Deletion of List of Italians

Comment: In general, I think  and  caution against the creation of lists like this, but I also think that we should let the discussion on the article's talk page develop further to see if there is any way this list can be shortened or if stricter selection criteria can be found (per 
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists (WP:SALAT||WP:INDISCRIMINATE||WP:LSC)

Comment: It's a bit late for cautioning against such lists. For those editors who don't work on ethnic group articles, these lists of 'notables' (and they are proscribed by notability, plus are not  where there is bio evidence of their ethnicity) are attached to virtually every ethnic group listed in Wikipedia. Beyond that, they are attached to nearly ''every'' diasporic ethnic group in ''every'' country of on this planet: from Greek Australians, to Anglo-Indians, to Chinese Indonesians. There are literally hundreds of these lists, so if you intend to delete one on the grounds of SALAT and INDISCRIMINATE, I suggest that you'd better find a larger venue that involves  and other involved editors before making a call of deleting one. A single article is not the venue for discussing this issue, much less making cavalier decisions about areas of Wikipedia you're not involved in
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:OR||WP:ETHNIC)