Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sawiq


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The result was   delete. Secret account 17:37, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Sawiq

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Sawiq is evidently Arabic for "flour" or some sort of cereal product - not a "type of flower" as the article states. The first cited source, The Life of Teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, says it means flour, as does this source, and this source says barley mush. It's not a separate species, article creator messed up. Seems an unlikely search term, or I'd just redirect. –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 16:16, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Your wrong but its too late. I dont know if this can be withdrawn now "Sawiq, a food of the common people, was a kind of dried barley meal mixed with water, butter, or aliva". I also tought that it might have been quite evident that a misspelled "flour" as "flower" in this article--Misconceptions2 (talk) 16:21, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - Delete & Merge the contents to an already existing article, related to culture of ancient Arabs.-Vatsan34 (talk) 17:06, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * There is no article about ancient arabs. there is an article on pre islamic arabia. but this Sawiq is soemthing from muhammad's era (7th century forward). It would not be suitable at all to merge this with Arab article or any arabic food article. This is 7th century food which is virtually extinct--Misconceptions2 (talk) 17:25, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions.  Jinkinson   talk to me  17:20, 8 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Arabic word for flour is tahine not sawiq, why cite one source wrongly claiming sawiq means "flour" when a million others clearly say the arabic word for flour is tahine?--Misconceptions2 (talk) 17:31, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. Just googled the term and came up with this. It's an interesting piece of trivia but I'm not convinced it's notable enough for it's own article. Based on the ingredients listed, pop the content in Porridge or perhaps Gruel and add a note in Arab cuisine? Dolescum (talk) 21:18, 10 October 2014 (UTC)


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