Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rowdysim

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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:06, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Rowdysim

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Doesn't appear to be notable; none of the sources are independent. Created as part of a massive article drive of poorly translated and/or not-notable book articles (ANI thread for context: [1])

Actually, I don't even think a book by this title exists. (It's presumably a mistake, with "Rowdyism" intended, but it seems unlikely to me that a book entitled شغب would be translated in this way. ar-wiki article on that word for comparison: [2]) asilvering (talk) 05:15, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Literature and Saudi Arabia. Shellwood (talk) 08:12, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Should have been speedy, creation by a blocked user, one of a number who appear to have been involved in an ill-conceived attempt by a university-based group to create Arabic/English book-related WP content that got most of 'em blocked. Entirely without merit. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:08, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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