User:Pia L/sandbox5

This is a worksheet to analyze the proposed mass deletions of Lists of X Americans. The most common keep and delete arguments are as follows:

• Keep supporters often refer to:

<1> quality of article: adequate sourcing, editing (or formatting), encyclopedic content (= No violation of WP:LIST, WP:NPOV, WP:CITE, WP:LISTCRUFT, WP:UNENC),

<2> notable/not a loose connection (=No violation of WP:NOT#DIR) and used by the U.S. Census.

<3> not possible to make into category

<4> part of a series of 60+ such lists just for US, individual lists should not be targeted.

<5> vendetta/systematic bias against ethnic lists

<6> repository for red links (meets WP:SAL)

• Delete supporters often refer to:

A. WP:OVERCAT,

B. a loose connection (=violation of WP:NOT#DIR),

C. should be category instead,

D. an indiscriminate collection of information (=violation of WP:UNENC)