Talk:Sudan/Archive 2

Number of Nubian speakers?
This article says that more than 6 million people in Sudan speak Nubian languages. The article about Nubian languages say 900,000 speakers Worldwide. Can anyone clarrify?Helenuh (talk) 03:51, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

I removed the 6 million (600,000 might be possible) and another sentence claiming 8 million Hausa speakers (80,000 would be possible). Errors of this magnitude cast a shadow of doubt on the entire section on languages. Oikolukija2 (talk) 10:26, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Language and ethnic groups
Sudan country is Arab country and the official language is only Arabic. In English version that conflicts with Arabic one LeonelleMarks (talk) 04:40, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I am sure this question has been treated many times before. But here is a link that may answer your question: Arabization - If you ask people in Sudan, if they consider themselves "Arabs" or "African", you will receive different answers: Some will say they are Arabs, referring to the language, religion or the history of immigration from the north or the Arabian peninsula. Some will say, they are both, referring to their skin colour or other physical features, the African part of their culture (Sudanese music, for example, is different from Arabic music). Others will say, they are not Arab at all, but Africans, who speak Arabic and have absorbed some elements from Arabic countries into their own culture. In my opinion, Sudanese are really a mixture of both cultures, and you cannot impose a specific group identity onto any human being. Everyone has the right to define this for themselves, just like the Berbers of North Africa, who often speak their own language, and reject the notion "Arabic" applied to them. Munfarid1 (talk) 09:42, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Another note on language & ethnic groups - can someone update the info in the demographics portion of the article? The sources cited in this portion are from 2010/2011. I'm making this note in 2019... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:1418:410A:E513:BD9F:AF46:7FEB (talk) 14:10, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Another note on ethnic group demographics - the infobox on the right has the following numbers: 84.6% Arab, 36.5% Beja, 8.2% Nubians, and 6.4% Fur, for a total of ~137% population. I do not think this is right as it is over 100%, but don't have a current source to update. Tcpe k  i  n  10:44, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , it looks like you added these numbers on 31 March. What's the source, so we can make sense of this? Pathawi (talk) 14:17, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

I relied on the distribution of the population according to their density and their ratio, from one region to another and the groups and races that exist in a specific region. Sudan is inhabited by a large number of tribes of Arab and African origins and since ancient history these tribes began to mix with each other, until it is difficult at the present time to find pure origins in some part of Sudan; and mixing appeared in the Northern and Central Parts of the country. As for the numbers that I added, I can remove them because there are no sources for them due to the absence of any official census of the population, and the lack of figures or data that are not accurate enough to be confirmed. Mr. James Dimsey (talk) 16:09, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Language: National, Official, &c
I've just made a change to the infobox that I'd like to explain, as there have been a few recent changes. This article uses Template:Infobox country, the specification for which includes:


 * official_languages =
 * national_languages =
 * regional_languages =

Official languages should be those officially legislated; national languages should have broad recognition.

The 2005 Constitution §1.8 covers language policy. In §1.8.3, both Arabic and English are decreed to be the two official languages for government functions & higher education. (تكون العربية، باعتبارها لغة رئيسية على الصعيد القومي، والإنجليزية، اللغتين الرسميتين لأعمال الحكومة القومية ولغتي التدريس في التعليم العالي.)

The Transitional Constitutional Document of 2019 repeals the 2005 Constitution, though it does not repeal other laws passed under it. Thus, 2005's §1.8.3 is no longer in effect. The 2019 document is almost entirely centred on the functioning of the transitional government, & does not specify an official language.

Unless some law was passed under the 2005 Constitution respecifying an official language, the Sudan does not have an official language right now.

But by the definition this template uses, it may be legitimate to see Arabic (not Sudanese Arabic, as that excludes Fuṣḥā, which is clearly the language of state action) as the national language. Pathawi (talk) 21:19, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Per capita income
Per capital income nominal is 35,000?😬😬😬 who edited this lie and when did Sudan become such a high income economy Nlivataye (talk) 09:54, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Remove Mention of "North Sudan"
North Sudan is mentioned no where else in the article besides the random six citations in the first sentence. Six random citations is not worthy of putting it in the first sentence, because it is very rare for this name to refer to Sudan. A simple google search garners 1/1000 the results for "North Sudan" compared to "Sudan," while different names of other countries, for example "United States" vs "United States of America" or "America" differs only by at most a factor of 10. Clearly having so many citations for something obscure in the first sentence is unnecessary. Does anyone else support removal? Bill Williams (talk) 06:19, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

The country's official name is not North Sudan. Here in the Sudan, it is not referred to by that name. Do people in South Sudan call their neighbour 'North Sudan'? The only South Sudanese source I ever look at is Radio Tamazuj, which just uses 'Sudan'. Unless there's some significant community of use, I think 'North Sudan' should go. Pathawi (talk) 15:33, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the input, I'll remove it from the article. Bill Williams (talk) 03:06, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 November 2021
129.205.113.31 (talk) 22:33, 1 November 2021 (UTC) the percentage give to the Fulani tribe is supposed to be 10%
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Cannolis (talk) 22:42, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

