Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Palestinian leaders

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. postdlf (talk) 15:50, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

List of Palestinian leaders[edit]

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This list is an unsalvageable anachronism. A significant propoprtion of people currently listed does not meet the inclusion criterion of having been "the most senior official with the role of heading the region in the southern Levant while it was titled Palestine or a variation thereof", with the reasons ranging from "not most senior" via "not an official" to "not titled Palestine". Besides, that criterion would make for a list of leaders of Palestine, not Palestinian leaders. All of that possibly could be fixed, but the basic problem cannot: This list presupposes a continuity of leadership from antiquity to modern times that simply does not exist. Huon (talk) 23:58, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I have added an improve tag. i think improving would be prefarable to deletion. This is a notable topic but I am not an expert on it. I plan to leave a notice on a wikiproject for a more knowledgable editor to improve it. Palestinians are a people of 16 million people. It is lacking if this encyclopedia assumes that such a large number of people have not had any leaders in their history. Hhplactube (talk) 00:57, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Middle East-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:30, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Palestine-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:31, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:31, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep but needs major work. The topic is notable and there are plenty of sources. Defining the topic precisely is more difficult than with most lists like this, but that doesn't mean it can't be made into a useful article. The difference between "leaders of Palestine" and "Palestinian leaders" is something that can be worked out in a naming discussion. Zero^talk 02:56, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:06, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It's a reasonable topic and debates about content can be discussed through normal procedures (talk pages, etc). Lots of similar articles are also problematic and there's no consistency - List of British monarchs is restricted to post-1707 (which is rather restrictive considering Leir of Britain, English kings who defeated and claimed Scotland, etc); in contrast List of rulers of China includes mythical ancient rulers and even gods. Colapeninsula (talk) 18:57, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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