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The result was keep. Joyous! | Talk 00:43, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth[edit]

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Redundant Wikipedia:Content forking. This material can be adequately covered in the childhood section of the article on Jesus and in the article on Luke 2. The family do not return to Nazareth according to Matthew's narrative. BobKilcoyne (talk) 07:17, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bible-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:05, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:05, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: significant coverage in thousands of secondary sources throughout history, artwork, etc. The Jesus article is not meant to have this level of detail, of course. The title could be changed to cover the account in both gospels, but I don't think it's a big problem. St Anselm (talk) 05:15, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This article has no substantive detail which would be appropriate in Jesus and/or Luke 2, and there is one image but otherwise the artwork on the topic is not referred to in the article. - BobKilcoyne (talk) 16:42, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

But that's not a reason for deletion - that's a reason to improve the article. St Anselm (talk) 18:23, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Jesus#Early life, family, and profession without prejudice towards recreation with appropriate sourcing. As of now, only a content fork. James (^talk/_contribs) 17:42, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I have started a rewrite and expansion of the article; it now covers the move to Nazareth in both gospels. St Anselm (talk) 21:26, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable topic. Like many (not all) events in scripture - from the Vedas to the Quran - this topic that has been discussed for centuries and can be sourced. (Not to mention notable artistic representations.) I accept StAnselm's promise to source, because he is an experienced and dedicated editor. E.M.Gregory (talk) 01:44, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Provides the sequence - following the Flight into Egypt B20097 (talk) 02:38, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is a notable topic. While some editors might think it needs to be part of another article, it is a notable topic on its own (thousands of books and paintings have been written about it), and therefore should not be deleted. Content fork issues should be resolved by editors working with several articles to try to achieve a consistent quality, rather than by deleting one of the articles. Bradv 14:39, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:BEFORE - this has been the subject of art, culture, and religious discussions for 1700 years. Bearian (talk) 00:37, 2 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

So the majority view appears to be to keep. - BobKilcoyne (talk) 05:15, 2 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.