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Baby Jesus theft was one of the Philosophy and religion good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
February 28, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed
May 27, 2009	Peer review	Reviewed
December 24, 2010	Articles for deletion	No consensus
December 12, 2021	Good article reassessment	Delisted
Current status: Delisted good article

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Really?

Why does this even have an article? A few minor crimes that occur in locations in the US hardly merits an article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.111.118.93 (talk) 01:08, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You guys....

What is up with this article?? This is ridiculous. Please delete this joke of an article before any serious anti-wikipedia entity finds out about this. Seriously.

Sincerely, some dude

Ridiculously USA-centric

Are the authors of this post even aware of how US-centric the tone and content of this post is? It's described as if it's some kind of global phenomenon, but not only are all the incidents listed from the US, the assumptions here are ridiculous. If it was a global phenomenon, would there really be enough owners of outdoor manger scenes who have the money, satellite access, and regular electricity to power lighting for an outdoor manger scene, let alone these apparently very prevalent GPS tracking systems and surveillance cameras this article implies have been deployed everywhere? This is so frustrating for me it's ridiculous, given that it's such an absurd topic anyway. Somewildthingsgo (talk) 01:03, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Incidents which have received significant coverage

Google News search yields some good stuff. The first item which comes up is a story from USA Today about a 70-year-old grandmother who was the culprit in one such case. PSWG1920 (talk) 07:22, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is this really noteworthy?

While likely an annoying phenomenon if your Jesus figurine has dollar and/or spiritual value to you... does this really deserve a Wikipedia article? People steal stop signs too, which is much more dangerous, but does not have its own Wikipedia article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.49.19.120 (talk) 13:34, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Street sign theft--Banana (talk) 04:56, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Owned —Will ^(B) 22:09, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Baby Jesus theft has been listed as one of the Philosophy and religion good articles under the good article criteria.

Rly? Are you kidding me? This sad excuse of an article is listed as a good article? If this certifies for a listing, the criteria for good articles need a serious revision -- 85.179.59.93 (talk) 02:56, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Noteworthy?

I am usually an inclusionist, but this is a little ridiculous. If we made an article for everything that was stolen we wouldn't have time to work on anything else. Lauren^whisper 01:07, 25 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Consider a merge?

I know a lot of people are considering that this article should be deleted, but as far as the Christian movement goes, I know of a few who were greatly affected by it religiously. Is there a way that instead of this being deleted, could it possibly be merged with another article just as a small mention that pertains to that subject? Maybe combine it with the nativity scene page as a small section that pertains to "conflicts against the nativity" or something along those lines? CHRISTismyROCK83 (talk) 01:38, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It hasn't been deleted, and anyone thinking of deleting it at this time of year will go directly to hell, so I think we're good for now.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 06:46, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Massive POV problems

Frequent unsupported references to the actions of anti-christian groups give this article a strong pro-christian bias. Even linking to the wiki article for a serious such group would be a start; showing that groups trying to "take the christ out of christmas" even exist, let alone could be responsible, would be even better.A Pedant (talk) 11:49, 25 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ramona Pageant

Since this article has a section for theft of the baby from nativity scenes in drama, perhaps a mention of the Ramona Pageant is in order? It's a pretty big plot point. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.2.61.160 (talk) 17:14, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to "Nativity scene theft"?

The baby Jesus figures are the most common target of theft, but people often seem to steal other elements or entire scenes. In the UK, "nativity scene theft" seems to be a more common phrase, and it strikes me as a slightly more neutral title. – SJ + 02:48, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

whole scene (2007): [1]
painting of nativity (1969): [2]