Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Modern Islamic contributions to science

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 00:12, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Modern Islamic contributions to science

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As per the discussion, lack of proven notabilty, no strong criteria for inclusion of scientists other than being from majority Muslim countries, and overcategorization. --Chuunen Baka (talk) 16:11, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete While the scientists listed come from countries with a predominant Muslim population, I don't see any evidence that some of the ones listed even adhere to the religion, so it would be POV (however unintentional) to characterise their work as "Islamic". Even if they were adherents, they would probably be notable in the first place for their scientific work, not their religious background. This isn't any more valid than an article on "Modern Christian/Jewish/Hindu/Buddhist contributions to science". Spellcast (talk) 21:25, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Spellcast. I also wonder where the material came from. It is not well researched as it misses the Nobel Prize winner, Abdus Salam who clearly was Muslim. It may be a copyvio. --Bduke (Discussion) 00:30, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
(weak)Keep' and expand. Not a good article, but easily expandable and certainly sourceable . It missed Salam because it seems to deal only with bioscience. I agree with Bduke that it looks like a copypaste. DGG ( talk ) 01:38, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I initially proposed deletion (in a ham-fisted way since I'm not overly-familiar with the process - sorry). This is a section that was originally part of Medicine in medieval Islam, where it quite clearly did not belong. I moved it here in case anybody wanted to begin a new article, although frankly I think it is toally unecessary. Nobody showed any interest in expanding it and the whole justification for the article is flaky. For example, how do we define "Islamic" when we are talking about people's contributions to science? It seems like a vanity or puff-piece for Muslim scientists to brag about their work, or simply a booster article for Islam generally. See any contribution by Jagged_85 for examples of this. Famousdog (talk) 09:30, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:09, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:09, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Per Spellcast. EuroPride (talk) 15:51, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per Famousdog Cynof Gavuf 10:13, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete non notable and misleading. How is this "islamic" contributions? --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 20:55, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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