Talk:Archie Mafeje

WP:NPOV issue highlighted during GA assessment
@TompaDompa mentioned that Archie Mafeje section is borderline hagiographic. It needs significant editing to comply with WP:NPOV. I would suggest judicious use of WP:INTEXT attribution. FuzzyMagma (talk) 16:43, 5 January 2023 (UTC)


 * The opinion expressed in that section are cited, sometimes by words including referencing Archie's opinion and the other person's opinion, e.g., "Ali A Mazrui on the invention of Africa and postcolonial predicaments: 'My life is one long debate' and Sally Falk (1998). "Archie Mafeje's Prescriptions for the Academic Future" which both respond to Archie
 * The point about [white] anthropology is Archie's point
 * Other points were rephrased from available commentary including Hunters' The new black sociologists : historical and contemporary perspectives
 * Again it is not for me to conclude a winner, but just to summarise the debate.
 * Depending on your bias you can read and conclude what you want, FuzzyMagma (talk) 16:51, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * See WP:YESPOV: avoid stating opinions as facts. For instance: the article says that Mafeje's work led to a much-needed examination of the discipline's founding principles. That it was "much-needed" is of course an opinion, but it is presented as a fact here. TompaDompa (talk) 18:48, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

✅ FuzzyMagma (talk) 19:36, 5 January 2023 (UTC)


 * @TompaDompa would you mind have a look and see if the previous issues that you raised are resolved. I do not want to renominate the article if the problem still there FuzzyMagma (talk) 13:53, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I won't have time to do that, I'm afraid. The article has been so extensively rewritten that it would basically necessitate reviewing it all over again. Which is of course a good sign. I wish you good luck with renomination. TompaDompa (talk) 01:57, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

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