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Arabs
Arabs at 70%?😳 I think the situation is more nuanced than that. Most have some Arab ancestry no more than 20% like African Americans do with European ancestry on their paternal line; doesn't mean however they are classified as White. So I would say most predominantly Black or maybe Afro Arab but to just say Arab is false and misleading. Actual Arab population is a tiny minority 197.186.3.21 (talk) 15:26, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Coup in Sudan right now
There is a coup going on in Sudan right now, is there a box for this, to place at the top of the page? ://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/15/africa/sudan-presidential-palace-intl/index.html TheNewbornAtlantic (talk) 01:43, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * There is an article, 2023 Sudan clashes. Not sure what you want this page to do. This is the main country article. 25stargeneral (talk) 01:45, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Perhaps a box with a notice of conflict with a link to the 2023 Sudan clashes page? TheNewbornAtlantic (talk) 04:09, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Ya, I think is necessary for awareness' sake, many people dying by the day. Tonymynd (talk) 01:15, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Accuracy of percentage of Christians in Sudan
Given the recent developments and interest in Sudan, I went to the Wikipedia entry for the country and happened to notice that the percentage of Christians in Sudan is stated as "4.5%". I was curious about this and did some Googling. I found the following reference, which reports a larger number. I am wondering if this statistic requires a re-visit...?

