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The result was merge to Sexuality in Islam. ✗plicit 10:47, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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A very viable WP:PROD, this article has come to AfD possibly because someone got confused with the PROD and BLP PROD rules, pointing to the presence of sources as a reason not to PROD. Unfortunately, the presence of some sources does not alleviate the problems with this entry. This article focuses on a minor aspect of sexuality that is not demonstrably notable as a subject outside of a broader discussion on Sexuality in Islam and represents an unneeded content fork. As an isolated subject, it is not covered independently by reliable, secondary sources - it is only covered as a minor mention in most sources (as befitting the fairly trivial and niche nature of the subject in works of a broader scope. As it stands, the subject is also largely the preserve of unreliable online resources, and this is reflected in the current source list. These problems with sourcing are reflected in the unresolved quality issues. Overall, it is not an encyclopedic entry. Iskandar323 (talk) 07:06, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Religion and Islam. Iskandar323 (talk) 07:06, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sexuality and gender-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 07:40, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Sourced article, seems plausible, no insurmountable issues described in nom. Discuss merger on talk page if desired. Jclemens (talk) 18:40, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  @Jclemens: Which is the reliable source clearly establishing this as a notable topic? I see a lot of religious website spam and a handful of trivial mentions. Iskandar323 (talk) 19:08, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Correction, I count exactly one source that is both reliable and specific to the subject: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23609456/ But is that enough? Iskandar323 (talk) 19:15, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  (ec) As it stands now, refs 1, 11, 18, 19. Some of the others may be too. If you'd care to do a source analysis table and document a BEFORE, I'll look in more depth. Jclemens (talk) 19:17, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• More possible sources

  Marcotte R. Let’s talk about sex: Australian Muslim online discussions. Contemporary Islam. 2015;9(1):65-84. doi:10.1007/s11562-014-0316-9

  Smerecnik C, Schaalma H, Gerjo K, Meijer S, Poelman J. An exploratory study of Muslim adolescents’ views on sexuality: Implications for sex education and prevention. BMC public health. 2010;10:533. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-533

  Yasan A, Essizoglu A, Yildirim EA. Predictor factors associated with premarital sexual behaviors among university students in an Islamic culture. International Journal of Sexual Health. 2009;21(3):145-152. doi:10.1080/19317610903113813

So... yeah, definitely notable. You should be able to get those through the Wikipedia library. Cheers, Jclemens (talk) 19:48, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge into Sexuality in Islam. It is difficult to cover the topic of masturbation without covering Islamic perspectives on related practices like pre-marital sex, porn, age of marriage, Ghusl etc. They are all pretty tightly interconnected and thus the parent article is a better place to cover it.VR _talk 23:25, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Shorten and Merge into Sexuality in Islam. This does not seem like a notable enough topic for a stand alone article. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 04:33, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting for additional views on whether this should be kept separate or merged.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, BD2412 T 05:53, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge - per above. Sources found by Jclemens are arguably about more than just masturbation. - GizzyCatBella🍁 15:49, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. There are more sources that are specific to the intersection of Islam with masturbation. These include Masturbation: Scientific Evidence and Islam’s View, Solo sex: Masturbation in a sample of Egyptian women, Response to “Masturbation: Scientific Evidence and Islam’s View”, and Masturbation, Semen Collection and Men's IVF Experiences: Anxieties in the Muslim World, and Masturbation Experience: A Case Study of Undergraduate Students in Bangladesh. Deletion seems improper given the sourcing, and it seems to pass the WP:GNG based off of English-language sources alone. Has anybody looked for Arabic- or Turkish-language sources on this topic? My gut says that there's likely enough sourcing to make a whole article out of this, but I'd like a more holistic search before being certain on whether to keep or to merge. Deletion is out of the question. — Ⓜ️hawk10 (talk) 20:17, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  For a slightly less scholarly perspective, The Guardian of Nigeria has a short series touching this topic. Some articles focusing on Islamist extremist preachers, like Osama Bin Laden, also note specific teachings on masturbation in Radical Islam. There's more than enough to write an article, but I'm not sure whether this is covered better in the Sexuality in Islam article per WP:NOPAGE or to break into its own article given the diversity of Muslim practice with respect to this. — Ⓜ️hawk10 (talk) 20:25, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  There is one source there that is specific to the subject, the Springer link, the others are either about the 'Muslim world', not Islam per se, or country-specific. So unless someone is going to go really wild and write an entire series of articles on masturbation in different Muslim-majority countries around the world ... ? And I'm not sure this subject is worth that much breath. Iskandar323 (talk) 07:05, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  I've come around to the Merge perspective given the ability of some of this material to be used to enhance Sexuality in Islam, as well as all the above. Iskandar323 (talk) 07:15, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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