Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of New Zealand politicians


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The result was keep. czar 06:41, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

List of New Zealand politicians

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Too high level for a list, better served by Category:New Zealand politicians and lists of officeholders. WP:SALAT "Lists that are too general or too broad in scope have little value, unless they are split into sections" Ivar the Boneful (talk) 03:13, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 03:13, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 03:13, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. North America1000 03:33, 1 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep Clearly defined list of notable people. WP:CLN states that categories and lists go hand in hand. You've answered your question with the "...unless they are split into sections" bit. Maybe discuss how to split it (if needed) on the talkpage instead.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 07:19, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per Lugnuts. Whether it's turned into a list of lists, or organized through different subheaders, is a matter of development, not deletion. There are also always going to be notable politicians who don't fit into office-specific lists, either because there aren't enough notable examples for a particular office, or because they're the occasional failed candidate who never held office of any kind but nevertheless passes notability standards. So broad lists may be the only way to capture those individuals. And there's also a possible argument to make for having a master index so people don't have to navigate through dozens of subcategories or sublists. postdlf (talk) 14:35, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Absurd nomination. See Category:Lists of politicians by nationality which show that we have similar lists for every nation. Andrew🐉(talk) 15:27, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a clean-up issue. There is nothing wrong with having a list of New Zealand politicians, however it does need to be presented better. Ajf773 (talk) 22:51, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep clearly notable and fulfills WP:NLIST Lightburst (talk) 00:58, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:POLOUTCOMES. I might disagree, but the longstanding consensus is to keep such broad lists. Bearian (talk) 15:18, 6 August 2020 (UTC)


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