[WikiEN-l] No "list of X" article unless there's already a good "X" article

[Charlotte Webb]

On 7/15/07, Daniel P. B. Smith <wikipedia2006 at dpbsmith.com> wrote:
> I wish there were widespread general consensus that there should not
> be a "list of X" article unless there is already a high-quality
> article on the topic of "X." And the list should begin as a section
> within the "X" article and should not be broken out until it becomes
> unmanageably long.

That wouldn't be workable as an actual rule.

No "parent article" has ever existed for this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Alabama
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Alabama&redirect=no
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Governor_%28Alabama%29&redirect=no

But it's a featured list candidate (which seems to be failing, but
only due to lack of pictures):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/List_of_Governors_of_Alabama

And here's one that passed over a year ago and still no companion
article has been created.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Tamil_Nadu
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chief_Minister_of_Tamil_Nadu&redirect=no
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chief_Minister_%28Tamil_Nadu%29&redirect=no

—C.W.