Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BaAlawi

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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 Keep following re-write by Pepsidrinka (closed by Panoptical). → AA (talk) — 11:35, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BaAlawi

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I honestly have no idea what this is talking about. It isn't patent nonsense, but close to it. It might be about some sort of family lineage, but this too would fall short of notability. If you can read and understand it, explain here, but until then, I say delete. Panoptical 01:35, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete: Nonsense. Kinston eagle 01:37, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I have absolutely no idea what the author is trying to say here and there are no references with which to attempt to discern its purpose. —Travistalk 01:41, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Temporary !vote for cleanup and keep : WP:BITE and WP:CHILL. New editor says he's not finished with the article yet. What's the harm of waiting a few days? According to Tariqah#Traditional_orders, BaAlawi is an order of Sufism, and, while WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is not a reason to keep the article, the fact that twenty articles about related orders exist suggest that there is a real subject here that isn't written. THF 01:46, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
    • In that case, perhaps the author, who states that he doesn't have the time to work on the article now, should userify it so that he can edit at his leisure without a chance of deletion. Then he can move it back to mainspace when it's ready. —Travistalk 01:54, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
It would have been polite to notify the author of this AfD, so that they would have a chance to make improvements. Kevin 02:04, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Added {{Adw}} to the author's talk page to correct that oversight. —Travistalk 02:37, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete if there is no improvement at the end of this AFD. Remember, AfD's typically run 5 days, so that's a lot of time to work on the article. If it's not up to snuff by then, it can safely be deleted and the original author can work on it in their User space until a working article is ready. -- Kesh 01:58, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy Delete Patent nonsense Rackabello 02:39, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Delete Incoherent non notability; possibly nonsense. The article is not encyclopedic, makes no sense, aswell as having no refs. James Luftan contribs 02:46, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Change to Temporary keep, have no idea what this article is about, no source is shown. since the editor said that he hasn't finished writing, and I myself briefly looked up on Google, I think there's chance for improving the article. @pple 02:40, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. I rewrote the article so that it makes sense for those unfamilar with the topic. However, I can't seem to find any sources online that would give me any more information. I'm going to assume good faith that the author has some references that he can provide. It does in fact exist, as I found quite a number of sources mentioning their existence. I ask those of you who !voted prior to now, atleast look at the page again and see if you think it merits deletion. Pepsidrinka 03:59, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletions. —Pepsidrinka 04:03, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Now much cleaner and demonstrates notability, thanks to Pepsidrinka's excellent work. Kevin 04:17, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep & Cleanup: Although the article still needs a cleanup & referencing, it shouldn't be deleted. -- Đõc §aмέέЯ  05:13, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep following changes made by Pepsidrinka. Although, it needs more detail to give the reader a better understanding of the topic, it is sufficient for a stub. → AA (talk) — 08:37, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Withdrawl...now that I can actually read and understand it. Thank you for cleaning it up. Panoptical 11:26, 14 August 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.