Deletion of List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in the United States

Comment: both as a directory and as a linkfarm. A category is not an excuse to have a list.  Both have seperate functions and while they may lap they do not overlap 100%.  This is a good example of a category that doesn't need a list because the grouping is too broad (per ) to have an encyclopedic article built off of it
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists (WP:SALAT)

Comment: as per . Listings of parishes within perhaps a diocesan article might make sense, but a separate listing of this type seems to me to maybe cross the line
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTDIRECTORY)

Comment: Very very informative, but Wikipedia's rule  is one of the fundamentals of |what Wikipedia is not.  The way this would be handled would be to put a link to an existing directory into the article about Coptic Orthodox Church.  Tempting as it is to help the reader by putting the directory right on a page rather than linking them to it, the directory rule is part of keeping the online encyclopedia from getting out of hand, whether one is attempting to list Coptic Orthodox churches or Southern Baptist churches or U.S.-based Rotary Clubs
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTDIR||WP:NOT)

Comment: with all due respect for the previous two contributors' opinions. My logic is that it would be appropriate to have a category for "US Coptic Orthodox Churches", and if one could have a category, then per , it would also be appropriate to have a list.  is not quite as relevant as it might seem. Point 1 ("Lists or repositories of loosely-associated topics") is probably the criterion under which Oknazevad suggests deleting the material, but the key word there is "loosely". I think these churches are more than loosely-associated
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates (WP:CLN||WP:NOTDIR)

Comment: This appears to be a very useful list, but I'm not sure if we want to make an exception to , or rescue this by fixing it up to be more than just a directory.  If someone who knows something about this denomination will adopt this list, I'd be happy.  Rescue?  Incubate
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Lists (WP:LIST)