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==Reverting of [[WP:BOLD]] after closing of Dispute Resolution discussion==
[[Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Jinn |Dispute Resolution discussion closed]] "due to lack of response by one editor". i.e. [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]]. Volunteer moderator [[User:Robert McClenon|Robert McClenon]] ended with this: 

{{blockquote|Closed due to lack of response by one editor.  The filing editor has stated that he wants to make three edits to the article.  The other editor did not reply.  The filing editor should make the edits [[WP:BOLD|boldly]].  If the edits are reverted, he may follow the advice in [[WP:DISCFAIL|the discussion failure essay]], and may note this proceeding, or they may submit a [[WP:RFC|Request for Comments]],which should be neutrally worded, and preferably in three parts.  I am willing to provide assistance in submitting an RFC if requested.  Do not edit-war.  Report disruptive editing at [[WP:ANI]] after reading [[WP:BOOMERANG|the boomerang essay]].  [[User:Robert McClenon|Robert McClenon]] ([[User talk:Robert McClenon|talk]]) 01:45, 15 April 2024 (UTC)}}


So I,  the filing editor ([[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]]), made the edits [[WP:BOLD|boldly]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=prev&oldid=1219111078 here] and ... [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]], who couldn't be bothered to make a response to the Dispute resolution  discussion, [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=next&oldid=1219111078 reverted the edits] with the summary "this was not the resolution".

My questions for the deleter 
@[[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]]:
# "this was not the resolution"? how so? the resolution started with "The filing editor should make the edits [[WP:BOLD|boldly]]."
# wikipedia help page gives a number of suggestions to avoid wholesale reverting, such as "Reverting is appropriate mostly for vandalism or other disruptive edits" ([[Wikipedia:Reverting#When_to_revert]]).  How is following the advice of the Dispute resolution volunteer disruptive??? --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 00:56, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

:@[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] and @[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]]  Pl. take note that WP:DRN is not a binding solution so win by absence of other side at WP:DRN is of very temporary nature. So advice all the sides not to engage in any further reverts.
:The final step for you to go for [[WP:RfC]] (also follow  [[WP:RFCBEFORE]]) 
:Or you can take pause in discussion here and request inputs at [[WP:NPOVN]] (this being primarily [[WP:DUE]] issue or at [[WT:ISLAM]]. And there after go for [[WP:RfC]]. (My personal recommendation is you take a chance at  [[WP:NPOVN]] for more inputs before going for RfC for wider feedback. 
:[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 01:44, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
::I also suggest all to go through or re-read policies [[WP:DUE]], [[WP:BALANCE]], [[WP:RNPOV]], [[WP:PROPORTION]]. 
::** I suggest to check already available refs in the articles [[Abul A'la Maududi]] and [[Nasr Abu Zayd]] for RS and also check if their importance has been cited in any reliable journals and academic books available at google scholar and google books. Take input help of [[WP:RSN]] forum to confirm if any source can be considered RS or not. 
::** I suggest read the article body again and write down your own lead in your own sand box and then compare if you find the present lead has a proper weight from reliable contents made in the rest of the body. Such an exercise may help you in RFC discussion and during good article and feature article nomination reviews.
::** I suggest @[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] to take their references at [[WP:RSN]] to have community inputs which of their references can be considered as reliable.
::Last but least to all incl. @[[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] please confirm you are signing your comments properly so other visiting users do not get confused by mistake.  
::[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 01:54, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
:::I do sign my comments, I just respond rarely, since I mostly response then there is new information. Until now, I am still waiting for my initiate objection (I this time even repeated) to be adressed. Until then, I will be waiting. I repeat it here again: Religions scholars, unlike scholars of religions, are not reliable sources, sources need to be understood in context, the lead is a sumamr yof the article. Whether or not jinn are a dogma, is no promiment element in the article and thus giving undue weight in the lead. I am still waiting for a proper response, instead I get revert after revert with the claim "but authentic source how dare you!". And no matter how often I talk to them on talkpages, they just ignore whatever I say, keep on quoting sources with no relevance, express indignation, and then go to an admin or disappear for a month. Last time, the source provided did not even supported their statement, similar thing happened with the other user last year on another article. For unexperienced users who do not want to engage in civil discussions, we have the Sandbox function. [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 02:13, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
::::Give them time to find academic sources at google scholar / google books approach [[WP:RSN]], WP:NPOVN then WP:RFCBEFORE then [[WP:RFC]] many times inputs from different users help as I said earlier. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 02:28, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
:::I will probably not be online for a few days or a week. Maybe I have time for a quick check in. In case once again, my absense is taken as an agreement to edits my objections are left unanswered in the first place. [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 02:15, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
:::Fyi: As a discussion facilitator I placed an input request at [[WT:ISLAM]] with a note to provide inputs @ this article talk page itself. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 02:23, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
::::As a discussion facilitator Input request also posted @ [[WP:NPOVN]], [[WT:MYTH]], [[WT:ARAB]], [[WT:WikiProject Middle Ages]], [[WT:WikiProject Religion]] project talk pages. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 03:55, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
:::::Input request made @[[User:GliderMaven|GliderMaven]] since the article falls under :Category:Supernatural and GliderMaven seem to have substantially contributed to the article [[Supernatural]] as per [[xtools:articleinfo/en.wikipedia.org/Supernatural|xtools]] [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 04:32, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
:Have you actually read what [[WP:BOLD|bold means]] or have you just taken it literal? [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 02:07, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

::I'll take the liberty to ping some users here who are often editing Islam-related articles, and are recently active: {{ping|Yasinzayd}}, {{ping|Apaugasma}}, {{ping|DivineReality}}, {{ping|Aqsian313}}, {{ping|Albertatiran}} and {{ping|Aafi}} Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!--[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] ([[User talk:TheEagle107|talk]]) 02:54, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
:::Looking at the last "undo" of edits under exegesis, I think it is fine to leave @[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]]'s edits there. They are indeed relevant. Regarding Islamic studies, we must understand that in Islam, the opinions of great scholars hold much weight. So citing them as a source should be acceptable. Whether or not one chooses to follow that opinion is another story. But being exposed to different opinions and knowing who different scholars are is an important element in studying Islam.
:::Regarding this in the intro: "Many Muslim scholars, believe that belief in Jinn is essential to the Islamic faith, since jinn are mentioned in the Quran." First of all there are some typos and also I think there is ijma' anyways and it's not a matter of ikhtilaf to my knowledge. I would change it to: "Belief in the Jinn is essential to the Islamic faith, since jinn are mentioned in the Qur'an." I think it's fine to include that. Regarding this topic: if one disbelieves in any part of the Qur'an, they have left Islam entirely according to Sunnis. Also it is mentioned in Aqida Tahawiyah upon which there is ijma': [https://www.abuaminaelias.com/aqeedah-tahawiyyah/ https://www.abuaminaelias.com/aqeedah-tahawiyyah/] So yes, a Muslim must believe in the existence of Jinn to be a Muslim to my knowledge and I am unaware of any opinion to the contrary. I think citing Aqida Tahawiyah as a source is a good idea. That's my view. Take the best of it.
:::[[User:DivineReality|DivineReality]] ([[User talk:DivineReality|talk]]) 03:32, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
::::<blockquote>  Regarding Islamic studies, we must understand that in Islam, the opinions of great scholars hold much weight.</blockquote> Not really, since in Islam there is no official clergy and who is trustworthy and who is not is eventually up for the individual. Apart from this claim to be factually wrong, it is besides the point since it is against the neutral point of view policy mentioned above. [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 14:04, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
:::I '''oppose''' the insertion into the lead. The lead is a summary and should not contain anything not already present in the body of the article. But these facts ''have not'' been added to the body of the article. I suggest that the adding editor find an appropriate place in the ''body'' of the article to add the fact, work with other editors until it is done in a place and a way that other editors do not object to. ''Only then'' would it be appropriate to start as discussion as to whether it should be in the lead and if so, how much weight it should be given. [[User:Skyerise|Skyerise]] ([[User talk:Skyerise|talk]]) 10:17, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
::::@[[User:Skyerise|Skyerise]] But it ''is'' present in the body of the article. In the  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinn#Exegesis Exegesis] section.
:::::''... many Muslim scholars, including the [[Hanbali|Hanbalī]] scholar [[ibn Taymiyya]] and the [[Zahiri|Ẓāhirī]] scholar [[ibn Ḥazm|ibn Hazm]], believe they are essential to the Islamic faith, since they are mentioned in the Quran.<ref name="Nünlist-2015"/>{{rp|style=ama|p=33}} ...
::::The dispute being discussed or [[Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Jinn| that was discussed]], includes adding a bit more to this section. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 20:55, 17 April 2024 (UTC) {{reflist}}
:::::Typically, if there is only one sentence about something in the body, that's not enough to give it enough weight to also add it to the lead. If the article goes more in depth about a topic, say a paragraph or two, ''then'' a sentence in the lead might be considered. But you are going to need more than one proponent of the position and of course sufficient third-party sources to support more material in the body before it makes sense to bring it up in the lead - otherwise the lead would be the size of the body, if every sentence was equally important! [[User:Skyerise|Skyerise]] ([[User talk:Skyerise|talk]]) 21:57, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
::::::The lede is pretty long. The sentence 
:::::::''Many Muslim scholars, believe that belief in Jinn is essential to the Islamic faith, since jinn are mentioned in the Quran.
:::::: ... not so much. The issue -- a requirement to be a true Muslim -- pretty important. But I will drop the issue for now. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 01:49, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

I would suggest adding this paragraph to the lead: "The word 'jinn' and its variants are mentioned 29 times in the [[Qur'an]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Lebling|title=Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uxKJDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT44|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|publication-date=2010|isbn=9780857730633|page=44}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Judy Wanjiru Wang’ombe|title=Lived Experiences of Ideologies in Contextual Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWP4EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT22|publisher=Langham Publishing|publication-date=2024|isbn=9781839739576|page=22}}</ref> and [[al-Jinn|one of its chapters]] is even named after them.<ref>{{cite book|author=Wahid Abdussalam Bali|translator=Haytham Kreidly|title=The Cutting Edge: How to Face Evil Sorcerers|url=https://archive.org/details/TheCuttingEdgeUpload/mode/2up|publisher=[[w:de:Dār al-Kutub al-ʿilmīya|Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya]]|publication-date=2015|isbn=978-2-7451-5074-5|page=28|quote=It is enough evidence that the jinn exist since there is a whole Surah in the Quran that talks about the jinn. The word "jinn" was mentioned in the Quran twenty-two times. The word "Al-Jann" was mentioned seven times,}}</ref>" Or at least it should be mentioned in the lead that there is a [[al-Jinn|whole chapter in the Qur'an]] that talks about the jinn.<ref>{{cite book|author=Juan Eduardo Campo|title=Encyclopedia of Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZbyz_Hr-eIC&pg=PA402|publisher=[[Infobase Publishing]]|publication-date=2009|isbn=9781438126968|page=402}}</ref>

Here are some sources that might be of interest:
{{talkquote|... These two passages provide the strongest textual verification of the existence of jinn within Islam. Belief in the existence of jinn is considered equivalent to belief in the existence of angels, one of the primary articles of faith in Islam, and consequently, to disbelieve in them would be [[heretical]]. The majority of Muslims believe jinn to be a species of spiritual beings created by God out of smokeless fire long before he created humans out of mud. God gave jinn the earth to inhabit. They are drawn to both good and evil.<ref>{{cite book|editor1=Sarah Lamb|editor2=Diane P. Mines|title=Everyday Life in South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=828fOvb61wIC&pg=PA278|publisher=[[Indiana University Press]]|publication-date=2010|isbn=9780253354730|page=278}}</ref>}}


{{talkquote|In Islam the existence of jinns is axiomatic: according to Muslim belief, jinns were created of fire, in contrast to the angels, who were created from light. They are considered more powerful than men, but less powerful than angels. The jinn is capable of humanly impossible tasks, and the intelligence of the jinn is considered much superior to that of humans. The belief in jinns is so strong in Muslim and Arab thought that [[Muslim theologians]] judge disbelief in jinns as [[heresy]] – except  for the [[Mu'tazila]], who dare to question their existence.<ref>{{cite book|author=Aicha Rahmouni|title=Storytelling in Chefchaouen Northern Morocco|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OHWjBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA57|publisher=[[BRILL]]|publication-date=2014|isbn=9789004279131|page=57}}</ref>}}


{{talkquote|The jinn are considered by some authorities to be an integral part of the Islamic faith due to their inclusion in the Quran.<ref>{{cite book|author=William E. Burns|title=They Believed That?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Superstitions and the Supernatural around the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hEvEEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA137|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]]|publication-date=2022|isbn=9781440878480|page=137}}</ref>}}


