Deletion of List of brain tumor patients

Comment: with '''request for '''.  In additon to the the excellent reasons provided by Colin above, I affirm as the creator of this page that the original pre-wiki list (which contained only about 100 sourced listings) was actually sought out by a major brain tumor charity who contacted me with a request to use it for public relations, and that parts of that list - usually appearing in the same order I had assembled the name and mirroring the original descriptions - were reproduced in other sources.  There is a demonstrable need for this type of reference information, for the reasons Colin stated plus educational purposes: brain tumors have overtaken leukemia as the leading cause of childhood cancer deaths in the United States so parents and educators have a need to put a human face on the ailment.  This list provides a resource for innovative teaching methods for what must surely rank among the most difficult challenges they face.  The growth of this list since I started it and the high standards other Wikipedians have maintained are a testament to the wiki process
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Snowball clause (WP:SNOW)

Comment: At the risk of stumbling on  and , it may be interesting to note two other related deletion debates on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people with epilepsy|people with epilepsy and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people with hepatitis C|people with hepatitis C. In addition to this list and the epilepsy list, there are two other similar |featured lists: List of HIV-positive people|HIV-positive people and List of polio survivors|polio survivors. Clearly, its featured status indicates a generally high level of conformance to WP guidelines and policy. In particular, it satisfies  by using only reliable published sources
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:OTHERSTUFF||WP:NOTAGAIN||WP:FL||WP:LIVING)