Deletion of List of political leaders who held active military ranks in office

Comment: Few of these leaders achieved notability due to their military service and this service was not always a major reason behind their success in achieving power. As such, it is not in line with #DIR which states that "there is nothing wrong with having lists if their entries are famous ''because'' they are associated with or significantly contributed to the list topic" emphasis in original. List of Coup d'état leaders and/or List of military government leaders would be a more meaningful classification and would include everyone who's notable for the combination of their military service and leadership on this list
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT)

Comment: While it is true that #DIR|Wikipedia is not a directory, the fact is that |lists also qualify as encyclopedic content provided they serve an encyclopedic purpose and adhere to the other guidelines of Wikipedia.  This (extremely extensive) list is narrow enough to be useful, and all pages link to full Wikipedia articles which contain verifiable references
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT||WP:LIST)

Comment: Doesn't violate #DIR which says "''there is nothing wrong with having lists if their entries are famous ''because'' they are associated with or significantly contributed to the list topic''". Refs can be found in the links, or where not the linked-to articles should be cleaned up
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT)