Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of political leaders who held active military ranks in office


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The result was Keep. Davewild (talk) 11:28, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

List of political leaders who held active military ranks in office

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 DELETE  Per WP:NOT#DIR, also not referenced at all. KoshVorlon  ".. We are ALL Kosh..."  20:26, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 13:21, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletions.   — FayssalF  -  Wiki me up®  13:29, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - While it is true that Wikipedia is not a directory, the fact is that lists also qualify as encyclopedic content provided they serve an encyclopedic purpose and adhere to the other guidelines of Wikipedia. This (extremely extensive) list is narrow enough to be useful, and all pages link to full Wikipedia articles which contain verifiable references. --jonny-mt(t)(c) Tell me what you think! 14:41, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Doesn't violate WP:NOT which says "there is nothing wrong with having lists if their entries are famous because they are associated with or significantly contributed to the list topic". Refs can be found in the links, or where not the linked-to articles should be cleaned up. Phil Bridger 14:45, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep as the list serves as encyclopedic content, per jonny-mt. In all honesty, though, the list should probably be reviewed to ensure that references exist at each of the member articles (especially for historical subjects). That's not a cause for deletion, though - that's just cleanup. ZZ Claims~ Evidence 15:11, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * keep for the reasons stated and, by the way, improve. Perhaps a sortable table with names country, position, dates of office would be helpful. Hmains 17:08, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, excellent list. 96T 21:04, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Few of these leaders achieved notability due to their military service and this service was not always a major reason behind their success in achieving power. As such, it is not in line with WP:NOT which states that "there is nothing wrong with having lists if their entries are famous because they are associated with or significantly contributed to the list topic" [emphasis in original]. List of Coup d'état leaders and/or List of military government leaders would be a more meaningful classification and would include everyone who's notable for the combination of their military service and leadership on this list. --Nick Dowling 09:42, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


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