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The result was keep. Rename to List of leaders of Arab League member states. ( non-admin closure) f eminist 14:12, 15 March 2017 (UTC) reply

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This is just trivial and inaccurate. Anything useful could be mentioned in passing at Arab League. But the article's title is that it's about Arab "leaders" and then mentions several heads of state and government of non-Arab states (e.g. Somalia and Djibouti--they are not Arab). ― Justin (koavf)TCM 19:06, 20 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 19:07, 20 February 2017 (UTC) reply
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 19:07, 20 February 2017 (UTC) reply
Struck part of my !vote; added link to "List of leaders of Arab League member states". North America 1000 22:29, 11 March 2017 (UTC) reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Consensus to rename?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh ( talk) 04:18, 28 February 2017 (UTC) reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh ( talk) 04:25, 8 March 2017 (UTC) reply

Rename to List of leaders of Arab League member states (not List of Arab League leaders which is ambiguous because it could mean leaders of the Arab League organisation). "Somalia and Djibouti--they are not Arab" is not necessarily true (depending on definition of "Arab"): both countries are Member states of the Arab League. I have noticed, however, inconsistencies or misunderstanding in Template:Arab country leaders caused by a recent edit which I have now reverted, and that template has had several very recent name changes. To be consistent, Template:Arab country leaders should be similarly renamed Template:Leaders of Arab League member states. Shhhnotsoloud ( talk) 17:34, 9 March 2017 (UTC) reply

@ Shhhnotsoloud: Djibouti and Somalia aren't Arabic-speaking places so the peoples there aren't Arabs. ― Justin (koavf)TCM 17:49, 9 March 2017 (UTC) reply
@ Koavf: From the articles - Somalia: "In addition to Somali, Arabic, which is also an Afro-Asiatic tongue, is an official national language in Somalia." Djibouti: "There are two official languages in Djibouti: Arabic (Afroasiatic) and French (Indo-European)". I said "depending on your definition". If your definition is "members of the Arab League" or "has Arabic as an official language" then they are Arab countries. However, let's not go there. Avoid the debate by specifying "Arab League member states" in both the nominated article and its associated template. Shhhnotsoloud ( talk) 18:10, 9 March 2017 (UTC) reply
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