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The result was delete. Sandstein 07:14, 11 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

List of major figures of the Second Sino-Japanese War[edit]

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I don't see precisely what purpose this article serves, when this information is on the Second Sino-Japanese War's infobox. Loafiewa (talk) 22:01, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per nom. What constitutes "major" is rather hazy. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:07, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete the word "major" is ill defined and the information is already available in an info-box. So, there's no reason for this article. --Adamant1 (talk) 03:59, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete non-encyclopaedic. Mztourist (talk) 04:41, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Article meets criteria in Advantages of a list and WP:CLN. "Consider that lists may include features not available to categories, and building a rudimentary list of links is a useful step in improving a list. Deleting these rudimentary lists is a waste of these building blocks" // Timothy :: talk 00:21, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There's no comparable category. The closest is Category:People of the Second Sino-Japanese War, which has no "major" component. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:56, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to Clarityfiend: WP:CLN says, "When deciding whether to create or avoid a list, the existence of a category on the same topic is irrelevant." and "Instead, each method of organizing information has its own advantages and disadvantages, and is applied for the most part independently of the other methods" // Timothy :: talk 05:49, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but the absence of a "major" category is rather telling. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:05, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Not all the figures from the list article are included in the infobox. Also it can be rather useful to see all the figures involved listed rather than look for them in a long article. To me the list is logical. The name however (meaning the word "major") should be changed as it violates NPOV. Less Unless (talk) 09:44, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:OR. What makes these figures "major"? This list is based on a subjective standard of "major-ness" that cannot ground an encyclopedic article. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 04:59, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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