Talk:Abulfeda

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Andrewa in topic Requested move 11 June 2020


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This article is the same published at this address: www.absoluteastronomy.com/enc1/abulfeda

May be they copied Wikipedia? I hope not the contrary. --Cloj 08:48, 20 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Sorry. Is certainly copied from Wikipedia!


Merge edit

Should i merge this article into Abu al-Fida Ismail Ibn Hamwi? --Striver 22:24, 8 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

Have merged and provided the Arabic. Orchid Righteous 14:05, 23 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hatnote edit

seems completely needless, given that they have nothing in common at all. Perhaps an editor would like to explain why anyone would confuse the two? — LlywelynII 17:10, 7 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Requested move 11 June 2020 edit

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: page moved. Andrewa (talk) 17:50, 18 June 2020 (UTC)Reply


Abu'l-FidaAbulfeda – The most common form, even by excluding the word "crater" on a simple Google search (and "Abulfeda" redirects here already, not to the crater). Encyclopedias seem to mostly use variations on Abu al-Fida', but as said above it's not the most common name outside of them (not even on JSTOR) and Wikipedia is not a specialized encyclopedia so we shouldn't have to use strict or semi-strict transliterations for the sake of using them; also note that his ancestor is called Saladin here, not Salah al-Din nor Salahu'd-Din. "Abu'l-Fida" looks like a bizarrely spelt hybrid and is not as common as Abulfeda (compare Abulfeda -crater: 452 and Abu'l-Fida: 203 on JSTOR). 92.184.105.222 (talk) 13:38, 11 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

  • Closing comment: I note this reverses
 22:03, 19 July 2005‎ Quadell talk contribs block‎  25 bytes +25‎  Abulfeda moved to Abu al-Fida: More standard spelling 

which gives no vaid rationale. Quite possibly the standard referred to here is Arabic rather than English.

There have been several other undiscussed moves. Hopefully this will bring some stability. Andrewa (talk) 17:50, 18 June 2020 (UTC)Reply


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.