{{talkquote|Jinn are an integral part of both traditional and Gnostic Islamic belief. They are referred to 25 times in the Qur'an, not counting [[al-Jinn|surah 72]] (“The Jinn”).<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark A. Caudill|title=Twilight in the Kingdom: Understanding the Saudis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZbjOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA92|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]]|publication-date=2006|isbn=9780313084850|page=92}}</ref>}}


{{talkquote|The jinn are an integral part of the Muslim tradition from the Qur'an onwards and thus are inescapable even for the modernists (who often see them as internalized psychological states).<ref>{{cite book|editor1=Paul Robertson|editor2=[[Kambiz GhaneaBassiri]]|title=All Religion is Inter-Religion: Engaging the Work of Steven M. Wasserstrom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kx6XDwAAQBAJ|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|publication-date=2019|isbn=9781350062221|page=138}}</ref>}}


{{talkquote|... Some Muslims educated in the modern Western tradition maintain that mentions of angels and jinn in the Koran should be taken allegorically rather than literally, but they are in a small minority, and even they never quite lose their fear of the jinn.<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Mark Sedgwick]]|title=Islam & Muslims: A Guide to Diverse Experience in a Modern World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X_Z8DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT72|publisher=[[Hachette UK]]|publication-date=2006|isbn=9781473643918|page=72}}</ref>}}


{{talkquote|According to traditional Islamic faith, djinns were created by Allah out of smokeless fire ([https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/15/27/ Qur'an 15:27]). As such, Muslims generally consider these creatures part and parcel of the living world and believe that they actively participate in the lives and social interactions of humans, as do angels and Iblis (i.e., Satan) for that matter.<ref>{{cite book|editor1=[[Iris Sommer]]|editor2=Jan Dirk Blom|title=Hallucinations: Research and Practice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CGW363NKe3kC|publisher=[[Springer Science & Business Media]]|publication-date=2011|isbn=9781461409588|page=237}}</ref>}}


{{talkquote|Jinn are supernatural entities created by God before the creation of Adam. Whereas Adam was created from clay, the jinn were created "from the fire of a scorching wind" (Q 15:27) or "from fire free of smoke" (Q 55:15). They are mentioned several times in the Qur'an as well as in numerous other genres, including [[Sīrah|sira]] (biography), [[hadith]] (tradition), [[kalam]] (theology), and adab (literature). Belief in their existence continues in many predominantly Islamic countries to the present day, and fascination with these creatures in the West is evidenced by their appearance in popular movies and novels. Although they feature prominently in folklore, jinn are also taken quite seriously by Muslim scholars, both medieval and modern. Like humans, jinn have free will, and although many of them were converted to Islam by the Prophet Muhammad, others despaired at the coming of the new religion.<ref>{{cite book|editor1=Coeli Fitzpatrick|editor2=Adam Hani Walker|title=Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DOTNEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA321|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]]|publication-date=2014|isbn=9781610691789|page=321}}</ref>}}


{{talkquote|Common narratives usually portray jinns as evil or mischievous, but they can also appear to be as morally complex as human beings. Muslim scholars have taken their existence seriously, even considering the legal question of whether jinns and humans could intermarry; Mālik, foundational figure for the Māliki legal school, argued that such a marriage was not itself a violation of sacred law, but added that it seemed undesirable. One hadith scholar in the eighteenth century presented a narration whose chain of transmission included two jinn reporters.<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Michael Muhammad Knight]]|title=Magic In Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ih13CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA63|publisher=[[Penguin Random House]]|publication-date=2016|isbn=9781101983492|page=63}}</ref>}}

Peace.[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] ([[User talk:TheEagle107|talk]]) 05:57, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

:Noone here disputes if the jinn are important or not. This is completely besides the point. [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 15:20, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

::Can some of this information be included in the article? --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 16:40, 18 April 2024 (UTC) 

===Refs to this section===
{{Reflist-talk}}

===Suggestion for addition to [[wiki/Jinn#Exegesis|Exegesis]] subsection===
Following Bookku's suggestion that I do research in [[WP:RS]] I looked up Jinn in the wikipedia library and found material in ''Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online'' (EI-2 English)  I think should go in the [[wiki/Jinn#Exegesis|Exegesis]] subsection. It seems to indicate pretty strongly that "the existence of the d̲j̲inn was completely accepted" in early Islam. I would just add parts of it to the article now but that would distract from the discussion at hand. 

{{talkquote|II. In official Islam the existence of the d̲j̲inn was completely accepted, as it is to This day, and the full consequences implied by their existence were worked out. Their legal status in all respects was discussed and fixed, and the possible relations between them and mankind, especially in questions of marriage and property, were examined. Stories of the loves of d̲j̲inn and human beings were evidently of perennial interest. The Fihrisl gives the titles of sixteen of these (308) and they appear in all the collections of short tales (cf., e.g., Dāwūd al-Anṭākī, Tazyīn al-aswāḳ , Cairo 1308, 181 ff.; al-Sarrād̲j̲, Maṣārīʿ al-ʿus̲h̲s̲h̲āḳ , Istanbul 1301, 286 ff.). There are many stories, too, of relations between saints and d̲j̲inn; cf. D. B. Macdonald, Religious attitude and life in Islam, 144 ff. A good summary of the question is given in Badr al-Dīn al-S̲h̲iblī (d. 769/1368), Ākām al-mard̲j̲ān fī aḥkām al-d̲j̲ān (Cairo 1326); see also Nöldeke’s review in ZDMG, lxiv, 439 ff. Few even of the Muʿtazila ventured to doubt the existence of ¶ d̲j̲inn, and only constructed different theories of their nature and their influence on the material world. The earlier philosophers, even al-Fārābī, tried to avoid the question by ambiguous definitions. But Ibn Sīnā, in defining the word, asserted flatly that there was no reality behind it. The later believing philosophers used subterfuges, partly exegetical and partly metaphysical. Ibn K̲h̲aldūn, for example, reckoned all references to the d̲j̲inn among the socalled mutas̲h̲ābih passages of the Ḳurʾān, the knowledge of which Allāh has reserved to himself (Ḳurʾān, III, 5). These different attitudes are excellently treated in the Dict , of techn. terms , i, 261 ff.; cf. also al-Rāzī, Mafātīḥ, lxxii. }}  --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 16:09, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

:Please sign your posts, so we can properly reply to it and know who is participating in the discussion. I would ignore this comment entirely, for these reasons, if my comment made above does not apply here as well. I also recommand to read the entire article, since the article states multiple times that most Muslims believed in jinn from the very beginning up to the post-modern period and "even after graduating in medicine" this believe may not change.--[[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 15:23, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
::@[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] I suggest you drop updates to Lead until you have improved consensus on rest of the article body and so first focus what updates you are looking in the rest of article body.
::May be you copy the article body in your personal Sandbox update it and then propose specific changes. 
::[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 03:17, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

====Refs to this sub-section====
{{Reflist-talk}}

=== Proposed rewriting of body of article  ===

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Louis_P._Boog/sandbox/Jinn_sandbox_4-20-2024 here (in my Sandbox)].<br> 
Includes my version and  bits from [[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 19:55, 22 April 2024 (UTC)<br>
Note: all specific changes/proposed edits are in the blue highlight of <nowiki>{{talkquote|</nowiki> to distinguish them.<br>
@[[User talk:Bookku|Bookku]]: notifying you first Bookku for your comments before sending general notice to all involved users. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 20:03, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

:Noted, give me a day or two to go through. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 03:32, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
::There are some improvements, yet same parts need a more fleshed out spelling. 
::<blockquote>who "worked out" the consequences implied by their</blockquote> 
::reads like a subtile thread. Given that you previously tried multiple times to add that a Muslim received death-threats for stating that jinn do not form an external reality (a position definately present in Medieval Age Islam as cited in the article), it cannot be ruled out that this is exactly what you have in mind. 
::<blockquote>Jinn have been called "an integral part" of the Muslim tradition or faith, "completely accepted" in official Islam; prominently featured in folklore, but also taken "quite seriously" by both medieval and modern Muslim scholars</blockquote> 
::might also suffer from a citation overdosis and some weasal words. Ask yourself, what is "official Islam"? What is the difference between "Muslim tradition" and "Muslim faith"?  What does "quite seriously" mean? Bad writing might decrease the quality of an otherwise pretty decent article, which could soon meet GA or even FA standards. The prominence of jinn in Islamic theology, jurisprudence, and the Quran, is made clear right below the paragraph you want to add. WIth other words, without your addition, it is exactly the next thing the reader is gonna read. The quesiton here is, how is this repeation an improvement? [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 21:18, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

:::According to the Qur'an 34:[https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/34/12/ 12]–[https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/34/13/ 13], God subjugated the jinns under the control of [[Solomon in Islam|Solomon]] so as to have their assistance in the construction of huge buildings. They used to perform tasks for Solomon that required great skill, wisdom, and technical expertise. I am not 100% sure if the text of the article mentions anything about this; if not, then it probably should. Good work anyway! 

:::Here are some more sources for you:
:::{{talkquote|Muslims accept the existence of the jinn as part of their faith.<ref>{{cite book|editor=[[Josef W. Meri]]|title=Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BFZsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA420|series=Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages|volume=1|publisher=[[Routledge]], an imprint of [[Taylor & Francis]]|publication-date=2006|isbn=9781135456030|page=420}}</ref>}}


:::{{talkquote|The belief in jinn is very much alive in Morocco and like the belief in angels and the devil it is part of [[Aqidah|Islamic dogma]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=[[Christiane Timmerman]]|title=Moroccan Migration in Belgium: More than 50 Years of Settlement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5nI7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA310|series=CeMIS Migration and Intercultural Studies|volume=1|publisher=[[Leuven University Press]]|publication-date=2017|isbn=9789462701168|jstor=j.ctt21c4s72|page=310}}</ref>}}


:::{{talkquote|Islamic dogma lists humans as the third spiritual creature created by Allah after angels and jinn.<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles H. Brewton|title=Muslim Mechanics: The View from Behind the Curtain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q2uxEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT75|publisher=[[John Hunt Publishing]]|publication-date=2023|isbn=9781803410517|page=75}}</ref>}}

:::And finally, here is an [https://archive.ph/Gt4Rb interesting article in Arabic about jinn in Islam] written by one of the researchers of the [[w:fr:Rabita mohammadia des oulémas|Muhammadan League of Religious Scholars]]. Cheers![[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] ([[User talk:TheEagle107|talk]]) 01:37, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
::::;Reply to VVF at the request of [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]]
::::@[[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] @[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] 
::::Having trouble with your English. what is a ''subtile thread''? 
::::''Given that you previously tried multiple times to add that a Muslim received death-threats for stating that jinn do not form an external reality (a position definately present in Medieval Age Islam as cited in the article), it cannot be ruled out that this is exactly what you have in mind.''
::::Not sure what you are  talking about. This seems to be in conflict with at least one scholar (Mark Sedgwick)
::::{{talkquote|Openly expressing of doubt about the existence of j̲inn was not common even amidst the [[Mu'tazilism|Muʿtazila]]; and among the  erstwhile philosophers, [[al-Farabi|al-Fārābī]] also, tried to skip the question with vague  definitions. [[Avicenna|Ibn Sīnā]] was an  outlier-- he outrightly rejected their existence.<ref name=EI-2-English/>  In present-day Islam, only a "small number" believes that  jinn in the Quran should be understood symbolically instead of  literally. ({{cite book|author=[[Mark Sedgwick]]|title=Islam & Muslims: A Guide to Diverse Experience in a Modern World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X_Z8DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT72|publisher=[[Hachette UK]]|publication-date=2006|isbn=9781473643918|page=72}})}}
::::(and you might add that you were the one who deleted the incident about a Muslim received death-threats.)
::::''"who 'worked out' the consequences implied by their"''
::::'worked out' is a direct quote from the source (Jinn, Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English), D.B. MacDonald, H. Massé, P.N. Boratav, K.A. Nizami, and P. Voorhoeve)
::::''Ask yourself, what is "official Islam"? What is the difference between "Muslim tradition" and "Muslim faith"? What does "quite seriously" mean? Bad writing might decrease the quality of an otherwise pretty decent article,'' 
::::These are different terms  different scholars used to describe the importance of Jinn in Islam. Again, these (mostly) quotes come from the sources, reputable scholars, all cited -- "an integral part" of the Muslim tradition from {{cite book|author=Mark A. Caudill|title=Twilight in the Kingdom: Understanding the Saudis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZbjOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA92|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]]|publication-date=2006|isbn=9780313084850|page=92}}, etc. Is this "bad writing"? If a third party suggests rewriting it I suppose I might not mind as long as the substance of the text remains. I suppose we leave that to the RfC. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 01:45, 10 July 2024 (UTC) 
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==Pre-RfC==
{{collapse top|The brief of main [[Talk:Jinn#Pre-RfC]] discussion }} 
The brief of main [[Talk:Jinn#Pre-RfC]] discussion is, Both sides seem to maintain neutrality of the article, the main consideration before proposed RfC likely to be [[WP:DUE]] how much to cover.[[User:VenusFeuerFalle]] says (in the article-body  [[Jinn]]) importance of jinn-belief (in Islam- and Muslim world) has been highlighted sufficiently already. [[User:Louis P. Boog]] says that is not sufficient enough and important scope exists to increase the weight. Similarly in case of rejection of Jinn, VFF feels present coverage is sufficient where as LPB finds some scope on that count too. Highlighted sentences in [[User:Louis P. Boog/sandbox/Jinn sandbox 4-20-2024|LPB's sandbox]] will be for consideration.
[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 07:33, 15 June 2024 (UTC) as discussion facilitator
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(most of this "Pre-RfC" procedure is following the advise of [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]])
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Louis_P._Boog/sandbox/Jinn_sandbox_4-20-2024#Belief Proposed rewrite of the article] has been updated with most if not all of suggestions of  [[User talk:TheEagle107 |TheEagle107]] 
@[[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]], do you wish to contest any of the sources added in the Proposed rewrite?<br>
What if any parts of the rewrite are you willing to accept? (I will be available to reply off and on May 6 and May 7.) --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 22:07, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

