a fact and here is the proof https://www.un.org/dppa/decolonization/en/nsgt tank you Bitton --2001:861:E3C3:7F60:DD6E:FB81:6543:D3FD (talk) 19:43, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

First, that's a poor excuse to inject some political POV into the article (your first edit says everything there is to know about what you want to achieve). Second, the word "disputed" doesn't appear anywhere in that source and besides, Western Sahara has nothing to do with Mauritania (the primary subject). M.Bitton (talk) 20:22, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Article issues and classification[edit]

This article has a divided classification among WikiProjects. This is not a bad thing but there are some issues that are, I would imagine, common to all the projects.

The B-class criteria #1) states; The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited., #2), The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies, and #4), The article is reasonably well-written.

There is a big "More citations needed" tag at the top of the "Colonial history" section
The 3rd paragraph has had a "clarification needed" and an "incomprehensible" tag since 2019. The paragraph is in need of a rework. A new paragraph has to re-establish a subject and "it" is confusing. From this point on there are a "multitude" of sentences and paragraphs dealing with numbers and percentages that are unsourced.
The first sentence in the "Ould Daddah era (1960–1978)" section is sourced but four additional sentences, as well as the next paragraph, are unsourced. Unsourced content is evident throughout the article that includes
There are "Unsourced sections" such as "Administrative divisions".
There has been a "specifically marked weasel-worded phrases" tag since 2013.
2021 "Potentially dated statements" and "citation needed" tags.

It is hard to determine if the article content is actually supported by sources, or if there is possible original research, when there is a lack of text–source integrity.

Thee article certainly fails more than one B-class criterion with citation issues, and it is apparent the article needs work with issues that are not indicative of being "well written" so the article was reassessed as C-class. -- Otr500 (talk)

External links[edit]

There were nine entries in the "External links". Three seems to be an acceptable number and of course, everyone seems to have their favorite to add, sneaking the number to four. The problem is that none is needed for article promotion.

ELpoints #3) states: Links in the "External links" section should be kept to a minimum. A lack of external links or a small number of external links is not a reason to add external links.
LINKFARM states: There is nothing wrong with adding one or more useful content-relevant links to the external links section of an article; however, excessive lists can dwarf articles and detract from the purpose of Wikipedia. On articles about topics with many fansites, for example, including a link to one major fansite may be appropriate.
ELMIN: Minimize the number of links. --
ELCITE: Do not use {{cite web}} or other citation templates in the External links section. Citation templates are permitted in the Further reading section.

Trimmed excessive links.

- Note: Moved from article for possible future consideration
Mauritania at Curlie
Mauritania profile from the BBC News.
Wikimedia Atlas of Mauritania
Country profile and timeline Conservative Middle East Council
Forecasts for Mauritania Development -- Otr500 (talk) 14:21, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Etymology[edit]

The etymology section is ambiguous and unclear about how the country got its name from an ancient kingdom with different territories. The ancient kigdom/province of Mauretania was initially in northern Morocco, and expanded later to western and central Algeria. I personally don't understand the etymology of this country, but I know that the French colonisation of the 20th century is strongly related. TybenFree (talk) 00:03, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]