Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yaakov Bar Yosef


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The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Meatsgains (talk) 02:24, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Yaakov Bar Yosef

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Subject lacks significant coverage in reliable sources. Meatsgains (talk) 04:01, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
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 * Weak Delete I can't find any sources nor do I see that he is integrated into the encyclopedia by links from other articles. This may well be due to inavailability of sources in English, and I am open to reconsider my position if appropriate sources can be identified. This article appears to be a translation of the article in the Hebrew language wiki, which appears to be a bit more comprehensive and linked to other articles. Alansohn (talk) 06:08, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Weak delete Keep (see below). He was a historical Jewish Iraqi figure whose burial place is said to be in the tomb of Joshua the High Priest. However, there is nothing available on him online in Hebrew or English; I might be able to find a mention of him in David Sutton's encyclopedic Aleppo: City of Scholars, which I don't have easy access to. This article is copied from the Hebrew Wikipedia, which also uses offline sources. Being obscure and almost unverifiable, I would delete. Yoninah (talk) 09:51, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep - I noticed his student, Abdallah Somekh, has a page. That page gives Yaakov's name as "Yaakov Harofe". Using variations on that name, I find a listing of him under "Jacob ben Joseph ha-Rofeh" in Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World, online here: . I think this passes ANYBIO, although his entry does say little is known about him. Also, I found a book on ebay that seems to be by hem, "Shemen Hatov". I don't read Hebrew, but if anyone does, images of the title page of that book which are available on ebay page may have more to say. Smmurphy(Talk) 21:54, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
 * great work finding out his real name. The ebay site is not so useful, but this site shows his handwritten manuscript. The Brill Online site will help write a very stubby article. Changing my !vote to keep. Yoninah (talk) 22:44, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I cleaned up the page, added sources, and removed questionable, unsourced material. Yoninah (talk) 22:58, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I hoped someone (read: you) would. This is pretty far outside of my expertise and I'm glad you took the time to do it. Smmurphy(Talk) 23:00, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per the improved sourcing. 24.151.116.12 (talk) 17:14, 15 February 2018 (UTC)


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