The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn. However, this should not stop others from AFDing this article in future. (non-admin closure) ─ The Aafī (talk) 11:24, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
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There is clearly a lack of a reliable source on this person's existence. The first time I checked, most sources were in Turkish and from news sites. (I have went into detail in the unreliability of these "news site" sources on this page's talk page.) Al-Isabah fi tamyiz al Sahabah was listed as a source but not properly cited (without page numbers), which makes me assume that it was added on the basis of another modern day article claiming that this person was listed in this publication. But there is another problem: According to this book's own Wikipedia page, Al-Isabah fi tamyiz al Sahabah was created in the 15th century but only got published in the 19th century. So, none of the sources are enough on whether this person really existed. Since 2008, several users casted doubt on this man's existence on the talk page and questioned the reliability of the sources, while many sources were also removed due to unreliability. Ayıntaplı ( talk) 19:52, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
Sandstein
14:12, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn. However, this should not stop others from AFDing this article in future. (non-admin closure) ─ The Aafī (talk) 11:24, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
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There is clearly a lack of a reliable source on this person's existence. The first time I checked, most sources were in Turkish and from news sites. (I have went into detail in the unreliability of these "news site" sources on this page's talk page.) Al-Isabah fi tamyiz al Sahabah was listed as a source but not properly cited (without page numbers), which makes me assume that it was added on the basis of another modern day article claiming that this person was listed in this publication. But there is another problem: According to this book's own Wikipedia page, Al-Isabah fi tamyiz al Sahabah was created in the 15th century but only got published in the 19th century. So, none of the sources are enough on whether this person really existed. Since 2008, several users casted doubt on this man's existence on the talk page and questioned the reliability of the sources, while many sources were also removed due to unreliability. Ayıntaplı ( talk) 19:52, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
Sandstein
14:12, 4 August 2022 (UTC)