Talk:Mauritania

Article issues and classification

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)