Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ali ibn Abi Talha

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The result was delete. The article's subject is found to not be notable. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 00:34, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ali ibn Abi Talha

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No sources. No info. Not sure why it's here so long... I.am.a.qwerty (talk) 13:28, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:17, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete for want of a redirect target, I think. There's very little information, much less significant coverage, about Ali ibn Abi Talha, a Muslim scholar of the 8th century AD. He is best known (or, indeed, only known) for his role in the isnad (or chain of transmission) of hadith originating with Abd Allah ibn Abbas. That leaves us without sufficient material to meet notability requirements, although, more broadly speaking, there's a surprising amount of literature about the isnad of ibn Abbas's hadith. If ibn Abbas's article covered that literature, it would be ideal to redirect this there (where this subject would surely be mentioned). But it doesn't. And our broader articles on the history and terminology of hadith literature do not examine specific isnad with the detail needed to make a redirect appropriate. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 18:09, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Squeamish Ossifrage. Pax 08:48, 28 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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