Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mansoos

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 redirect to Da'i al-Mutlaq. (and merge in, if there is sufficent material to do so) Black Kite (t) (c) 23:25, 4 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mansoos

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Dictionary definition, for a term in another language altogether! Orange Mike | Talk 01:52, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:22, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Move to wiktionary Just a defCurb Chain (talk) 08:07, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Transwiki Looks like it is a real word, not in Wiktionary yet. Qrsdogg (talk) 19:32, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, perhaps there is the possibility for an entry here on this, I guess it could be a notable office or role, not sure. Qrsdogg (talk) 02:33, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mansoos is an Arabic word. In the context of the article Mufaddal Saifuddin it is being used as a title or office for the person. I can expand the article Mansoos to include some history / explanation of the title in the context that it is being used. --Shabbir Abbas Hussain 03:47, 8 June 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shussain786 (talk • contribs)
- We are not a dictionary. How is the word normally translated into English? --Orange Mike | Talk 12:48, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Mansoos would translate roughly to successor to the office of Dā‘ī l-Muṭlaq (Dai, or Unrestricted Missionary) --Shabbir Abbas Hussain 14:53, 10 June 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shussain786 (talk • contribs)

- Comment: I'm not involved with the Dawoodi Bohra, but have worked on some articles in the topic, as well as a lot of India and Islam topics. I would comment that there's validity in covering mansoos as a specific technical term. The question would be whether it is more a Wikitionary topic (with refs proving that the original term is sometimes used even in English-language publications), or whether this stub will have enough content to prove encyclopedic notability for the term. MatthewVanitas (talk) 16:28, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Da'i al-Mutlaq? —Tamfang (talk) 05:39, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment If this term means something like crown prince, I can see that an article might make sense. Its a bit too unclear to me right now to say it must be kept or should go to wikitionaryland. But all seem to agree that's the relevant question.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 03:24, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Black Kite (t) (c) 15:25, 18 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MacMed^talk _stalk 01:45, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If this Arabic word is used in other contexts, the article should be representative. If the word is not, the content should be merged with Da'i al-Mutlaq. Stuartyeates (talk) 05:36, 2 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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.