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This deletion discussion is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive. You can read the deletion policy or ask a question at the Village pump. If the circumstances surrounding this file have changed in a notable manner, you may re-nominate this file or ask for it to be undeleted. Category:Three Wise Men I would like to see this category merged with Category:Adoration of the Magi as they seem to be the same thing here. However, there might be a distinction I am not aware of. en: wiki has two articles: en:Biblical Magi and en:Adoration of the Magi ---- Deadstar (msg) 14:28, 27 December 2007 (UTC) As I understand it, "Adoration of the Magi" is a term referring to the specific event (the adoration), which is often depicted in artwork. "Three Wise Men" or "Three Kings" is a broader term which encompasses all we have heard about the three magi, and various depictions, for instance someone dressing up as them. I therefore think Category:Adoration of the Magi should become a subcategory of the other. --Ranveig 23:16, 27 December 2007 (UTC) OK, thanks for that. I had a quick browse through what is in "Three Wise Men" and it seems to be a mix: from the above, would it be a fair guideline to say that if an image just depicts the Wise Men (and the star, and their camels, and their gifts etc.), it would be in the Three Wise Men category, and if it also depicts Jesus, the stable, Mary etc. it would be in the Adoration of the Magi category? -- Deadstar (msg) 08:46, 28 December 2007 (UTC)  Done, there are still a lot of images that need to be moved, though. --rimshottalk 15:11, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

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The name is misnomer, because there's no reference of the number three. I suggest changing the category to Category:Biblical magi, and to avoid the variations of "wise men" and "magi". Bennylin (yes?) 17:31, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

There's no "three" in the Bible, but in most artistic depictions there are three of them... AnonMoos (talk) 15:24, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

"not in Nativity scene"?

The picture in wikidata infobox is really a Nativity scene... (I don't know how to replace it) --Fr.Latreille (talk) 13:08, 15 November 2020 (UTC)