Deletion of List of veterinarians

Comment: It is easy to find a list of famous veterinarians such as https://www.sgu.edu/blog/veterinary/james-herriot-and-other-famous-veterinarians/ this and so the topic passes .  The nomination complains about insufficient citations but then suggests using a category instead which is absurd because :Category:Veterinarians by nationality|that category has zero citations!   makes it very clear that we don't delete lists to favour categories.  As for , that's just 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:LISTN||WP:CLN||WP:LISTCRUFT||WP:CRUFTCRUFT)

Comment: as standard index of articles per  and as complement to :Category:Veterinarians per . People by occupation is one of the most fundamental ways to index biographical articles. The nominator just seems unfamiliar with the purpose of such lists as well as the purpose of AFD, as everything else is a matter for cleanup and development (such as the lack of inline citations). I'll disagree also with their characterization of "non-notable entries". First off, to avoid confusion, that language should only be used to mean entries for subjects that do not have or merit articles, and the list only has bluelinks. Second, there's no requirement that lists exclude "people who are notable for other things", I don't know why that would be desirable nor meaningful. If they meet the list's inclusion criteria (or the category's), they should be included. To the extent LISTN is relevant (and |it really isn't for this type of navigational list), the most obvious discussion of veterinarians as a group would be demonstrated at veterinarian, would it not
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (WP:LISTPURP||WP:NOTDUP||WP:WHYN)