Talk:Mauritania

Case of sahara
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)


 * 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)

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)

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Etymology
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)

The name of the national anthem
Now I'm certainly not an expert on the Arabic language, but it seems to me that the Arabic version of the name of the national anthem of that country is "national anthem of the Mauretanians", rather than "National anthem of Mauritania".

I'd appreciate it if an expert could comment on this matter and rectify it if necessary. --Mathmensch (talk) 18:44, 3 July 2024 (UTC)


 * I don't know how you came to that conclusion, but as far as I know, the Arabic version is "the Mauritanian national anthem". M.Bitton (talk) 23:41, 3 July 2024 (UTC)