On 7/15/07, Daniel P. B. Smith wikipedia2006@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=n... http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Governor_%28Alabama%29&redirec...
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_Gove...
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&r... http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chief_Minister_%28Tamil_Nadu%29&am...
—C.W.