Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of chief executive officers


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. On balance, the arguments on the Keep side carry more P&G weight, while the Delete arguments are largely around the content rather than the notability of the topic, suggesting the page can be fixed editorially. Renomination allowed in two months, in case the content issues aren't resolved. Owen&times; &#9742;  16:50, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

List of chief executive officers

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Ephemeral list with unclear criteria for inclusion. Category:Chief executives by nationality includes more then 12,000 notable subjects, which could potentially all end up in this list. Broc (talk) 12:25, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Lists of people,  and Lists. Broc (talk) 12:25, 25 June 2024 (UTC)


 * DELETE - WP:NOTDIRECTORY also delete subcategories on a separate AFD deletion. Why do we need this list, or any of the other similar lists? There's a whole bunch of this stuff we could delete. See Category:Lists of businesspeople - why do we need to know how many Jewish persons are in a given area of corporations? And why do we need to know their specific names and birth-death dates? It just goes on and on, with probably nobody updating these lists. — Maile  (talk) 13:38, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @Maile66 I've noticed those other lists such as List of Jewish American businesspeople in finance which do not seem to fulfill WP:NLIST. However, they can't be grouped with this nomination, as my concerns for this list are more about WP:SALAT (selection criterion is too broad) and WP:LISTOUTCOMES (ephemeral listings are usually deleted). Broc (talk) 14:22, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Understood. Just mentioning in case anyone else wants to create an AFD for any of those .  — Maile  (talk) 15:01, 25 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Keep This list appears to only have current CEOs of notable companies, even though it's not clearly stated; skimming the categories, I see a lot of former CEOs and executives of non-notable companies or other types of entities. This list could probably be reorganized to be sorted by country or further limited to, say, Fortune 500 or equivalent companies, as well as removing the few CEOs listed who don't have their own articles either, but it serves a valid navigational purpose. These categories have a lot of people who aren't corporate executives or are notable for other things, so it's not very useful for navigation. I'd further note that the item on the Common Outcomes page was added in 2011 as "Ephemeral listings of current personnel", which is often seen as non-notable people; this is by no means a precedent that applies here and does not ban the concept of things being up to date. Reywas92Talk 15:13, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep If the list gets too long, it can split out by nationality. This is far more useful than a category that only list their names, this showing what company they are in, what years they held this title,  and how they got their position.  Perfect valid navigational list.   D r e a m Focus  16:45, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete: Unable to understand the selection criteria for what constitutes a "notable company" or how a "position corresponding" to CEO is defined. As such, this is a WP:NLIST violation. Let&#39;srun (talk) 17:40, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 * If the CEO and the company both have their own Wikipedia articles, then they are notable. If its notable enough for a category, you can make a far more useful navigational list out of it.   D r e a m Focus  23:35, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete, is a random list with no clear boundaries. What defines a notable company? There must be thousands of CEOs, if not more, this article lists a few hundred. Would be more useful if there were defined boundaries, e.g. of a FTSE 100 or Nasdaq 100. Heronrhyne (talk) 04:30, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * — Heronrhyne (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.  D r e a m Focus  04:37, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Owen&times; &#9742;  16:23, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep: This list doesn't seem to be simply a directory, as it provides info about each entry. As for the consern of the list becoming to large, it could always be split into different articles, say by country, if we come upon that bridge. GrayStorm(Complaints Dept.&#124;My Contribs.) 00:50, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep Useful list, passes WP:NLIST. Of course it is incomplete and not always up to date, as inevitably with any such list. Edwardx (talk) 08:02, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep. This is outdated, yes, but it's a useful navigational list that doesn't overlap with any of our categories. I disagree that the selection criteria is too broad. -- asilvering (talk) 19:12, 8 July 2024 (UTC)


 * 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.