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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Jack Frost ( talk) 00:55, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
List of Urdu literary critics
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This list article contains no references and thus does not meet the requirement of WP:LISTVERIFY. A look at some of the individual articles listed shows that not all of the subjects are identified as critics in the text of their respective articles. Critics are organised on Wikipedia by category, we already have a category for Urdu critics and that seems sufficient. Mccapra ( talk) 03:51, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
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- If it's verifiable whether someone belongs in Category:Urdu critics, then it's also verifiable whether they belong in a list of the same thing. If there are incorrect entries in this list, remove them. If there are correct entries that do not have inline sources in this list, add the sources. Keep per WP:LISTPURP as standard index of people by occupation and as a complement to the category per WP:CLN. postdlf ( talk) 16:54, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
- Keep I agree with postdlf argument above that this list should be kept as a complement and in addition to the category. I will work on it to move some references from the existing individual Urdu literary critic articles to this List article. Encourage others to join in as well and work on it. There are dozens of Urdu critics on the list and we certainly have references there to copy-paste them here. Ngrewal1 ( talk) 18:19, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
- Keep as discriminate and verifiable as long as the entries are notable. If other random people start appearing in here it's worth removing them. Archrogue ( talk) 19:29, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
- Keep Lists are not very strictly controlled. As long as a list is well-defined enough to prevent it from being WP:INDISCRIMINATE, we keep it. Per SALAT, a list that is likely to have too many entries could be split with narrower criteria instead of deleting. Plus we are always looking for ways to have index articles/lists to better integrate the encyclopedia. Ever since I found List of Nepalese people whose apparent purpose is to keep obscure Nepali biographies from being orphaned, my bar is pretty low. Usedtobecool ☎️ 13:08, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
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