:I object to your suggestions based on [[WP:OR]], [[WP:NOTNP]], and the lenghty quotes might even touch on copy right infringements. Furthermore, there is no clear improvement, since the prominence of jinn is already covered sufficiently in the article. [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 15:27, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
::OR and CR expectations can be fair enough, so let us check. [https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=User%3ALouis+P.+Boog%2Fsandbox%2FJinn+sandbox+4-20-2024&oldid=&action=search&use_engine=1&use_links=1&turnitin=0 Earwig] doesn't show major concern on CR side ( I can see just two sentences used from fgulen.com in Quote=parameter, that seems fair use to me). Pl. mention, if you find any thing more specific.     

::If you can be more specific which specific sentences are OR concerns can help better.
::[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 02:21, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
::Fyi: This is to keep users informed that User:TheEagle107 and another user have expressed interest in contesting relevance and [[WP:DUE]] / [[WP:UNDUE]] weight of content coming under section [[Jinn#Comparative_mythology]]. This is likely to further deepen the scope of ongoing discussion. This aspect and some aspects discussed at [[Wikipedia:No original research/Noticeboard#Notable scholar's own work acceptable or OR?|WP:NORN]] make me feel that some users at proposed RfC may discuss borderline [[WP:FRINGE]] aspects/concerns. So I suggest users to pre-study policies and guidelines relevant to [[WP:FTN]] too. Happy editing. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 07:06, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
:::Original Research <blockquote>and more recently revivalist preachers Abul A'la Maududi, and Fethullah Gülen,</blockquote>
:::CR might be on <blockquote>Publicly expressed doubt of the existence of j̲inn was uncommon even among the Muʿtazila; and among the earlier philosophers, even al-Fārābī, tried to avoid the question with ambiguous definitions. Ibn Sīnā was an exception -- he flatly denied their reality. In contemporary Islam, only a "small minority" believe that jinn in the Quran should be interpreted allegorically rather than literally</blockquote> since it sounds like lenghty quotes from the sources. Taking a greater look at the source I furthermore doubt that this (Hachette Livre | Hachette Livre is the world’s third-largest trade publisher | Hachette.com) is a reliable publisher.
:::I further want to point out that the importance of jinn-belief has been highlighted sufficiently already.
:::<blockquote>Belief in jinn is not included among the six articles of Islamic faith, as belief in angels is. Nontheless, many Muslim scholars, including the Hanbalī scholar ibn Taymiyya and the Ẓāhirī scholar ibn Hazm, believe they are essential to the Islamic faith, since they are mentioned in the Quran. It is generally accepted by the majority of Muslim scholars that jinn can possess individuals. This is considered to be part of the doctrines (aqidah) of the "people of the Sunnah" (ahl as-sunnah wal-jammah'a) in the tradition of Ash'ari</blockquote> There is an example form the Zahiris, from the Hanbalites, and pointed at a consensus among Asharites in general that jinn are undeniable part of Islam. I do not see why there needs to be a more vague discussion about whether or not they are part of the creed or not or who may have denied them. The latter is problematic from a research view point as there is no sufficient analysis on who might have denied them. It is, for example, not clear if Maturidites consider jinn to be real or a merel psychological phenomena, as mentioned next in the section <blockquote>"Māturīdī focuses on the dynamics between jinn and humans based on Quran 72:6. He states that seeking refuge among the jinn increases fear and anxiety, however, not because of the jinn, but due to the psychological dependence of the individual towards external powers"</blockquote> it is furthermore not clear, how important the belief in jinn as external instead of internal things has been. In later Islamic theology, such as the writings of Ghazali, we see that "metaphors" have been considered "real", further blurring the lines between metaphor and reality, as mentioned in the [[Shaitan]] article: <blokquote>" Al-Ghazali (c. 1058 – 1111) reconciles the literal meaning (Ẓāhir) with Avicennan cosmology based on reason. According to the philosophers (falsafa), the word 'angel' refers to "celestial intellects" or "immaterial souls". Ghazali opined that devils might be of a similar nature, that is, that they are celestial immaterial objects influencing human minds."
 Facing the complicated matter about the relationship between "reality" and "metaphor" in Islamic theological discourse, I think we should not overestimate the discussion about the reality of jinn. Jinn are an integral part of Islam, this is nowhere to be denied and the article as it is now, makes this clear. However, the nature of these jinn is up to debate. As also mentioned int he article, some consider 'jinn' to be a neutral term for angels. [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 16:04, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
::::As a discussion facilitator I initiated [[WP:RSN#Hachette Livre]] to seek community inputs about reliability of the source. CR concern seemed for two sentences only so temporarily I re-paraphrased the sentences a little, since LPB have mentioned they may be on break and we do not know when they will join back. 
::::About your OR concerns rlated to sentence about 'Abul A'la Maududi, and Fethullah Gülen' I shall let that be for LPB or RfC to address. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 10:04, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
:::::Fyi, LPB has requested inputs on the OR issue at [[WP:NORN#Belief in Jinn is part of Islam for some Muslims|No original research/Noticeboard]] [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 03:02, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
:::::[[Fetullah Gülen]] is not a scholar, but a sect-founder and falls outside of [[WP:RNPOV|neutral view point in religious matters]]. Apart from the lack of reliablity by Gülen, he also lacks authority. [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 01:16, 21 May 2024 (UTC)


::Requested update as highlighted in the sandbox seem to have 4 paragraphs, consisting 9 sentences around 12 inline refs and around 15 supportive refs in foot note by TheEagle107. Please count and confirm/ correct me as needed.
::* VenusFeuerFalle /other participants let us know if numbering those sentences will help?  
::* @[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]]  Please confirm foot notes referred by you are just supportive foot notes or you wish to add some thing from there for RfC. Being clearer the better. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 08:51, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

:::{{ping|Bookku}} I just want to make it clear to other users who will try to resolve this dispute that there are three editors (Louis P. Boog, me and DivineReality) who are holding the same point of view, which is that  belief in jinn is necessary in Islam, because jinns are mentioned in the Qur'an and [[Hadith_terminology#Ṣaḥīḥ|authentic hadiths]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kurul.diyanet.gov.tr/Cevap-Ara/12/cin-diye-bir-varlik-var-midir|title=“Cin” diye bir varlık var mıdır?|website=kurul.diyanet.gov.tr|publisher=[[Directorate of Religious Affairs]]|language=tr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505091025/https://kurul.diyanet.gov.tr/Cevap-Ara/12/cin-diye-bir-varlik-var-midir|archive-date=5 May 2024|quote=Kur’ân-ı Kerîm’de cinlerin alevli/dumansız, yalın ateşten yaratıldıkları zikredilir (bkz. el-Hicr, 15/27; er-Rahmân, 55/15). Ayrıca Kur’ân’da “Cin sûresi” adıyla bir sûre mevcut olup, daha birçok âyette ve sahih hadislerde cinlerden bahsedilmektedir. Bu bakımdan cinlerin varlığı gerçek olup her müminin buna inanması gerekir.|trans-quote=It is mentioned in the Holy Quran that jinn were created from flaming/smokeless, pure fire (see al-Hijr, 15/27; ar-Rahman, 55/15). In addition, there is a surah in the Quran called "Surah Jinn", and jinn are mentioned in many other verses and authentic hadiths. In this respect, the existence of jinn is real and every believer should believe it.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Ursula Baumgardt|author2=[[Goggo Addi]]|title=Une conteuse peule et son répertoire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kf8vb2D3KPsC&pg=PA78|language=fr|publisher=[[Éditions Karthala]]|publication-date=2000|isbn=9782845861046|page=78|quote=La croyance aux djinns étant acceptée par l'islam, leurs occurrences dans les textes ne peuvent pas être interprétées comme indices de syncrétisme religieux.|trans-quote=The belief in jinns being accepted by Islam, their occurrences in texts cannot be interpreted as indications of religious syncretism.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor=[[Arnold van Gennep]]|title=Revue des études ethnographiques et sociologiques|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H1HLLap_COcC&pg=PA206|language=fr|publisher=[[Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner]]|publication-date=1908|isbn=|page=206|quote=La croyance aux djinns est du reste admise par l'Islâm orthodoxe.|trans-quote=Belief in jinns is also accepted by orthodox Islam.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Claude Mesmin|title=La Bienveillance: une aide ethnoclinique aux patientes issues de la migration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0_TEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA124|language=fr|publisher=La Route de la Soie - Éditions|publication-date=2023|isbn=9782493255501|page=124|quote=Comme le rappelle Hamid Salmi, « Si les Djinns ne sont pas mentionnés parmi les cinq croyances nécessaires, il reste que leur existence est de foi en Islam puisque le Coran en parle à maintes reprises », ce qui signifie qu'ils sont donc familiers à tous les musulmans et qu'on ne peut les ignorer.|trans-quote=As Hamid Salmi recalls, "If the Jinns are not mentioned among the five necessary beliefs, the fact remains that their existence is of faith in Islam since the Koran speaks of them many times", which means that they are therefore familiar to all Muslims and that we cannot ignore them.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gazetaingush.ru/eksklyuziv/koldovstvo-odin-iz-velichayshih-grehov|title=Ахмед Тангиев: «Колдовство — один из величайших грехов»|website=gazetaingush.ru|publisher=[[Ingushetia (newspaper)]]|language=ru|archive-url=https://archive.ph/5ljG2|archive-date=5 May 2024|quote=Некоторые неграмотные люди отрицают существование джиннов, однако слова «джинн» и «шайтан» вместе с производными от них словами использованы в Коране соответственно 29 и 85 раз, поэтому вера в их существование является обязательной для каждого мусульманина.|trans-quote=Some illiterate people deny the existence of jinn, but the words “jinn” and “shaitan”, along with words derived from them, are used 29 and 85 times in the Quran, respectively, so belief in their existence is mandatory for every Muslim.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://islom.uz/maqola/116|title=Жинлар|website=islom.uz|publisher=|language=uz|archive-url=https://archive.ph/GkxxB|archive-date=5 May 2024|quote=Мўмин-мусулмонлар жин деб аталувчи махлуқотлар борлигига иймон келтирадилар. Уларни оддий ҳолатларда кўриб бўлмайди. Биз улар ҳақидаги маълумотларни энг ишончли манбалар, Қуръони Карим ва ҳадиси шарифлардан оламиз. .... Шу билан бирга қадимда ҳам, ҳозирда ҳам жинларни умуман инкор этадиганлар бор. Улар жин ҳақидаги ҳар бир сўзни афсона, бекорчи гап дейишади. .... Ислом эса жин ҳақида худди бошқа масалалардаги каби ҳақиқатни баён қилади. Ислом жин борлигини исбот қилиб, у ҳақидаги тўғри тасаввурни баён этиб, нотўғри тушунчаларни рад этади. .......... Мўмин-мусулмон инсоннинг Қуръонда келган ҳар бир хабарга иймон келтириши фарз. Худо кўрсатмасин, Қуръондаги бирор хабарга шубҳа билан қараш, ишонмаслик кофирлик бўлади. Шундан келиб чиқилса, жин ҳақида Қуръонда оят келиши уларнинг борлигига иймон келтиришни барча мусулмонларга фарз қилади.|trans-quote=Believers and Muslims believe in the existence of creatures called jinn. They cannot be seen in ordinary situations. We get information about them from the most reliable sources, the Holy Qur'an and the hadith. .... At the same time, there are those who deny jinn altogether, both in ancient times and now. They call every word about jinn a myth, an idle talk. .... And Islam declares the truth about the jinn just like in other matters. Islam proves the existence of the jinn, explains the correct idea about it and rejects the misconceptions. .......... It is obligatory for a Muslim believer to believe in every message in the Qur'an. God forbid, doubting or disbelieving a message in the Qur'an is disbelief. It follows from this that the occurrence of a verse about jinn in the Qur'an makes it obligatory for all Muslims to believe in their existence.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://herzjavad.ir/ماهیت-و-ویژگیهای-جن-و-انس-در-قرآن-و-روا/|title=ماهیت و ویژگی‌های جن و انس در قرآن و روایات و جایگاه آنان در نظام آفرینش|website=herzjavad.ir|publisher=|language=fa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505095015/https://herzjavad.ir/ماهیت-و-ویژگیهای-جن-و-انس-در-قرآن-و-روا/|archive-date=5 May 2024|quote=سراسر‌ دنیا و مسلمانان به وجود جن اعتقاد دارند. مسلمانان معتقد هستند که جن‌ هم‌ مانند انسان روز قیامت در بارگاه الهی قضاوت می‌شود.|trans-quote=All over the world and Muslims believe in the existence of jinn. Muslims believe that jinn will be judged in the divine court on the day of judgment.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Elahe Vakili|title=ویژگی های خلقت جن از منظر قرآن و روایات|url=https://ensani.ir/file/download/article/20120329112953-2117-5.pdf|language=fa|publisher=[[Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran)]]|publication-date=2008|isbn=|pages=101-125|quote=|trans-quote=}}</ref> while VenusFeuerFalle disagree or [[User_talk:Skyerise#Zorastrianism|just have another point of view]], which in my opinion is considered [[WP:UNDUE]] & [[WP:FRINGE]]. Therefore, VenusFeuerFalle opposes adding [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=1219276270&oldid=1219111078 this] to the lead of the article, and even [[Talk:Jinn#Cherrypicking?|cherry-picked that source]], thus giving a [[WP:FALSEBALANCE|false balance]] in coverage.[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] ([[User talk:TheEagle107|talk]]) 23:05, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
:::Before we discuss on the sources, I would like to get clean with the accusations towards me. @[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] has thrown a lot of accusations, from cherrypicking, to "playing the system" and I expect that the User backs it up. Such accusations should not be thrown around lightly. If Eagle wants to retreat their accusations, it is fine, but they need to make it clear and owes me an apology. Before, I refuse to spend time in debates concerning sources or citations. [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 22:41, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
:@[[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] @[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] Please refer to discussion at [[Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_437#Hachette_Livre]] discussion indicates First publisher [[Intercultural Press]] a Nicholas Brealey Publishing Company along with a good review for the book hence WP:RSN discussion seem to suggest to consider  "Islam & Muslims: A Guide to Diverse Experience in a Modern World" by Mark Sedgwick. as WP:RS. If you wish to contest it then you would need to go for RfC or else would need to accept the same as RS. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 07:05, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
::@[[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]],  @[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] I'll wait a few days for a reply and then add the sentence and citation. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 01:12, 16 June 2024 (UTC) 
:@[[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]],  @[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] Brief summary of inputs about 'Abul A'la Maududi, and Fethullah Gülen' at [[Wikipedia:No original research/Noticeboard#Notable scholar's own work acceptable or OR?]] (Link need to be updated as gets archived :"..Over all consensus seem to be forming <u>OR is not much concern in this case</u>; but side note suggestions seem to be importance of weighing content on other counts like supporting with  whether it has been talked about  by other scholars importance of Jinn to Islam in  the interim centuries? <u>foremost is whether substantially supported by secondary academic sources for the relevant content last but not least WP:DUE.</u> .." [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 07:16, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
::Noone is objecting to the calim that jinn are important. This is a strawman @[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] and @[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] made up for themselves. It is something only they debate. In case the disote is still ongoing, I am still waiting for my answers above. If they cannot find them, it is, honestly, their fault, because ''they '' failed to respond to my inquiries and instead decided to lead discussions with themselves. I '''never '''said that jinn are not important in Islam, and it is hoently, no my job to explain to them what I said. I cannot force people to read properly and after dozens of replies ignoraing my original statement, I withdraw from their discussion. [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 22:44, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
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*<small><small>Fyi: [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ANeutral_point_of_view%2FNoticeboard&diff=1223473625&oldid=1223237581 A pre-intimation] of these on going discussion has been given at [[WP:NPOV/N]], [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Religion]]  [[WT:ISLAM]]. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 11:09, 12 May 2024 (UTC) </small></small>
:<small><small>Also a pre-intimation of these on going discussion has been given at [[WP:FTN#Pre-RfC stage @ Talk:Jinn|WP:FTN]]. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 07:26, 20 May 2024 (UTC)</small></small>
::* [[Talk:Jinn#RfC: Proposed additions of text 1]] Link for easy reference. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 13:08, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

