Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hausa–Fulani Arabs


 * 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 delete. Star  Mississippi  15:23, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Hausa–Fulani Arabs

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Hoax article created by a sock farm, see Sockpuppet investigations/Zaibala. The article, like Banu Gha and the other hoaxes, uses a lot of false references in an attempt to masquerade as a notable topic.

The following sources would indicate notability if they were real:


 * Ibrahim, Muhammad (1987). The Hausa-Fulani Arabs: A Case Study of the Genealogy of Usman Danfodio. Kadawa Press.
 * Bashir, Ali (2000). Kano Malams in the Ninteenth Century. River Front Press.
 * Sani, Muhammadu (1990). Arab Settlers in Kano. Sauda Voyager.
 * Abdullahi, Ahmed (1999). Madinawan Kano. Danlami Printers.

Not only are the books completely fictitious, the authors and publishing houses are too. The books that do exist make no mention of the "Hausa-Fulani Arabs" but instead talk about African history. For example, this journal is used to support the article but clearly makes no mention of this made-up ethnic group. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 11:30, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Ethnic groups, Africa,  and Nigeria.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 11:30, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete HOAX. delete for lack of sourcing and made up subject. Oaktree b (talk) 15:12, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete as a hoax. By the way, this person also effectively vandalized a huge amount of articles about Sokoto Caliphate people that need to be manually undone, adding entire paragraphs of fake sources and information. Zaynab1418 (talk) 18:33, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete as a hoax, since it is almost entirely referenced to fake sources. 2601:647:5800:4D2:64A4:7B08:985:3C48 (talk) 19:09, 12 November 2022 (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.


 * Per the above discussion I have removed the sections on ancestry from the affected articles. SFB 03:32, 29 December 2022 (UTC)