Deletion of List of living philosophers and academics of philosophy

Comment: See 
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF)

Comment: for reasons I go into in more detail on Talk:List of living philosophers and academics of philosophy|the talk page. "Philosopher" is an almost impossible term to define and I'd lay money a lot of people on the list wouldn't consider themselves such; it's unmaintainably long; it sets a precedent for numerous other "lists of" by occupation; it's never going to be accurate enough to get any kind of  (which I do sometimes think is a valid "keep" reason) exemption
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:USEFUL)

Comment: to List of philosophers born in the 20th century, as the distinction between the living and dead is an unnecessary complication, and impose some reasonable inclusion criteria (at least sufficient to verify that everyone on the list would meet 
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)