Deletion of List of women linguists

Comment: the topic is inherently notable. There are major problems with the current state of the article, including a lack of clear inclusion criteria, insufficient lead section, and some questionable inclusions. These seem , though. It's true that clean up will require time and effort, but it's equally true that rebuilding after deletion, presumably with some of the same content there now, will require time and effort, plus entail loss of edit history. (And if more evidence is needed that women linguists is a notable topic, see http://www.linguisticsociety.org/about/who-we-are/committees/status-women-linguistics Committee on the Status of Women in Linguistics and links therein
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:SURMOUNTABLE)