===Next step===
@ [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]], @[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]], @ [[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]]
* '''In brief''': wait for VFF to join back or 7 days since VFF not editing. After that we shall begin RfC formatting step, then RfC.  
* I had intimated VFF at their user talk page also, about ongoing input request discussions regarding RS and OR concerns raised by VFF at respective notice boards namely [[WP:RSN#Hachette Livre]], [[Wikipedia:No original research/Noticeboard#Notable scholar's own work acceptable or OR?|No original research/Noticeboard]].
* But VFF do not seem to be active since May 11th, as such VFF and LPB both are used to taking some days editing gap (possibly for real life) and I feel it's best to respect each others editing gaps hence I suggest to wait for 7 days, if at all VFF wishes to get reviewed notice board discussion with one more opinion again. ( I can help VFF in requesting another experienced user for review if VFF requests me so)
** Also note that notice board inputs are valuable guiding   posts but last call is taken in RfCs.  
* If you see the above discussions not moving ahead at notice board, and also not automatically archived after 7 days (since VFF not editing), then close by using collapsing template <nowiki>{{collapse top|Discussion closure join for further discussin at</nowiki> [[Talk:Jinn#Pre-RfC]]<nowiki>}} {{collapse bottom}}</nowiki>
: I hope above helps. Last but not least let me appreciate all you three are reasonably co-operating with my suggestions as discussion facilitator with sincerity and patience. We shall collapse this subsection when we move to next step. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 11:09, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

:@[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] and  @[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]]  Taking into account inputs received from [[WP:RSN#Hachette Livre]] and [[Wikipedia:No original research/Noticeboard#Notable scholar's own work acceptable or OR?|WP:OR/N]] see if you wish to consider any changes in the updates ([[User:Louis P. Boog/sandbox/Jinn sandbox 4-20-2024|under consideration (your sandbox)]] to bring for RfC.
:Let us know if you need some more time for preparation or you are ready for RfC formatting stage? [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 12:58, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
::Yes, give me some time to add my suggestions.--[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] ([[User talk:TheEagle107|talk]]) 17:12, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
:::@[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] Why don't you also create your own sand box and then discuss with LPB and then here at RfC. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 03:13, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
:Alright, sorry for further delay, I got over 18 notifications last time I logged in and was still busy, so I couldn't do much but minor stuff at break. Now, I am mostly done, but now the notifications tell me that the discussion on the Board is closed. If everyone is fine by that, I would start at the point of the results of the discussion. We don't need to make a big fuzz about it in my opinion, when this discussion gets strict to the point. [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 00:12, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

* @ [[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] and [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]]; this seem to be second instance, within four days, of POV template tagging and the revert. I also do not know nuances about POV template hence I shall refer the same to [[WP:NPOVN]] for inputs. Mean while I urge patience to both sides to avoid reverts since any way we are in process of sorting out through discussion. I also urge to provide neutral summary of various parts of disagreements so we can proceed towards RfC formatting step. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 15:40, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
*:When the template should be used can be read here: [[Template:POV]]. Per " In the absence of such a discussion, or where it remains unclear what the NPOV violation is, the tag may be removed by any editor." Wikipedia Users are required to remove these templates. I cannot follow your request on a summary of the dispute, since I do not sense a dispute. @[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] makes edits and objections already adressed and clarified but choose to ignore these. Especially after their most recent comments <blockquote>"You can say Jinn are the “demons of Islam”. A Qur'ānic chapter (72) is named after them. Please note also that there is not a single source in the whole article that says that jinn are mythical creatures. Anyone who objects to that must show me the source along with the text."</blockquote> and <blockquote>" For detailed information about the jinn and their relation with humankind, see Essentials of the Islamic Faith."</blockquote> there is good reason to assume that @[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] [[WP:NOTNOTHERE|is not here to build an encyclopedia but to further personal religions views]]. I am also waiting for over 3 weeks not for them to adress the points I raised, instead, the User added new discussions or talked about ther [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a forum|personal opinions]]. For my part, I decided to go with [[Wikipedia:Avoiding difficult users]], until the User complays with the proper protocol of the talkpage usage. And edits not confirming to Wikipedia guidlines will be, of course, still reverted. Ignorance does not provide someone with a greencard. [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 16:26, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

* [[User talk:Louis P. Boog/sandbox/Jinn sandbox 4-20-2024#Primary preparation of RfC question|Primary preparation of RfC question]] is almost getting ready. RfC format suggestion request has been made at [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment#Pl. suggest format for RfC|WT:RFC]]. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 12:15, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

== Discussion Summary ==
===VenusFeuerFalle (VFF)===
There is an ongoing discussion about some edits months ago, involving me VenusFeuerFalle (also referred to as VFF), @[[User:Louis P. Book|Louis P. Book]] (referred to as LPB), @[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] (referred to as Eagle), and @[[User:Bookku|Bookku]].

'''The dispute on the Article'''
The dispute was initiated by Louis P. Book. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=1212903926&oldid=1212649443). The edit was reverted by me and an edit summary was given.

The next step by LPB was to revert without paying any attention to the objection raised. Instead, he (mis)quoted the source given. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=1213249234&oldid=1213074711) The quote comes from the author's introduction, explaining the necessity of her scholary work, not saying that there is a dogmatic obligation to believe in them as a Muslim. 

At this point it should be mentioned that I caught the same User misquoting other sources previously to support their own position. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AShaitan&diff=1214053357&oldid=1213830185). Here, the User in question also accused me of bias for disagreeing of their edits. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AShaitan&diff=1213005483&oldid=1213001895) I want to mention that I always explained my reverts, as I did in the dispute referred to here as well. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AShaitan&diff=1216445118&oldid=1214851832)

I want to take the oppoturnity here, to point out that the User in question has picked out sources for one specific position in a dispute within Islamic doctrines (here: that jinn are devil) and this is the position also presented by [[Fetullah Gülen]] (Jinn and Human Beings - Fethullah Gülen's Official Web Site (fgulen.com)), a source, the User in question later uses.

Back to the Jinn article: LPB' next step, after the revert of my revert (without any explanation), was to elaborate even further on their own position. (https://Jinn: en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=1213276884&oldid=1213074711). Apart from ignoring input by another User, the edits just got worse. While the first one was a misinterpretation of a reliable source, the next one is a reference to a religious authority (and according to the Wikipedia entry, also advocate of [[Islamism]] as seen here: [[Abul A'la Maududi]]). Religious authorities are ''not'' reliable sources ([[WP:RNPOV]] and [[WP:PARTISAN]]), even ''if'' the author was not an Islamist, it is still unreliable. Here it is important to highlight the difference between [[Religious studies]] and [[Theology]].

Afterwards, I undid their edits, and ''exlained with each step'' why they have been reverted. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=1213541420&oldid=1213323568) A few days later and the first extensive discussions happened. This is also the time when Eagle joined and reverted my edits, I want to remember, the ones I explained. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=1219313447&oldid=1218417996) 

For context, it is noteworthy that Eagle has history opposing my edits when they contradict what could bes be explained by their own beliefs. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AIblis&diff=1035359841&oldid=1035298167) Here, similarly ommitting other notable sources, and apart from that, even the Arabic webpage does not support their claim, if they had read it entirely. It is relevant in sofar as the second user seems to have a personal bias against my edits, which also explains their improper behavior on the talkpage, explored in the next section. (It is also noteworthy, that Eagle uses similar sources to that of LPB, which is mostly relying on blogs who argue for the identification of jinn with satans, 

'''Talkpage'''
The first section was "Recent deletions", I am not sure, but I think it might have been me who opened the discussion, as a repsonse to LPB's or Eagle ignoring my edit summary. I remember the "here we go again"-quote, as a reference that I had to help the Users just a while ago on the [[Shaitan]] article talkapge, as mentioned above. Here, I asked them to consult the talkpage instead of just reverting a revert and adding even worse sources. LPB and Eagle choose to ignore that. ([[Wikipedia:Avoiding difficult users]])

Things get even more complicated then Eagle appears and makes even more inappropriate sugggestions and now even wants the lead-section to mention that jinn are essential (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AJinn&diff=1219515661&oldid=1219490069), while the lead is only a summary of the entire article.

