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Futures, is a projection written in 2015 and using far older data). Also Arda, the middle chart, is a repository of sources each of which has to be evaluated in its own right; citing Arda is a bit like citing the public library. In this particular case it is using the World Religion Database which has nice looking numbers but fairly frequently doesn't indicate where they got them (its precision on North Korean figures is frankly unbelievable). There is a reason Arda is listed as iffy in Knowledge (XXG)'s page on reliable sources
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section, the except "However Christianity cannot be done with traditional practices ... a mixture of the both of them neither Christianity nor African Traditional Religion." appears to be either personal opinion which violates NPOV, or a factual claim without references. If no solution is provided to
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Three Pie charts are at least two too many and given the unreliable nature of statistics for religion in Nigeria even 1 is too many and gives the appearance of accuracy that does not exist. To quote one source "As a consequence of the lack of census data on religious identification in recent years,
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The lead is more of a summary and the three pie charts reflect the unqiue nuance here as they are pretty much accurate estimations based of three esteemed sources which vary with their methodoloigies when it comes to gathering the data about religion in nigeria I don't see why it should be removed.
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I think McKinnon 2021 is the most reliable and he isn't willing to give hard figures. A suggestion might be a table in the survey section showing different estimates (but don't use Statista and probably not World Religion Database). A table makes it easier for the reader to compare different
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And they are all estimates and clutter up the intro. We had a discussion on this a few years ago (see above). Better I think to have some pictures rather than mislead people about the accuracy of the estimates (and some of these are projections the third chart, Pew–Templeton Global Religious
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I see your point it does clutter the intro but I feel it should still remain as it does potray the accurate estimations based on various factors both Pew and the World religion estimation has come up with and used but I am happy enough to agree for it to be removed if it is a issue.
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and the contested figures for the past, ‘accurate statistics for each tradition are difficult to come by and are largely a matter of conjecture’ (Adogame 2010: 479), and one does find references to dubious sources"(
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documents with extensive information on many countries. You may see what other Nigeria-related contributions have been made by looking at the project's
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Opening any article with a claim that muslims are rapidly outbreeding the christian population and replacing makes me question the editors motives.
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Moved to the section now known as Religious Demographics. Intros are suppose to be shortish and expand later on in the article
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I added the statistics in the lead if you think they should be removed please do let me know.
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The journal mentioned doesn't state over 50% but around 50% which is already been mentioned.
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Barbado here is a 2023 source estimating that Christians are greater than 50% of Nigerians.
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A lot of the info in some of the Christianity subsections is unsourced.
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