# Talk:Photography in Sudan

@User:Onel5969 - You have flagged this article as having insufficient inline citations. - I have now added a few more, but do not understand where you might be missing more sources. - When it comes to articles in wp that are linked in blue, like on Susan Sontag or Leni Riefenstahl, I assume it is not necessary to include citations, as readers will find them in the respective articles, or am I wrong here? Anyway, I would be happy to read your opinion about concrete statements needing sources, and if the article is okay now, if you would delete the comment on insuffient sources. Thanks, Munfarid1 07:25, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Munfarid1 - Doing good on the citations, however, info which includes bluelinked items sometimes do need references. For example, "In 1951, he published his photo essay in the widely read magazine National Geographic. This later prompted controversial German photographer Leni Riefenstahl to travel to the Nuba mountains for her own photo stories on the Nuba people." definitely needs a citation. This is due to two reasons. First, you make an assertion, so that needs to be referenced. Even if you pulled the info from the other article, it should be referenced there, and simply copy the reference to this article. Second, someone could make a change to that other article, and the reference could go away there.  Hope this helps.  Looks like you only need another 2 or 3 and then you're good to go.  I'll tag those specific ones, and remove the more general tag.  Also, once you've improved the article, you can remove the tag yourself.  If the editor who originally tagged it disagrees, they'll put it back. Hope this helps. Onel5969 TT me 10:30, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi Onel5969 - Thanks for your explanations and other hints. I have added all citations you had flagged, and even found exciting new information on photographers of the 50s-70s. (It seems that an article of such historic and thematic scope is a never ending labor of love...) Munfarid1

Hello @User:Isaidnoway, thanks for your help on my notes including references. This is the first time I am using notes, and I seem to have had the wrong idea about this.
On the other hand, I don't understand why you deleted several photos today? I don't see any reason for that, and provided you can't explain why, I will put them back. After all, they are important elements in an article about photography. - Looking forward to your explanation, Munfarid1 (talk) 14:51, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

There are nine photos in the article right now, adding more will clutter and overwhelm the article and doesn't add any value for the reader to understand the topic of the article. Wikipedia is not an image repository. Put a link to a commons category where the photos are located and the reader can then view all of them in one location. Isaidnoway (talk) 15:26, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your explanation, but I think you are underestimating the importance of these photographs for this subject matter. Wikipedia is certainly not only an encyclopedia for words, and one of its basic requirements is to illustrate the text by suitable pictures. - I strongly believe that readers will appreciate the photographs I have selected, illustrating the different phases and expressions of  photography. - Hope you will reconsider, as I am going to revert the pictures deleted by you. - BTW, I have received very helpful feedback by Amitchell125, who has been reviewing this article in order to assess its candidacy for GA, and he did not object to any of the photos. Munfarid1 (talk) 17:20, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello Isaidnoway (talk), following your comments, I have introduced several changes and think that the text now takes adequate care of them. In the lead, I have added sources for Rashid Mahdi and for the early British photographers, and have deleted the sentence: "From the beginning, photographers in Sudan have often been foreigners, who wanted to record what they saw, with local Sudanese photographers only later having access to cameras and opportunities for photography." - Also, I have given sources corroborating the importance of the pictures of the Nuba by Riefenstahl and Rodgers in the lead, even though their importance is explained later in the article with appropriate references. Also, I have created a link in the reference section to the media in Commons and enlarged that group of photographs.
Let me add, however, a comment on your flagged "Failed verification" stating that "source doesn't mention rise of color photography, coffee table books, lavish photo essays, international tourism" - My source comes directly after the mention of the Sudanese pyramids, and does mention these sites as attractions for international tourism. The other statements about the rise of color photography, coffee table books, lavish photo essays, international tourism are sourced by bluelinks. I know, of course, that wp are no valid sources, but, in my opinion, these topics you have criticized as unsoruced are common knowledge for any reader of the subject. The way I understand the commonly accepted principles of wp not every commonly understood word requires sources. This article already has more than 50 references, more than 10 notes, dozens of articles or books for further reading, and I really don't see the necessity to source such notions as you have critized here. 
I think I have also taken care of your other comments and now want to suggest that you may delete your comment on External links at the beginning. Thanks for this and for your comments, Munfarid1 (talk) 21:28, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi, if anyone wants to improve the article, I would like to draw their attention to MOS:LEADSENTENCE, which states Keep the first sentence focused on the subject by avoiding constructions like "[Subject] refers to..." or "...is a word for..." – the article is about the subject, not a term for the subject.. JBchrch talk 14:57, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi, JBchrch - I have looked at MOS:LEADSENTENCE, but can't really think of a better first sentence. As the article refers both to photographs as well as to the social and historical background and motivation of the individual photographers, this wording still seems to me valid, even when taking MOS:LEADSENTENCE into account. Also, the article has been carefully checked by the reviewer for GA status, and he did not find any fault in the first sentence. - Can you think of an improved first sentence that would cover all aspects mentioned, as you suggest? Munfarid1 (talk) 10:51, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
No worries Munfarid1, this was just a heads up. I looked at other articles about "Photography in [country]" for inspiration, but it's true that I haven't found something that really convinced me. Anyway, I'm letting you decide if you want to do anything about it, as steward of the article. However, this point should have probably been brought up during the GA review, since it's a part of MOS:LEAD, which is a GA criteria—but again, no worries, it's just a small point for your consideration. JBchrch talk 14:10, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi, there are two photographers with name Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah, the one mentioned in the contemporary section is not the same with the image at the bottom. the 1st is the Reuters photojournalist but the 2nd one is a 1960s visual artist/photographer. see [1] an article about the 1960s Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (in Arabic but can be automatically translated). I almost did the same mistake in my article. This might make the sentence 'He is also known for his creative fine-art photography.' not true too FuzzyMagma (talk) 21:58, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello, I can assure you that this is one and the same person. I know him personally and he is the one who uploaded this picture to Wikimedia. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah is both a documentary photographer for Reuters as well as a fine art photographer in Sudan. Munfarid1 (talk) 22:47, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
@Munfarid1 Nice! I will then add this section to his article. Can I ask you if you know who is the person being described here [2]? The picture is different or is that Mohamed? FuzzyMagma (talk) 01:23, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
@FuzzyMagma The picture in the Arabic newspaper article shows Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah. Munfarid1 (talk) 08:55, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
Can I ask you one last favour (for now), can you review Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah please, I hope I didn’t make glaring mistakes there. As always thnx FuzzyMagma (talk) 10:37, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
Nice! I will then add this section to his article.  FuzzyMagma (talk) 23:42, 19 November 2022 (UTC)