Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Abdeslam Serghini

SwisterTwister, the reason you could not find much on the internet is because you are searching in English (and/or French). There are many references out there in Arabic. I even bought his book (a lecture that Abdeslam Serghini gave in a high school. The lecture was recorded and published as a book, along with a formal biography of Abdesslam Serghini). I can post pictures of the book if needed and I can translate the Arabic biography into English if this can be enough as a proof.

I do not think however that the deletion of the article was fair. Many other articles on wikipedia have less references and still were never subject to a debate. For example Allal al-Fassi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allal_al-Fassi), was a student of Abdeslam Serghini, and the wikipedia article about Allal al-Fassi has only one reference. And the reason Allal al-Fassi's article is not deleted is probably because you could find pages on the Internet in French or English. Whereas Abdeslam Serghini was an Arabophone person (unlike Allal al Fassi) and a much older generation before Allal al Fassi. Also, the article about Abdesslam Serghini was classified in the category of "Moroccan writers", which I think is not the right category for him. Although Abdesslam Serghini wrote few books, those books were never re-published and the only copies stayed at the University Al-Qarawiyeen, and therefore are mostly unknown to many. Abdesslam Serghini was a big Islamic Scholar. The categories that fit him better are: "Sufism", "Scholar", "Islamic Jurisprudence".

I agree with the wikipedia admins when they said the article is not well written. Yes, many improvements should be made to the article (in terms of formulating the proper English sentences and the narration, omitting anything that is not important or irrelevant and keeping only the important points, and that is the responsibility of all the authors in wikipedia by the way: help improve badly written articles instead of deleting them), but this does not mean the article is not true or deserves to be deleted.

Please reopen the deletion discussion for further discussion about this. I can scan his book and upload it if this helps.

Thanks.