Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Differences between the Bible and the Qur'an


 * 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  d elete. - Mailer Diablo 18:11, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Differences between the Bible and the Qur'an
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See also Articles for deletion/Similarities between the Bible and the Qur'an (2 nomination)'.

I've declined a prod on this one as I think that — while it's veering dangerously towards the rocks of unreferenced original research — this contains the germ of a genuinely valid article. (Which I do not propose to write! I get quite enough flames already, thank you.) Personally, I think in its current state it probably does warrant a weak delete, but I feel it at least deserves its moment under the floodlights in case anyone has any ideas of possible expansions or potential merge targets. Or, indeed, valid keep arguments. —  iride scent   (talk to me!)  23:45, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete; as it now stands, the article is unsourced original research. I doubt it's possible to write such an article without either veering into POV or in synthesis of sources.  &mdash; Coren (talk) 23:49, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unlike Coren I think such an article is possible within guidelines, but I agree that as written it is an OR synthesis. As with gren, no prejudice against recreation.  CRGreathouse (t | c) 01:03, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. They're different texts! With wildly different histories for the last 1500 years! And which "Bible", anyway? What's next, the difference between apples and orange? --lquilter 01:57, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Now there's an idea. You write it, I'll copyedit.  I actually read an article once about the difference between apples and bananas... but it was about image recognition, so it actually made sense.  (Ah, Google has it I see.) CRGreathouse (t | c) 02:18, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Delete a powder keg waiting for spark.--Victor falk 04:00, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unless sourced, and see also Similarities between the Bible and the Qur'an  Yahel  Guhan  03:17, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletions.   — Yahel   Guhan  03:20, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletions.   — Yahel   Guhan  03:20, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, with no prejudice towards recreation with reliable secondary sources. gren グレン 04:18, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak delete Unlike the "similarities between the Bible and the Qu'ran" article referred to above (which merely cites those portions of both books that contain references to Jesus, Noah's ark, Adam and Eve, etc.), this one does go a dangerous route in attempting an interpretation of a passage. That gets into amateur theology.  Some say that "Christianity is about forgiveness, Islam is about revenge", and you could find verses to support that proposition.  On the other hand, you can find Bible verses that call for destruction of the unfaithful as well.  Since very few of us have mastered even one of these books, let alone both of them, looking for differences in things taken out of context is unwise.  Mandsford 13:25, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Absolutely, this is very much a theologically driven article -- in fact, it is quite obviously a particular Christian view of a very few important differences. Even the very act of selecting the "differences" requires determination of what is theologically significant. A Muslim might have a very different idea of what is significant than a Christian, and I can assure you that a Jew, Hindu, and atheist would have other opinions. "Differences" is practically an infinite set; at least "similarities" seems discretely definable. ... But it's not even named accurately or an attempt at being a useful document of comparative religion, because major differences include (a) history, (b) language of origin, (c) relative authority, (d) rules about what can and can't be done with the texts, and so on, ad infinitum. I've rarely seen a topic as unfit for a wikipedia article -- differences between stargate 1 and stargate whatever canon are vastly more doable than this. --lquilter 13:39, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. If such article is to be in WP (IMO not) it shouldn't be so amateurish. And per lquilter above. Pavel Vozenilek 22:50, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. This article is offensive to both.--Mostargue 14:36, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom, and quite frankly, everyone else above. Yossiea (talk) 15:14, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Judaism-related deletions.   —Yossiea (talk)  15:16, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete original essay. `'Míkka 22:05, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as WP:OR, WP:POV, etc., as per above, but I'd wait another day to close discussion just in case a good argument comes along. Bearian 22:17, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as being clearly synthesis original research. Van Tucky  Talk 04:15, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete as clearly WP:OR and WP:SNOWBALL. --Strothra 15:44, 16 October 2007 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.