- 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The result was Withdrawn, non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 00:41, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
[Hide this box] New to Articles for deletion (AfD)? Read these primers!
- Sowha (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)
- (Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)
A supposed sect of monks. The book listed in the references is the only place I was able to find this group mentioned at all. I found zero other results discussing the groups existence. I tried a couple different spellings, just in case, and also turned up nothing. If the group does actually exist, I don't see them passing the WP:GNG due to only the one source describing them. Rorshacma (talk) 17:57, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. Rorshacma (talk) 17:57, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
- Withdrawn by Nominator - Mccapra has demonstrated below that the absence of sources is due to the improper naming of the group in the article, and that sources do exist under their correct name. Rorshacma (talk) 20:21, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
- Keep According to the authoritative Hans Wehr Arabic dictionary, ‘sā’iḥ pl. -ūn سائح suwwāḥ traveler, tourist; itinerant dervish; anchorite (Chr.)‘ so they are real and definitely not a hoax. Search with the spelling ‘suwwah’ and there are plenty of refs.Mccapra (talk) 19:58, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
- Comment. The current article title seems to be a unique usage so it’s possible that the author of ‘ Journey Back to Eden’ misheard or misreported the term. In any case the article can be updated to include the more normal form.
- Comment - And there's an alternate spelling I didn't check on. The article definitely needs some work, and should be moved to the actual correct spelling, but I will withdraw the nomination as this shows that there are actual sources on them under the proper name. Rorshacma (talk) 20:21, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
- Comment Great, in that case I’ll add some sourced content. Mccapra (talk) 23:00, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
- The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.