https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/Sudan/christians/ 75.161.35.251 (talk) 23:54, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * In regards to your comment, I understand the importance of using reliable sources and diversifying them when conducting research. It is always recommended to use multiple sources to verify the accuracy of the information you are using. Sarah SchneiderCH (talk) 00:13, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Abyei Area shown as Condominium on the map.
The Abyei is not a disputed/claimed area of Sudan like the Halaib Triangle is. It's a condominium, a shared piece of land between the Republic of the Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan. It would be best to put it as a striped area on the map. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 20:30, 14 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Abyei is a disputed area claimed by Sudan. The purported condominium status is an analogy, in reality the land is effectively run by the United Nations. CMD (talk) 03:06, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Disruptions
I think the user Cookiemonster1618 is disrupting this page with inaccurate information. They are changing percentages and information that are clearly stated in the links provided and suggesting that new information is in other links, yet it's nowhere to be found. Not sure what to do here. Wkpdsrnm2023 (talk) 21:51, 23 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Maybe list specific diffs with the issues so that it can be discussed here in the Talk page rather than in edit summaries. Pathawi (talk) 02:21, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
 * The religion section in the infobox has a link to https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=211c, stating that Sunni Islam is 94.9, Christian is 2.9, Ethnic religionist is 1.1 and nonreligious is 1.1 but they keep replacing the information with different numbers. The numbers supposedly come from the CIA link they listed, yet those numbers are not there. There is nothing in the CIA link that states that.
 * diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sudan&diff=1166806800&oldid=1166806568
 * diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sudan&diff=1166440406&oldid=1166264729 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wkpdsrnm2023 (talk • contribs) 09:17, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
 * The numbers did not come from the CIA page website. And I have no idea who the hell is the user you are talking about and I dont have any connections to them. The wesbite you provided is not accurate and is not the true reality of the religious demographics of Sudan. The numbers for religion were already put there a month ago with the source and the source is accurate which is the MRG website as well as another source from another website verified by local estimates. Armenians living in Sudan as a miniscule minority to attend their churches does not mean they are one of the indigenous ethnic groups of Sudan. Iranians also live in Armenia and have one Mosque yet they aren't one of the Indigenous communities there nor do they constitute a significant percentage of the population. There are also Armenians in Ethiopia yet they dont constitute a major percentage for them to be considered a native ethnic group there. Almost all sources list the Nuba people as one of the Indigenous ethnic groups of Sudan. The percentages for religion were put with the source but Pathawi removed it for some reason. Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 14:24, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
 * If the numbers didn't come from the CIA source, why did you list it as a source? Wkpdsrnm2023 (talk) 10:46, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
 * The numbers for religion were put there a month ago, by you, after you changed them to that lesser source/blog. Wkpdsrnm2023 (talk) 10:48, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Armenians should be listed simply because they are an ethnicity in Sudan. They should also be listed in Iran too. Nothing about the ethnicity section says only indigenous peoples should be there. Wkpdsrnm2023 (talk) 10:50, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Pathawi mentioned that they removed it because the source you keep pushing (is it your blog?) is not good. Same reason I changed the information back to a reliable figure. You should stop using that blog altogether. Wkpdsrnm2023 (talk) 10:51, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I want to be clear that I removed it because the data in question was already supported by a more recent source—not because it was necessarily flawed. I want to suggest again that there's an obvious compromise solution available here: You can list a numerical range: 94.9%–97%. I think this is actually probably the best solution even without a conflict. Edit: To be clear, tho, I think we only need one source per figure. It should be the most reliable source. Pathawi (talk) 10:58, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
 * It doesn't matter I added a source that supports my claim and is authentically right. Most Christians in Sudan are either Copts or are from areas in Southern Sudan bordering South Sudan. They make up 1.2% of the population, followers of traditional religions also make up 1.2% and other religions 0.6% for a total of 3% of the total population combined. The source is not old and is authentic. Censuses from 2011 and 2010 won't be considered older sources by you also than?. Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 14:13, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I think you might be getting distracted by something that doesn't matter, here: The source was redundant. The information it supported was already supported. Adding it won't address the issue that you and Wkpdsrnm2023 have. No source explicitly excludes Armenians and no source that you guys have been working with includes Nuba people, tho it ought to be easy to find one that does. Again: Why not just list a range for the population reflecting the different sources, find a reliable source that mentions Nuba people, and list both ethnicities? This should be a case in which you can both include the content you want—it doesn't have to be either/or. Pathawi (talk) 17:12, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * There are multiple sources that include the Nuba people as a major ethnic group of Sudan. Armenians do not form a major percentage for them to be considered an ethnic group and I am not distracted. I think I know more about my country than some user who's saying I'm "vandalising" the article. Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 21:04, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * There are certainly multiple sources that mention the Nuba. Just none of those you two are dealing with. Population numbers alone might not be the only indicator of salience for mention in a Wikipedia article. The tone of your most recent message comes off as angry. I encourage you to think about how to move past the current conflict. I've tried to suggest a solution that I thought would work for both you and Wkpdsmm2023. Perhaps you can think of a better one. Edit: & remember—it doesn't matter who knows more. What matters is what's supported by the best reliable sources. Pathawi (talk) 21:15, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * That www.thearda.com link near the religion section of the infobox also talks about there being a small minority of Armenian church attendees in Sudan, which is why I reverted their removal of the Armenians in the ethnicity section. They are adamant that it should be replaced with some other group that has no source, yet they insist it does.
 * diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sudan&diff=1166805850&oldid=1166805617
 * The reason I am suspicious of them is because their account was helping alter edits on this page around the same time that a sockpuppet by the name of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brlob was removing information on this page, so that the removed information couldn't be easily reverted. This was about a month ago. They also have the same editing style as Brlob, three to five edits at a time, usually very minor changes on ethnic pages that have little to no traffic.
 * diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sudan&diff=1156813321&oldid=1156245361
 * Wkpdsrnm2023 (talk) 08:47, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not going to address all of these at once. On the religion one, I'm a little perplexed by what's going on. It seems pretty clear that ARDA is a better source than the Minority Rights page—the former is an academic source where the methods are public. It's also more recent. & you're right that the CIA World Factbook does not give that 97% number. But the numbers you're citing aren't what I see at ARDA: I'm seeing 91.67% Muslim (91.60% Sunni), 4.5% Christian, 2.76% Ethnic religionists, 1.05% Non-religious. What's going on here? Pathawi (talk) 22:15, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh, I guess you are right about those numbers. I was only looking at the graph rather than the list under it. But regardless, these numbers are not the ones that CookieMonster1618 is changing things too. Wkpdsrnm2023 (talk) 14:21, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I would propose to both of you that the best path forward might be to present a range. Pathawi (talk) 00:19, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
 * There's no reason that the section needs to address only "indigenous" populations. That's not what the wording says. This also doesn't have to be either/or. The Nuba are obviously a very important set of ethnic groups in contemporary Sudan. Both of these groups could be in this list. Pathawi (talk) 22:23, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree, I'm just curious why the Armenians were taken out. Wkpdsrnm2023 (talk) 14:24, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
 * It doesn't look to me like this user is a sockpuppet of Briob—I would guess that this is just unfortunate timing & a failure of communication. If you think they are, you could ask for a check at . Pathawi (talk) 22:29, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I was looking at that page earlier but I just don't understand how the process works. Any resources for how to get a check done? Wkpdsrnm2023 (talk) 14:30, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
 * It's actually | here. Sorry! At the top of the page there are instructions, with a textbox for beginning the process. Again, I don't think this is the same user. Pathawi (talk) 00:18, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
 * @Wkpdsrnm2023 I reviewed most of @Cookiemonster1618 edits, and I found most of them to be useful. I would advise you two to engage and assume good faith FuzzyMagma (talk) 12:43, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
 * The webiste for religion and ethnic percentages of Sudan come from this source https://minorityrights.org/country/sudan/ which I provided and put but Pathawi removed it. Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 14:29, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
 * There is a WP:3O process that you can use if reached a deadlock FuzzyMagma (talk) 15:34, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I removed it because the data present (only the 97% number) was already sourced (CIA World Factbook), and this was a lower quality & older source. There's no data that was sourced that is now not. I'm not sure what you're referring to, Cookiemonster1618. Pathawi (talk) 19:25, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

The article needs to be updated and improved
The article has very old information and as much information as possible, must be added to reliable sources and this is a very big effort; that requires an active contribution for those who have a good background or simple information. I can help whenever I can and I wish cooperation and a great response and thank you. Mr. James Dimsey (talk) 10:51, 16 August 2023 (UTC)