Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Josephus (grandfather of Flavius Josephus)


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  14:41, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Josephus (grandfather of Flavius Josephus)

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Fails WP:BASIC and WP:NOTGENEALOGY. The sources only say in passing that Josephus's grandfather also had that name, while the rest of the article is a WP:CFORK of the 1st paragraph of Josephus. There seem to be no sources actually discussing his life and deeds, or demonstrating any notability. Avilich (talk) 14:06, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Avilich (talk) 14:06, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Avilich (talk) 14:06, 21 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete - As nom suggests, the article basically is "Josephus was a Jerusalem Jew with the name Josephus, and here are all the people he was related to . . .". No basis for personal nobility, and WP:NOTINHERITED. No need to merge because it is all already covered on prospective target pages. Agricolae (talk) 14:54, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete -- This article adds nothing to the content in Josephus, which is about his grandson the historian. I am strengthened in my view because I strongly suspect that we will never know more about this subject than can be deduced from the historian's work, which already gives good details of his ancestry.  Accordingly this is one of many stubs on people from the ancient world about whom we know (and can know) nothing to provide more than enough for a stub.  I might have voted to redirect to his grandson, but the article title is an improbably search term.  Peterkingiron (talk) 16:43, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per WP:NOTINHERITED. Jamesallain85 (talk) 22:22, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per all above.4meter4 (talk) 23:20, 27 September 2021 (UTC)


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