There were two main reasons why I closed The solid arguments WP SALAT and WP NOT DIRECTORY Keep but remove red links isn t really a solid rationale it didn t really address the two arguments above The second keep was stronger but again didn t really address the points above and was more along the lines of WP OTHERSTUFFEXISTS As We66er said removing the redlinks would leave a list of five which defeats the object of a list On the counter side of that argument redlinks show potential for new articles but when there are so many redlinks there is no need for such a list There were many items on the list yet only a handful were referenced and as another said one of the organisations on that list had been deleted previously through AfD The strongest keep therefore was WP STAND but that was struck as a result of misinterpretation This is the full reason for my close However deleting admins don t generally say any more than keep or delete in their closing statement unless 1 there is a specific reason for the delete and or 2 it was a decision that could cause controversy Generally the reasons for delete are ascertainable in the discussion itself By the way the text is at User GRuban deleted article for your review Best