Then Eagle starts accusing me of cherry picking (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AJinn&diff=1220790249&oldid=1220782001). Ironically, the attentive user will have realized it is the source from which the fact many Muslim scholars denied the existence of jinn derives from. Beginning with "hey everyone check out" with the header "cherry picking" feels more like stirring up hate against other users (in this case me) rather than being interested in a neutral resolution.

Then, while still waiting for responses to my objections, BPL made edit suggestions instead. 
He can do that, but I think it is easier to discuss the issue directly. Unfortunately, none of the changes consider my previous objection and I was asked to explain each suggestion again. At this point, I hoenstly, got frustrating because now I have to reply to each point seperately, while it is still the very same issue I had at the very beginning, still left unanswered, now with even worse sources, such as Fetullah Gülen, who falls under "religious authority" and can be dismissed for the same reasons as mentioned above (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AJinn&diff=1224873430&oldid=1220998939).

Before any dispute is settled, Eagle points to another topic and opens a discussion about the coparative mythology section (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AJinn&diff=1224874019&oldid=1224753229). I do not see what is the point here, apart from spreading confusion, but I had hope that it could settle the previous edit war for good. Instead, the discussions are similarly bad and the religious bias shines through again, asking if "there is proof that jinn are mythological creatures" (no, they are biological ones of course). (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AJinn&diff=1225277164&oldid=1225274554). Eagle also started another edit war about this, and also ignored me pointing out that [[Wikipedia:You don't need to cite that the sky is blue]]. 

The user also objected to "comparative mythology" in general and removed it at some point entirely, again, I had to restore it, and they claim that they are willing to accept any consensus (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AJinn&diff=1225693738&oldid=1225685395), but then starts an entire poll to question the general consensus on the talkpage about the section on comparative mythology.

Meanwhile, Eagle also spammed my talkpage with several "warnings" for not conforming to their demands (User talk:VenusFeuerFalle: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia), which could lead to an immediate ban ([[WP:HUSH]]) I also  I first wanted to report, but then had not the time to deal with this none-sense (I might chance my mind though, then this is the only way to get rid of this awful discussion). 

User Eagle also talked behind my back, since I got not notified and accusing me of "gaming the system" and gathered other users against me (which could also be considered cavassing). (There is nothing personal. Actually, neutrality is enough to solve the problem, at least for me. But the real problem is that some users think they are smarter than everyone else and trying to [[WP:GAME|gaming the system]] (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ABookku&diff=1229682833&oldid=1223782163). On a second thought, I should definately reporting Eagle for several reasons. LPB and Bookku seem to try their best, although I am not sure if things go clean here anymore.

'''Summary'''
Overall, LPB made an edit with original research, unreliable authors, and misquoting a source. After being reverted, the User decided to addd even more questionable sources, made even worse edits, and ignored all notifications on the talkpage, until evne more people reverted them. Then Eagle appeared and sided with PBL, and opened so many discussions, partly with accusations and harrassment. Furthermore, Eagle decided to gather support also by tagging other users they believed to side with them on polls and talking on other Users talkpages behind the back of those who are involved in this discussion.

Eagle has opened several other discussions and the original subject of dispute got lost. Given the previous dispute and the evidence for religious bias, I conclude that this dispute is '''purely personal and misses any encyclopedic value'''. I am willing to give ''the involved users one last chance'', to make ''one clear suggestion'', I want to respond one last time. ''Then ''we can go step by step over to the other ones. If it fails, I will not reply to that anymore, and then either the edits meet the Wiki-Criteria or they don't. If they '''do not meet them, they will be reverted''', no matter of you understand the reason or not. Because, I just feel my time being wasted. If the users again '''derail the discussion'''s, '''I will report''' Eagle and let an admin check on '''all involved users''' for canvassing, harrassment, and potential sockpuppetry.

I wasted about two hours for this awful response I had to do because of this awful discussion, I have nothing to do with but applying guidlines and being too kind to actually engage with reasoning. I would have been better if I just dropped a link like a robot and reverted the edits without any good will. [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 00:49, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

===Louis P. Boog===
@[[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]],  @[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] (referred to as Eagle), and @[[User:Bookku|Bookku]].<br>
My suggested edits to the Jinn article are posted  in blue of <nowiki>"{{talkquote|"</nowiki> in [[User:Louis_P._Boog/sandbox/Jinn_sandbox_4-20-2024| this sandbox post]]. The basic idea is encapsilated in the sentence I'm trying to add to the lede 
{{talkquote|Many Muslim scholars, believe that belief in Jinn is essential to the Islamic faith, since jinn are mentioned in the Quran.<ref name="Nünlist-2015"/>{{rp|style=ama|p=33}}}} 

While it is unlikely that many people would suggest Jinn are a major part of Islam, the suggested edits  (using some research by [[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]]) only include

*a few sentences to the [[Jinn#Exegesis]] section (which I would rename '''Belief''') summarized in [[Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard/Archive_244]] as 3 points

1) whether this statement should be allowed in the lede
:Many Muslim scholars, believe that belief in Jinn is essential to the Islamic faith, since jinn are mentioned in the Quran.[1](p33)
2) whether revivalist preacher Abul A'la Maududi should be included among two other scholars listed who support this position (i.e. belief in Jinn is a necessary part of Islam). (The point here being that Maududi has/had a huge following and readership);<br>
3) and whether as evidence of the significance of this belief, a brief description of the troubles of Nasr Abu Zayd "who was threated with death for apostasy" in the 1990s "(in part) because he didn't believe in jinn", should be included in the article. (The significance here is that belief in the apostasy of Nasr Abu Zayd in his country (Egypt) was so widespread that even one of the police officers guarding his house referred to him as a "kafir" when asked about him). (He lamented that "it took one week for my name [Nasr Abu Zayd] to be cursed all over Egypt. Even in my village they were saying I was teaching heresies to the students...")<ref>{{cite book|last1=Murphy|first1=Caryle|title=Passion for Islam: Shaping the Modern Middle East: The Egyptian Experience|date=2002|publisher=Simon and Schuster.|isbn=0743237439|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rjj48T4zrb8C&q=Passion+for+Islam+%3A+Shaping+the+Modern+Middle+East%3A+the+Egyptian+Experience+by+Caryle+Murphy|access-date=10 December 2015 |quote= }}</ref>

*and one long sentence in the [[Jinn#Prevalence_of_belief|Prevalence of belief]] section.

To help resolve the dispute I (with the help of [[User:Bookku|Bookku]]) hashed it out on the talk page, apealed to took the issue to 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Third_opinion&diff=prev&oldid=1214042155 Third_opinion]  answered by User:StereoFolic 
* [[Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard/Archive_244#Jinn_2|Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard (Archive 244)]]
*[[Wikipedia:No_original_research/Noticeboard#Notable_scholar's_own_work_acceptable_or_OR?| A discussion at No_original_research/Noticeboard]] --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:38, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

====Reply to VFF summary====
:Below is VenusFeuerFalle's Discussion Summary from above chopped up with replies by myself to make the point and counterpoints  easier to read.
There is an ongoing discussion about some edits months ago, involving me VenusFeuerFalle (also referred to as VFF), @[[User:Louis P. Book|Louis P. Book]] (referred to as LPB),
:(He is mispelling my name -- it's Boog not Book.) --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:38, 23 June 2024 (UTC) [[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
@[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] (referred to as Eagle), and @[[User:Bookku|Bookku]].

'''The dispute on the Article'''
The dispute was initiated by Louis P. Book. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=1212903926&oldid=1212649443). The edit was reverted by me and an edit summary was given.
The next step by LPB was to revert without paying any attention to the objection raised. 
:Actually I rewrote my edit, addressing your complaint that "the lead is a summary of the body off text." I shortened the edit of the lede and put the extra in "the body of text". --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:38, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
Instead, he (mis)quoted the source given. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=1213249234&oldid=1213074711) The quote comes from the author's introduction, explaining the necessity of her scholary work, not saying that there is a dogmatic obligation to believe in them as a Muslim. 
:A misquote???.
:Here is what the author said: [listing answers to the question "why write a book" on the jinn?]: <br>"... secondly, although belief in jinn is not one of the five pillars of Islam, one can't be Muslim if he/she doesn't have faith in their existence because they are mentioned in the Qur'an and the prophetic tradition."
:"one can't be a Muslim" certainly sounds like a religious obligation. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:45, 23 June 2024 (UTC) [[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

At this point it should be mentioned that I caught the same User misquoting other sources previously to support their own position. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AShaitan&diff=1214053357&oldid=1213830185). Here, the User in question also accused me of bias for disagreeing of their edits. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AShaitan&diff=1213005483&oldid=1213001895) 

:accused you of "bias"? My talk page post did say I wanted to know "why a short piece of information from a scholarly source indicating the popular belief in Shaitan being a jinn should be deleted"  <s>--[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:38, 23 June 2024 (UTC)</s> ... sounds more like a question than an accusation.--[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
I want to mention that I always explained my reverts, as I did in the dispute referred to here as well. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AShaitan&diff=1216445118&oldid=1214851832)

:[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=prev&oldid=1213407309 An example of one of his explanations], (in reference to [Nasr Abu Zayd], the professor threatened with death for blaspheme, cited by me as evidence that belief in Jinn can be important): <br> "noone cares if some dude went to exile for denial, this is an encyclopedia not a newspaper...." --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:45, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

I want to take the oppoturnity here, to point out that the User in question has picked out sources for one specific position in a dispute within Islamic doctrines (here: that jinn are devil) and this is the position also presented by [[Fetullah Gülen]] (Jinn and Human Beings - Fethullah Gülen's Official Web Site (fgulen.com)), a source, the User in question later uses.

Back to the Jinn article: LPB' next step, after the revert of my revert (without any explanation), was to elaborate even further on their own position. (https://Jinn: en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=1213276884&oldid=1213074711). 

Apart from ignoring input by another User, the edits just got worse. 
:Not sure which particular edit he's referring to but one he reverted [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=prev&oldid=1219111078 here] was of an edit I made following a Dispute_resolution_on the noticeboard session done by [[User:Robert McClenon]]  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard/Archive_244#Jinn_2 here]  which ended with Robert McClenon stating: 
::''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard/Archive_244#Jinn_2 Closed due to lack of response by one editor]'' [i.e. VFF]. ''The filing editor'' [me, LPB] ''has stated that he wants to make three edits to the article. The other editor did not reply. The filing editor should make the edits boldly.'' 
:VFF deleted my bold edits. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
While the first one was a misinterpretation of a reliable source, the next one is a reference to a religious authority (and according to the Wikipedia entry, also advocate of [[Islamism]] as seen here: [[Abul A'la Maududi]]). 
:Yes, Maududi  is an Islamist but last time I checked that did not exclude him from being an important figure in contemporary Islam. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:45, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Religious authorities are ''not'' reliable sources ([[WP:RNPOV]] and [[WP:PARTISAN]]), even ''if'' the author was not an Islamist, it is still unreliable. Here it is important to highlight the difference between [[Religious studies]] and [[Theology]].
:Both of the "religious authorities" I want to briefly mention in the article ([[Fetullah Gülen]] and [[Abul A'la Maududi]]) are religious scholars. Maududi has written a multi-volume commentary on the Quran. Religious authorities are not [[WP:RN]] on the doctrine or history of a religion, But I put it to you that  they ''are'' reliable authorities on their ''own'' interpretation of religious doctrine when clearly stated. And when they have a large following, their interpretation is notable.  Yes, you will have a hard time finding academic scholars of Islam commenting on all aspects of the doctrines of Gülen and Maududi (such as doctrine on Jinn), but the fact stands that they are notable and they have spoken (Maududi especially) on Jinn. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:38, 23 June 2024 (UTC) --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Afterwards, I undid their edits, and ''exlained with each step'' why they have been reverted. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=1213541420&oldid=1213323568) 
:(The link is to a revert by Davemck, not you, with an edit summary of "renumber duplicate parm", whatever that means.) --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:38, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

:@[[User:Davemck|Davemck]], 
:1) Pl. can help understand what your edit is about. Is it general copy edit or content update? 
:2) The other user above seems claimed your edit as theirs, hopefully you have only user account but your clarification may help your self.   
:[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 04:04, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

::[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=prev&oldid=1213541420 My edit] was a copy edit that fixed a typo: VFF had added a <nowiki>{{multiple image}}</nowiki> template ([https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=prev&oldid=1213523626 here]) with these parms:
:::image1= width1= alt1= caption1=
:::image2= width1= alt2= caption2=
::resulting in a "duplicate parm" error for width1=. My fix was to change the obvious typo to width2=.
::(I have only this one user account.)
:: [[User:Davemck|Davemck]] ([[User talk:Davemck|talk]]) 14:54, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

:::Oh, I see the confusion: that [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=1213541420&oldid=1213323568 url above] is a diff that spans 7 edits: 6 by VFF and 1 by me. The diff software shows only the last editor (me), making it look like I did all 7 edits; but I did only the width1= edit.
:::[[User:Davemck|Davemck]] ([[User talk:Davemck|talk]]) 15:16, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
::::Sorry for the confusion. I have already advised to @[[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] about importance of citing only the specific relevant difs. I hope they take care here after. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 16:37, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

A few days later and the first extensive discussions happened. This is also the time when Eagle joined and reverted my edits, I want to remember, the ones I explained. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=1219313447&oldid=1218417996) --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:45, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

For context, it is noteworthy that Eagle has history opposing my edits when they contradict what could bes be explained by their own beliefs. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AIblis&diff=1035359841&oldid=1035298167) Here, similarly ommitting other notable sources, and apart from that, even the Arabic webpage does not support their claim, if they had read it entirely. It is relevant in sofar as the second user seems to have a personal bias against my edits, which also explains their improper behavior on the talkpage, explored in the next section. (It is also noteworthy, that Eagle uses similar sources to that of LPB, which is mostly relying on blogs who argue for the identification of jinn with satans, 

:This is ''not'' a dispute about "identification of jinn with satans". It's about adding information about how "Many Muslim scholars, believe that belief in Jinn is essential to the Islamic faith". 
:As for "blogs who argue for the identification of jinn with satan", where the hell have there any cites of blogs arguing "for the identification of jinn with satans" in this article?? --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC) --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 18:06, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
and omitting other positions also prevailing in Islamic tradition as also mentioned in secondary literature).

