Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abu Rafi


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. No consensus to delete,, and after a relist, further good RS was provided that was unchallenged. (non-admin closure) Britishfinance (talk) 02:58, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Abu Rafi

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Lack of reliability from the information provided here. Fails WP:GNG. Abishe (talk) 08:11, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions. Abishe (talk) 08:11, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 12:11, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep -- I know nothing of the subject, but if it is true, this is an article on an important person. Since we are dealing with a distant period, so that the amount of information available may be modest.  The current article does have sources, though it seems to rely too much on a single one, which is unsatisfactory, but not a ground for deletion.  Peterkingiron (talk) 11:24, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, RL0919 (talk) 16:07, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Historical figure, . I can't read the sources given but there's an excellent English language source in Encyclopaedia Islamica:  Bojnurdi, Kazem Musavi and Negahban, Farzin, “Abū Rāfiʿ”, in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Wilferd Madelung and, Farhad Daftary. Consulted online on 27 December 2019 . All it took to find this was Google.  But there is another person of that name  in the period, Abu Rafi' ibn Abi Al-Huqaiq (Arabic: أبو رافع بن أبي الحُقَيْق‎), one of Mohammed's enemies,  so it is necessary to be careful. See: Expedition of 'Abdullah ibn 'Atik  DGG ( talk ) 05:40, 27 December 2019 (UTC)


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