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The result was redirect to List of governors of dependent territories in the 21st century. czar 22:04, 6 March 2017 (UTC) reply

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Do we really need lists like this for every year? According to WP:NOTDIRECTORY, we do not.

I'm also unconvinced that WP:LISTN is met:

"One accepted reason why a list topic is considered notable is if it has been discussed as a group or set by independent reliable sources"

in a WP:GNG fashion. –  Finnusertop ( talkcontribs) 20:41, 9 February 2017 (UTC) reply

Firstly I don’t understand why you say “we do not” It is your opinion not the opinion of a group. Secondly they are a lot of list by year. I find List of elections by year, list of country by year and more others, Why a list of dependent territory leaders is not necessary? Concerning independent reliable sources. Why www.rulers.org and www. worldstatesmen.org are not independent and reliable sources? I understand if someone is not interested in archontology. If you are not it is no problem. But they are other persons whom are. And you don’t hold absolute truth Bogdan Uleia ( talk)

The fact that other similar articles exist is not relevant to deletion discussions. Also, in the sources you give, you're not showing that the list topic has been discussed as a distinct set: you've posted two links to databases, which might or might not be able to give the lists being discussed here as a database extract, but which certainly don't feature them as a topic. -- Slashme ( talk) 08:29, 10 February 2017 (UTC) reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh ( talk) 01:12, 18 February 2017 (UTC) reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh ( talk) 19:31, 26 February 2017 (UTC) reply
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 15:20, 3 March 2017 (UTC) reply
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 15:20, 3 March 2017 (UTC) reply
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