'''Talkpage'''
The first section was "Recent deletions", I am not sure, but I think it might have been me who opened the discussion, as a repsonse to LPB's or Eagle ignoring my edit summary. I remember the "here we go again"-quote, as a reference that I had to help the Users just a while ago on the [[Shaitan]] article talkapge, as mentioned above. Here, I asked them to consult the talkpage instead of just reverting a revert and adding even worse sources. LPB and Eagle choose to ignore that. ([[Wikipedia:Avoiding difficult users]])

Things get even more complicated then Eagle appears and makes even more inappropriate sugggestions and now even wants the lead-section to mention that jinn are essential (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AJinn&diff=1219515661&oldid=1219490069), while the lead is only a summary of the entire article.
:[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] hasn't made an edit since June 2 but I should note that what he does suggest at the link above is adding to the lead: 
:that ''"The word 'jinn' and its variants are mentioned 29 times in the [[Qur'an]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Lebling|title=Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uxKJDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT44|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|publication-date=2010|isbn=9780857730633|page=44}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Judy Wanjiru Wang’ombe|title=Lived Experiences of Ideologies in Contextual Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWP4EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT22|publisher=Langham Publishing|publication-date=2024|isbn=9781839739576|page=22}}</ref> and [[al-Jinn|one of its chapters]] is even named after them.<ref>{{cite book|author=Wahid Abdussalam Bali|translator=Haytham Kreidly|title=The Cutting Edge: How to Face Evil Sorcerers|url=https://archive.org/details/TheCuttingEdgeUpload/mode/2up|publisher=[[w:de:Dār al-Kutub al-ʿilmīya|Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya]]|publication-date=2015|isbn=978-2-7451-5074-5|page=28|quote=It is enough evidence that the jinn exist since there is a whole Surah in the Quran that talks about the jinn. The word "jinn" was mentioned in the Quran twenty-two times. The word "Al-Jann" was mentioned seven times,}}</ref>" Or at least it should be mentioned in the lead that there is a [[al-Jinn|whole chapter in the Qur'an]] that talks about the jinn.<ref>{{cite book|author=Juan Eduardo Campo|title=Encyclopedia of Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZbyz_Hr-eIC&pg=PA402|publisher=[[Infobase Publishing]]|publication-date=2009|isbn=9781438126968|page=402}}</ref>
:How is this "inappropriate"?? It's backed by secondary sources,  would not take up that much space in the lede, and is ''not''  stating that Jinn are "essential". --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Then Eagle starts accusing me of cherry picking (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AJinn&diff=1220790249&oldid=1220782001). Ironically, the attentive user will have realized it is the source from which the fact many Muslim scholars denied the existence of jinn derives from. Beginning with "hey everyone check out" with the header "cherry picking" feels more like stirring up hate against other users (in this case me) rather than being interested in a neutral resolution.

Then, while still waiting for responses to my objections, BPL made edit suggestions instead. 
:It is a bit frustrating that on the one hand questions to VFF are answered like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jinn#Belief_in_jinn_and_belief_in_Islam this]:
:''I think I answers all your objections in my edit summaries. When you want to discuss the issue, please include my reasons and object to those. I do not intent to go forth and back.
:On the other hand VFF is patiently "waiting for responses to my objections" --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
He can do that, but I think it is easier to discuss the issue directly. Unfortunately, none of the changes consider my previous objection and I was asked to explain each suggestion again. At this point, I hoenstly, got frustrating because now I have to reply to each point seperately, while it is still the very same issue I had at the very beginning, still left unanswered, now with even worse sources, such as Fetullah Gülen, who falls under "religious authority" and can be dismissed for the same reasons as mentioned above (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AJinn&diff=1224873430&oldid=1220998939).

Before any dispute is settled, Eagle points to another topic and opens a discussion about the coparative mythology section (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AJinn&diff=1224874019&oldid=1224753229). I do not see what is the point here, apart from spreading confusion, but I had hope that it could settle the previous edit war for good. Instead, the discussions are similarly bad and the religious bias shines through again, asking if "there is proof that jinn are mythological creatures" (no, they are biological ones of course). (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AJinn&diff=1225277164&oldid=1225274554). Eagle also started another edit war about this, and also ignored me pointing out that [[Wikipedia:You don't need to cite that the sky is blue]]. 

The user also objected to "comparative mythology" in general and removed it at some point entirely, again, I had to restore it, and they claim that they are willing to accept any consensus (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AJinn&diff=1225693738&oldid=1225685395), but then starts an entire poll to question the general consensus on the talkpage about the section on comparative mythology.

Meanwhile, Eagle also spammed my talkpage with several "warnings" for not conforming to their demands (User talk:VenusFeuerFalle: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia), which could lead to an immediate ban ([[WP:HUSH]]) I also  I first wanted to report, but then had not the time to deal with this none-sense (I might chance my mind though, then this is the only way to get rid of this awful discussion). 

User Eagle also talked behind my back, since I got not notified and accusing me of "gaming the system" and gathered other users against me (which could also be considered cavassing). (There is nothing personal. Actually, neutrality is enough to solve the problem, at least for me. But the real problem is that some users think they are smarter than everyone else and trying to [[WP:GAME|gaming the system]] (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ABookku&diff=1229682833&oldid=1223782163). On a second thought, I should definately reporting Eagle for several reasons. LPB and Bookku seem to try their best, although I am not sure if things go clean here anymore.

'''Summary'''
Overall, LPB made an edit with original research, unreliable authors, and misquoting a source. After being reverted, the User decided to addd even more questionable sources, made even worse edits, and ignored all notifications on the talkpage, until evne more people reverted them. 
:Did these people include anyone besides yourself? (There was another unrelated issue -- Comparative mythology -- that I edited [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=prev&oldid=1228760240 here] after a RfC [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jinn#RfC:_Is_the_Comparative_mythology_section_relevant? here] seemed to come to a conclusion. I was wrong, and part of my edit was reverted by User:Aquillion.) --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:45, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
Then Eagle appeared and sided with PBL, and opened so many discussions, partly with accusations and harrassment. Furthermore, Eagle decided to gather support also by tagging other users they believed to side with them on polls and talking on other Users talkpages behind the back of those who are involved in this discussion.

Eagle has opened several other discussions and the original subject of dispute got lost. Given the previous dispute and the evidence for religious bias, I conclude that this dispute is '''purely personal and misses any encyclopedic value'''. I am willing to give ''the involved users one last chance'', to make ''one clear suggestion'', I want to respond one last time. ''Then ''we can go step by step over to the other ones. If it fails, I will not reply to that anymore, and then either the edits meet the Wiki-Criteria or they don't. If they '''do not meet them, they will be reverted''', no matter of you understand the reason or not. Because, I just feel my time being wasted. If the users again '''derail the discussion'''s, '''I will report''' Eagle and let an admin check on '''all involved users''' for canvassing, harrassment, and potential sockpuppetry.

I wasted about two hours for this awful response I had to do because of this awful discussion, I have nothing to do with but applying guidlines and being too kind to actually engage with reasoning. I would have been better if I just dropped a link like a robot and reverted the edits without any good will. [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 00:49, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

:Please bear in mind that you are an editor like the other users involved in the dispute, and not some authority to decide who will be given "one last chance". We would all like to spend my time on other things. As for "canvassing, harrassment, and potential sockpuppetry", feel free to investigate me. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:38, 23 June 2024 (UTC) --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 02:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
::You doing [[WP:CANVASS]] https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AJoe_Roe&diff=1232209761&oldid=1232066712 (again) is a reason to report you. So yes, there is a difference between editors being wronged and editors who ignore input. However, Eagle is first, so do not worry. [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 22:41, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

====Comment by facilitator ====
::* <small><small>'''For uninitiated''': My role here has been largely of good faith discussion facilitator similar to spirit in [[Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Mechanism for requesting a neutral facillitator for RfCs| village pump proposal (under discussion)]], largely to help involved users to focus on content aspects.</small></small> 
::* @[[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] As I replied you at [[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle#Request to refactor]], I had requested everyone of you a neutral summary of content dispute, Whereas what you seem  have produced is a <u>surprising [[WP:wall of text]] of personalized complaint</u> -seems like <u> breach of [[WP:DR]] spirit of [[WP:AGF]], avoidable and uncalled for at this juncture when healthy discussions taking place for RfCs</u>-  which at the most should have been discussed at respective user talk page then ANI. 
::** '''For example''' See at [[Talk:Borg (drink)#Borg–jungle juice dispute|Talk:Borg (drink)]] user @[[User:BanjoZebra|BanjoZebra]]  provided such a neutral summary - so appreciable and helpful for other users to take a call.  
::* @[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]]
:::1) Quoting other user while rebutting point by point is quite okay; same time one is not supposed to change original post of other user, and leave it as is, so I suggest, though it (VFF post) is a [[WP:Wall of text]] you place it back (restore) as it was -let your format of answering as is there is no issue in format of your answering as far as I understand.
::::My mistake. My plan was to leave  the original VenusFeuerFalle (VFF) post unedited and copied and pasted it below as '''Reply to VFF summary''' so as to avoid violating the prohibition on changing someone else's  original post. I see I messed up a couple of times, I've tried to fix it. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 17:26, 24 June 2024 (UTC) 
:::2) It's true that VFF seem to have been prejudiced from disagreements from other articles and unhappy about requests for updates in this article too and that should have been handled at user talk page, anyways they have posted here and you replied. 
:::* If I am in your place I will try to find who is last active admin at [[WP:ANI]] request them on their user talk page to review whatever has been this personalized stuff has been and guide and also if possible to collapse this wall of text section, if possible. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 06:25, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
:::::Thanks for the suggestion. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 17:26, 24 June 2024 (UTC) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:VenusFeuerFalle#Notice_of_contact_of_an_administrator_concerning_your_edits Here] is my notice to VFF. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 01:40, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
::::::@[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]], Reporting back. No success in interesting admins after several attempts. None said they thought there was nothing wrong with VFF's rant, but either they made no reply to my appeal ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Doug_Weller#Possible_violation_of_WP:DR_and_spirit_of_WP:AGF_at_Talk:Jinn here], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Joe_Roe#Possible_violation_of_WP:DR_and_spirit_of_WP:AGF_at_Talk:Jinn here], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Possible_violation_of_WP:DR_and_spirit_of_WP:AGF_at_Talk: here]), or they suggested I take it to ANI ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Daniel_Quinlan#Possible_violation_of_WP:DR_and_spirit_of_WP:AGF_at_Talk:Jinn here]), which I did and they had no response. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 16:09, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
:::::::Maybe because most of them were not even admins? Maybe because you need follow protocol when you want things to workout??? [[User:VenusFeuerFalle|VenusFeuerFalle]] ([[User talk:VenusFeuerFalle|talk]]) 21:40, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
::::::::No, they from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_administrators/Active admin list] and no one complained about violating protocol. Thank you for your concern though. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 14:01, 9 July 2024 (UTC) [[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 15:17, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
:::::::They seem to have had different priorities. Basically all of you involved users wish to have good quality content in the article, then I would suggest attempt to develop this article to [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|WP:Feature article]] level that will help you getting better guidance and attention from more experienced users all the way.[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 15:46, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

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== RfC: Proposed additions of text 1 ==

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In section "Islam": Should the following sentence be added to "Islam" section in the article?

{{talkquote|Jinn have been called  "an integral part" of the Muslim tradition<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark A. Caudill|title=Twilight in the Kingdom: Understanding the Saudis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZbjOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA92|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]]|publication-date=2006|isbn=9780313084850|page=92|quote=Jinn are an integral part of both traditional and Gnostic Islamic belief.}}</ref> or  faith,<ref>{{cite book|author=William E. Burns|title=They Believed That?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Superstitions and the Supernatural around the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hEvEEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA137|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]]|publication-date=2022|isbn=9781440878480|page=137|quote=Jinn are considered by some authorities to be an integral part of the Islamic faith due to their inclusion in the Quran.}}</ref>  "completely accepted" in official Islam;<ref name=EI-2-English/>
prominently featured in folklore,<ref name="Olomi-prominently-2021">{{cite book |last1=Olomi |first1=Ali A. |title=The Routledge Companion to the Qur'an |date=2021 |page=149|publisher=Routledge |location=N.Y. |access-date=24 July 2024 |chapter=14. Jinn in the Quran |quote=The jinn feature prominently in Islamic folklore as ambivalent and mischievous supernatural forces. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Routledge_Companion_to_the_Qur_an/-GtHEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=jinn+prominently+featured+in+muslim+folklore&pg=PT225&printsec=frontcover}}</ref> but also taken "quite seriously" by both medieval and modern Muslim scholars,<ref>{{cite book|editor1=Coeli Fitzpatrick|editor2=Adam Hani Walker|title=Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DOTNEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA321|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]]|publication-date=2014|isbn=9781610691789|page=321}}</ref>  who "worked out" the consequences implied by their existence -- legal status, the possible relations between them and mankind, especially in questions of  marriage and property.<ref name=EI-2-English>{{cite  encyclopedia |chapter=Djinn |title=Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English) |editor1= D.B. MacDonald |editor2=H. Massé |editor3=P.N. Boratav |editor4=K.A. Nizami |editor5=P. Voorhoeve |url= https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/EIEO/COM-0191.xml |access-date=27 July 2024 |quote=II. In official Islam the existence of the d̲j̲inn was completely accepted, as it is to This day, and the full consequences implied by their existence were worked out. Their legal status in all respects was discussed and fixed, and the possible relations between them and mankind, especially in questions of marriage and property, were examined.}}</ref> }} 13:16, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

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* Ref 1  
** '''Published by:''' [[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]]
** '''Author brief:''' Mark A. Caudill is a 15-year U.S. Foreign Service officer who served in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from 1999 to 2002. Currently he is Vice Consul, U.S. Consulate General, Istanbul, Turkey.
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** '''Published by:'''[[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]]
** '''Author brief:''' William E. Burns . Visiting and Part-Time Faculty, Department of History, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
William Burns is a historian who lives in the Washington, D.C. metro area with interests in the early modern world and the history of science. [https://history.columbian.gwu.edu/william-earl-burns ref: columbian.gwu.edu]
* Ref 3 [[Encyclopaedia of Islam]] 
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** '''Publisher''': [[Routledge]]
** '''Author brief:''' Ali A. Olomi is assistant professor of history at Penn State Abington and an affiliated scholar with the Rutgers Center for Security, Race and Rights. ... Olomi holds a Ph.D. from the University of California Irvine. [https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/people/ali-a-olomi]
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** Publisher: [[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]]
** Author brief: [[Richard Bonney]] :University of Leicester | LE · School of Historical Studies
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*<small>This is the first question in this series, for more info pl see discussion facilitator's brief in discussion sub-section. 13:16, 24 July 2024 (UTC)</small>
*<small><small>Fyi: Intimated the RfC request at project talk pages namely:[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Religion]], [[WT:ISLAM]], [[WP:NPOVN]], [[WP:FTN]], [[WT:MYTH]], [[WT:ARAB]], [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Middle Ages]]</small></small> 

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*<small> Since editors are open for improvement in the sentences,  reasonable discussion precedes any vote is preferred.13:23, 24 July 2024 (UTC)</small>

===Discussion:Proposed additions of text 1===
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The brief of main [[Talk:Jinn#Pre-RfC]] discussion is, Both sides seem to maintain neutrality of the article, the main consideration before proposed RfC likely to be [[WP:DUE]] how much to cover.[[User:VenusFeuerFalle]] says (in the article-body  [[Jinn]]) importance of jinn-belief (in Islam- and Muslim world) has been highlighted sufficiently already. [[User:Louis P. Boog]] says that is not sufficient enough and important scope exists to increase the weight, without it being undue. Similarly in case of rejection of Jinn, VFF feels present coverage is sufficient where as LPB finds some scope on that count too.  

* Highlighted sentences in [[User:Louis P. Boog/sandbox/Jinn sandbox 4-20-2024|LPB's sandbox]] will be for consideration one by one, as advised at [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment#Pl. suggest format for RfC|WT:RFC]].
*[[User talk:Louis P. Boog/sandbox/Jinn sandbox 4-20-2024#Primary preparation of RfC question|LPB's sandbox talk page]] has multiple proposed additions.
[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 13:16, 24 July 2024 (UTC) as discussion facilitator.
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:*<small>Suggestions/ comments which help improve sentence, coverage or RfC question are welcome.13:16, 24 July 2024 (UTC)</small>
====Proposed additions of text 1 - Discussion====
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Sources need to have page numbers to make it easy to verify. [[User:Slatersteven|Slatersteven]] ([[User talk:Slatersteven|talk]]) 14:41, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
:<small>@[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] requesting your attention [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 14:49, 24 July 2024 (UTC)</small>
::@[[User:Slatersteven|Slatersteven]] No page number in {{cite book |last1=Olomi |first1=Ali A. |title=The Routledge Companion to the Qur'an |date=2021}} which is from google books, but 1) cite includes chapter and 2) link takes readers to the page. 
::Have not been able to find article in ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'' to find page number. Brill, the publisher of EI, is "temporarily unavailable" in The Wikipedia Library (it was last time I check also). If you have another source for EI available to WP editors I will be happy to check. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 01:36, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Slatersteven|Slatersteven]], it is usual to not give a page number in an encyclopedia or a dictionary, because they are usually organized alphabetically and the entry name is enough.  
:::@[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]], you have the option to use {{tl|cite encyclopedia}} for such citations if you want.  I think this URL:  https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/EIEO/COM-0191.xml or {{doi|10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0191}} will be useful for that Brill encyclopedia.  Part of the text is displayed, while the rest is [[WP:PAYWALLED]], but it proves that the encyclopedia exists and has relevant contents. [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 05:13, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
::::Well that explains why I had an issue its under Djinn, not jinn. ALso it does not prove the cite supports the text. Can you quote the part that does? [[User:Slatersteven|Slatersteven]] ([[User talk:Slatersteven|talk]]) 09:38, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
:::::On my suggestion LPB made page number requests at resource exchange. So far [[WP:REREQ]] answers [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Resource_Exchange/Resource_Request&diff=next&oldid=1236898438 1], [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Resource_Exchange/Resource_Request&diff=next&oldid=1236902658 2] hopefully LPB will update those in RfC question sentences by tomorrow.   
:::::I suppose, but, your basic question seems bit different ".. its under Djinn, not jinn. .." can be answered by @[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]]. 
:::::Btw, I raised a help question "Requesting help in ascertaining, What is "official Islam"? to the authors D.B. MacDonald and H. Massé"  at [[Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities#What is "official Islam"? ~ Encyclopaedia of Islam|humanities ref desk]]. Let us see if what info may come up from ref desk. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 10:54, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
:::::::I assume you have read the whole source? [[User:Slatersteven|Slatersteven]] ([[User talk:Slatersteven|talk]]) 11:07, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
::::::::Oh of course, You also can verify by Following [https://referenceworks-brill-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/display/entries/EIEO/COM-0191.xml?rskey=ELgxxM&result=1 this Brill link] for Wikipedians provided by [[WP:REREQ]] volunteer . I have included quote at at [[Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities#What is "official Islam"? ~ Encyclopaedia of Islam|humanities ref desk]] Do you want me to copypaste the quote here too? or quote can be included the in the sentence ref itself, you suggest [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 13:17, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
:::::::::: Then it needs re-working as it looks like an almost verbatim copy and paste. [[User:Slatersteven|Slatersteven]] ([[User talk:Slatersteven|talk]]) 15:17, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
:::::::::::@[[User:Slatersteven|Slatersteven]], do you have any – maybe we could call them "non-policy" concerns about this?  Because I notice that [[Talk:Jinn#c-Slatersteven-20240727093800-WhatamIdoing-20240727051300|above]] you expressed concern that the source doesn't verify the text, and [[Talk:Jinn#c-Slatersteven-20240727151700-Bookku-20240727131700|down here]], not even six hours later, you're saying that you think the source verifies the text so well that it's a possible [[WP:COPYPASTA]] problem.  
:::::::::::Back-to-back opposite claims feels like someone throwing up every objection he can think of, in the hope that one of his objections will be agreed with and he'll be able to keep the text out.  Would you mind telling us what your actual, underlying concerns are? [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 15:31, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
::::::::::::NO, I did not I expressed concern then the answer to that came back as what looks like a copy vio. They can just re-write this and that concern is also addressed. [[User:Slatersteven|Slatersteven]] ([[User talk:Slatersteven|talk]]) 15:41, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
:::::::::::::Since sentence formation is changed and <u>also juxtaposed with other authors</u> it may have been bit close but technically not a serious issue I suppose. Anyways as discussed my concern about term "official Islam" seem to need change; below I have presented alternate suggestion. Purpose of RfC is not just support / oppose but suggesting improvements.  may be you can provide your valuable inputs how it can be improved further. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 18:13, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
::::::::::::::@[[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] thanks. [[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 11:56, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
::::::::::::::@[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]], [[User:Slatersteven|Slatersteven]], [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]], I've added a quote from ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'' provided by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities#July_27 Reference Desk Humanities] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities#What_is_%22official_Islam%22?_~_Encyclopaedia_of_Islam What is "official Islam"? ~ Encyclopaedia of Islam], July 27) to [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User%3ALouis_P._Boog%2Fsandbox%2FJinn_sandbox_4-20-2024&diff=1237045829&oldid=1236472154 proposed version of Jinn article]. As well as changed text from
::::::::::::::'"completely accepted" in official Islam', to  
::::::::::::::'"completely accepted" in "official" or mainstream Islam'--[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 21:43, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
::::::::::::::Reference Desk Humanities also found the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Resource_Exchange/Resource_Request#page_number_of_sentence_in_book_The_Routledge_Companion_to_the_Qur'an page number of a cited sentence in book ''The Routledge Companion to the Qur'an''] --21:53, 27 July 2024 (UTC) 
*Comment about '''"Official Islam"''': 
:The term "Official Islam", certainly used by RS, still seems to be <u>too contextual and finding alternate wording may be better.</u> But what do authors D.B. MacDonald, H. Massé. Title: Ḏj̲inn. Encyclopaedia of Islam mean by the term "Official Islam"?
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:“.. In mediaeval Islamic thought, the term “official” Islam is applied to what is religiously lawful, and what consequently, enjoys divine sanction. Its contents are held to go back  to the Qur’anic text considered “revelation” and ancient “Sunna”.  ..” ~ '''Waardenburg, Jacques.''' “Official, Popular, and Normative Religion in Islam” - Islam, Historical, social and political perspectives Berlin de Gruyter GMBH & Co  (2002)   
:Retrieved from Ed.Rippin, Andrew. Defining Islam: A Reader. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2016. Page 209 (available on google books)
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:The question was also presented at [[Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities#What is "official Islam"? ~ Encyclopaedia of Islam|Humanities ref desk]] WP user answers so far received indicate: 
** ".. It means "standard/mainstream/mainline" Islam (coming in Shia and Sunni ..). As supported by Islamic scholarship, or most of it. .."; 
:** ".. Possibly written Islam as defined by trained and educated Ulama, as opposed to more folklorish or popular concepts? .."; 
:** ".. contrasts "official (Sunni) Islam" with "vernacular Islam", which incorporates beliefs based on vernacular legends. While the term "official Islam" is not explicitly defined in the (Németh, Kinga (2024)) article, it is connected in the text to the points of view of "Islamic institutions", "scholars of Islam" and "schools of Islam". .."
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:[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 17:36, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
::Some relevant dictionary meanings of word "Official" as 'adjective' from google search: formal, ritualistic, authoritative. [https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/official Link to some weak matches from thesaurus.com]. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 12:04, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]], we will keep discussion on word 'official' in this sub-thread. I think may be, 'authoritative Islam' will be better term.  
:::After going through google scholar I realized some new generation academics like Richard McGregor are not comfortable with “popular versus official” Islam categorization may be since calling any practice of Islam un-official can be contentious. Secondly, in recent academics, seems, wording 'official Islam' is used much more for the versions/ schools/ practices supported by respective regimes of respective countries.[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 04:00, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
* Suggesting another version for sentence:
:{{talkquote|Jinn have been called "an integral part" of the Muslim tradition[1] or faith,[2] "completely accepted" in mainstream Islam;[3] significantly featured in folklore,[4] but also considered "quite solemnly" by both medieval and modern Muslim scholars,[5] who "figured out" the implicit repercussions expected through existence of Jinn -- their legal status, the possible relations between them and mankind, especially in questions of marriage and property.}}
:[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 18:04, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
::<u>Pl. suggest further improvements / alternatives to above </u> [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 18:15, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
::::@[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) Have to disagree with your new version above. Firstly You can't paraphrase text and then put it in quotes. A quote <s>has to use the same text.</s> by definition copies the words quoted. you may change the wording to avoid copyright infringement, but surely quoting a few key words and phrases -- "official", "worked out", "quite seriously" -- cannot be a violation of copyright! (Also, in English usage and this context, "quite solemnly" (which implies some ceremonial feature) is not really <s>the same as</s> a good paraphrasing of "quite seriously".)  --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 01:38, 29 July 2024 (UTC) [[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 01:55, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
:::::I have discussed word official in sub-thread above. I think you have a point in 'Firstly You can't paraphrase text and then put it in quotes'. a) may be you can think about changes in wording that is not in quotes. b) Whether <u>fully accepted in authoritative Islam</u>, <u>very seriously</u>, <u>figured out</u> can be equally effective without quote. Certainly my primary concern is distancing from CR issues, otherwise I don't have any objection as such. [[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 04:17, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

