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Plagiarism

Some parts of this articles are directly lifted from the New World Encyclopedia. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/African_Art Librarianhelen (talk) 03:52, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Au contraire! "New World Encyclopedia writers and editors rewrote and completed the Wikipedia article in accordance with New World Encyclopedia standards..." Johnbod (talk) 04:49, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to me that this is both potentially conflict of interest as well as self-plagiarism. The New World Encyclopedia should at very least be cited. Entire sections are used verbatim. If the New World Encyclopedia is copyrighted material, it doesn't matter that the authors copy and pasted their own content here. I believe I am right in saying that it is still a violation. Librarianhelen (talk) 14:37, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Huge, completely unsourced section under "Zambia"

There's a huge (nearly 1,600 words!), completely unsourced section under the heading "Contemporary African Art: By country: Zambia" that needs to be pared-down and properly sourced, or removed entirely. It is filled with weasel-words and PR-speak, such as "Zambia is arguably home to some of the world's most creative and talented artists" and "works of art that are often staggering in their scope" -- and those from just the first (of eight!) paragraph. It seems to focus on one particular organization, the Lechwe Trust, for which a Google search returns only a few hundred hits that don't point to some form of Wikimedia, or their own website. I would prefer it if the editor who added this section would take care of Wikifying it and reducing it in proportion to what is appropriate to the rest of the article, but if that doesn't happen, it should be removed entirely. Bricology (talk) 20:57, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Where is the Traditional African religion section?

You cannot talk about African art and its history without mentioning the Traditional African religions. I am shocked that perhaps the most important aspect of this article has been overlooked. I am creating a section for it - and history would fall under that section. That section can be expanded of course with time, and it would be immensely helpful if fellow editors can help with that expansion. Senegambianamestudy (talk) 23:34, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone add Sudan to the template about African art?

Hello, I have written two articles about art in Sudan: Visual arts of Sudan and Architecture of Sudan. Can someone add these to the template for African art? Thanks, Munfarid1 (talk) 12:26, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I tried, but it is wierdly/wrongly set up. Johnbod (talk) 14:13, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Finnusertop may be the one responsible. Only the art one should be added here. Johnbod (talk) 14:18, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]