Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lists of Americans


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The result was   keep. no arguments for deletion aside the nom JForget  01:06, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Lists of Americans

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There's a reason we have categories. This page is a list of lists, and doesn't actually contain encyclopedic content.  — fetch ·  comms   22:07, 1 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:34, 1 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep Lists of lists are specifically allowed for at WP:STAND. And WP:CLS tells us very clearly that categories do not supersede lists and that we should not delete one to promote the other. Colonel Warden (talk) 22:39, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep A list of lists is just fine. It would be a different discussion if these were NN or redlinked, but they're not. Jclemens (talk) 00:14, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
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