* The RfC is being rescinded  (temporarily withdrawn per [[WP:RFCEND]]  by editor who started the RfC) after discussion at [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment#Pl. suggest format for RfC|WT:RFC]] and <u>shall be restarted after their some Wiki-break by [[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]]</u> in more simpler format to facilitate improved user participation.[[User:Bookku|&#32;Bookku   ]] ([[User talk:Bookku|talk]]) 16:56, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

==RfC --  In the article section "Islam", should the following sentence be added at the beginning?==
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| result = There is '''consensus''' to add the proposed content. As several editors proposed some changes or offered qualified support, this close does not preclude further changes to the wording in the normal course of editing and discussion. [[User:Voorts|voorts]] ([[User talk:Voorts|talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Voorts|contributions]]) 00:20, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
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In the article section "Islam", should the following sentence be added at the beginning?
{{Quote frame|Jinn have been called  an integral part of the Muslim tradition<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark A. Caudill|title=Twilight in the Kingdom: Understanding the Saudis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZbjOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA92|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]]|publication-date=2006|isbn=9780313084850|page=92|quote=Jinn are an integral part of both traditional and Gnostic Islamic belief.}}</ref> or  faith,<ref>{{cite book|author=William E. Burns|title=They Believed That?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Superstitions and the Supernatural around the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hEvEEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA137|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]]|publication-date=2022|isbn=9781440878480|page=137|quote=Jinn are considered by some authorities to be an integral part of the Islamic faith due to their inclusion in the Quran.}}</ref>  completely accepted in official Islam;<ref name=EI-2-English/>
prominently featured in folklore.<ref name="Olomi-prominently-2021">{{cite book |last1=Olomi |first1=Ali A. |title=The Routledge Companion to the Qur'an |date=2021 |page=149|publisher=Routledge |location=N.Y. |access-date=24 July 2024 |chapter=14. Jinn in the Quran |quote=The jinn feature prominently in Islamic folklore as ambivalent and mischievous supernatural forces. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Routledge_Companion_to_the_Qur_an/-GtHEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=jinn+prominently+featured+in+muslim+folklore&pg=PT225&printsec=frontcover}}</ref> <s>It is also taken quite seriously by both medieval and modern Muslim scholars</s>  Medieval and modern scholars have studied the consequences implied by their existence,<ref>{{cite book|editor1=Coeli Fitzpatrick|editor2=Adam Hani Walker|title=Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DOTNEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA321|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]]|publication-date=2014|isbn=9781610691789|page=321 |quote=Although they feature prominently in folklore, jinn are also taken quite seriously by Muslim scholars, both medieval and modern.}}</ref>  <s>who worked out the consequences implied by their existence</s>  legal status, the possible relations between them and mankind, especially in questions of  marriage and property.<ref name=EI-2-English>{{cite  encyclopedia |chapter=Djinn |title=Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English) |editor1= D.B. MacDonald |editor2=H. Massé |editor3=P.N. Boratav |editor4=K.A. Nizami |editor5=P. Voorhoeve |url= https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/EIEO/COM-0191.xml |access-date=27 July 2024 |quote=II. In official Islam the existence of the d̲j̲inn was completely accepted, as it is to This day, and the full consequences implied by their existence were worked out. Their legal status in all respects was discussed and fixed, and the possible relations between them and mankind, especially in questions of marriage and property, were examined.}}</ref>}} --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 01:45, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Why this RfC?? 
*Some important Muslim scholars and a good many Muslims in parts of the Muslim world, hold that belief in Jinn is essential to the Islamic faith,<ref name="Nünlist-2015"/>{{rp|style=ama|p=33}}  (similar to the widely held that Muslims must believe in the [[Iman_(Islam)#The_Six_Articles_of_Faith |Six Articles of Faith]], i.e. [[Angels in Islam|Angel]]s, [[Tawhid|the oneness of God]], [[Islamic holy books|holy books]], [[Prophets and messengers in Islam|Prophets]], etc.), since jinn are mentioned in the Quran. 
*A number of sentences, bits of text and citations expanding information on this subject [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=1213407309&oldid=1213323568 here] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=1219276270&oldid=1219111078 here] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=1219312416&oldid=1219310516 here] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jinn&diff=1219316862&oldid=1219313447 here],  have been deleted from the article since April.
*The sentence above in the blue is part of this collection of text and citations. For those interested, the whole bunch can be found  [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:Louis_P._Boog/sandbox/Jinn_sandbox_4-20-2024&action=edit here], in a  proposed rewriting of body of article. 
*To see discussion of issue, check sections above  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jinn#Recent_deletions here], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jinn#Reverting_of_WP:BOLD_after_closing_of_Dispute_Resolution_discussion here]. -- [[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 01:45, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Note: this effort has been going on since (maybe) April, but I thought I'd give it one last try. If the first one flies I'll try others.  --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 01:45, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

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* Ref 1  
** '''Published by:''' [[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]]
** '''Author brief:''' Mark A. Caudill is a 15-year U.S. Foreign Service officer who served in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from 1999 to 2002. Currently he is Vice Consul, U.S. Consulate General, Istanbul, Turkey.
* Ref 2
** '''Published by:'''[[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]]
** '''Author brief:''' William E. Burns . Visiting and Part-Time Faculty, Department of History, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
William Burns is a historian who lives in the Washington, D.C. metro area with interests in the early modern world and the history of science. [https://history.columbian.gwu.edu/william-earl-burns ref: columbian.gwu.edu]
* Ref 3 [[Encyclopaedia of Islam]] 
* Ref 4
** '''Publisher''': [[Routledge]]
** '''Author brief:''' Ali A. Olomi is assistant professor of history at Penn State Abington and an affiliated scholar with the Rutgers Center for Security, Race and Rights. ... Olomi holds a Ph.D. from the University of California Irvine. [https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/people/ali-a-olomi]
* Ref 5
** Publisher: [[Bloomsbury Publishing USA]]
** Author brief: [[Richard Bonney]] :University of Leicester | LE · School of Historical Studies
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===Survey===
('''Support''' add sentence; '''Oppose''' don't.)

*'''Support''': The sentence is concise, supported by reliable sources. Its relevance to the subject I think can be demonstrated to anyone spending even a short amount of time researching the subject. Interest and belief in Jinn is overwhelmingly Islamic. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 01:45, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
*'''Support''': per the previous discussions, I believe this is required.--[[User:TheEagle107|TheEagle107]] ([[User talk:TheEagle107|talk]]) 19:14, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
*'''Support'''. {{summoned by bot}} It needs some work, but it makes sense to have an introduction to the topic before going into the specifics. [[User:Ships%26Space|<span style="color: #848482">Ships</span>]] &amp; [[User talk:Ships%26Space|<span style="color: MidnightBlue">Space</span>]]<sub>([[Special:Contributions/Ships%26Space|Edits]])</sub> 15:59, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
::Any suggestions for "work" on the sentence? --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 18:59, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

*'''Comment''': The sentence can be shortened to those parts that are discussed in length in the actual article. This RfC should be listed under religion. [[User:Senorangel|Senorangel]] ([[User talk:Senorangel|talk]]) 03:30, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
::Oops! Pardon my sloppiness -[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 18:54, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
::What do you see in the sentence that isn't discussed in length in the actual article? --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 18:59, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
:::I misread the proposal and thought this is going to the "beginning" of the entire article. The sentence is quite long, however. It can probably be divided at "folklore". [[User:Senorangel|Senorangel]] ([[User talk:Senorangel|talk]]) 03:51, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
::::I've divided it into two at that point. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 16:22, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

*'''Question''' - What's with all the [[scare quote]]s?  "an integral part", "completely accepted", "quite seriously", "worked out". I hope these aren't intended to go into the article? [[User:Fieari|Fieari]] ([[User talk:Fieari|talk]]) 06:39, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
::NOT intended to be scare quotes. More like copyright quotes. Intended to indicate it is exactly the terms/phrase the source used and avoid problems with the Wikipedia copyright police. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 17:38, 10 September 2024 (UTC) 
::So, yes, they are intended to go into the article.--[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 17:42, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
:::I strongly feel that these read as scare quotes far more than attestation quotes, particularly because the quoted sections are so short (two or three words each).  If the statements are well sourced enough, it should be fine just to cite them and continue to use wiki-voice.  The little citation markers next to the words already serve the purpose you intend.  Let me put it this way, for the purposes of the RFC, I '''support''' the text to be included in the section, but '''only if''' the quotation marks are removed. Otherwise, I feel that the natural reading is the opposite of what you want to say, and more importantly, opposite to what the sources say. Scare quotes are a thing. [[User:Fieari|Fieari]] ([[User talk:Fieari|talk]]) 00:08, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
::::OK, I'll try that. It won't add a large quantity of copyright material so maybe it won't matter. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 17:07, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
:::::I don't believe quoting two words in succession is the same thing as plagiarism, especially when supplying the citation. Good work. I agree with @[[User:Fieari|Fieari]]. [[User:Pistongrinder|Pistongrinder]] ([[User talk:Pistongrinder|talk]]) 22:35, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
*'''Support''' I'm surprised it's even an RfC (which you covered above, so thank you). Good source material, informative, improves the article. Well done. [[User:Pistongrinder|Pistongrinder]] ([[User talk:Pistongrinder|talk]]) 22:38, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
*'''Support''' This is a great contributation and the sources are excellent.
*'''Qualified support.''' The sentence is on the right track but overstates the situation. There is no monolithic "official Islam," so it comes across as tendentious to make a blanket assertion that jinn is "completely accepted." After all, the prevalence section begins: "'''Though discouraged by some teachings of modern Islam...'''" Furthermore, the article does not discuss "official Islam," so this is tough for the lead. I'd also remove "quite seriously" as if arguing the point. Instead, I'd suggest: "Medieval and modern scholars have studied the consequences implied by their existence..." Also, tradition and faith can be combined. Thanks. [[User:ProfGray|ProfGray]] ([[User talk:ProfGray|talk]]) 00:56, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
::Used your suggested replacement of "quite seriously", but deleting "official Islam" is more problematic. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 16:50, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
*'''Support''' It is backed up by RS and gives a good idea of the significance of jinn in various islamic civilizations, thoughts etc. [[User:Durraz0|Durraz0]] ([[User talk:Durraz0|talk]]) 22:53, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
*'''Comment''':It seems a bit redundant. It seems like different sources used different terms to describe the same thing, that Jinn are part of Islamic belief, and these terms are just strung together. This might create a sense of emphasis that is not intended. Reads almost like a legal argument. [[User:Tinynanorobots|Tinynanorobots]] ([[User talk:Tinynanorobots|talk]]) 15:31, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
::It's a summary of what comes below, so it sounds like the more in depth description below. Different sources using different terms to describe much the same thing is an indication of agreement by at least some different sources. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 16:12, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
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Added to Islam section. --[[User:Louis P. Boog|Louis P. Boog]] ([[User talk:Louis P. Boog|talk]]) 15:51, 24 October 2024 (UTC)