Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional Scots
The portrayal of Scots in fiction may be notable, but that isn't what this article is about. Portrayal of Scots in fiction is a totally different topic than List of fictional Scots This article is specifically about ''the list'' of fictional Scots and not the more general subject of how Scots are portrayed in fiction.  The argument that this list should be kept due to  misses the fact that we have different guidelines for what is a proper list and a proper cateogory, and these guidelines don't synch up perfectly.  There are many, many categories on Wikipedia that are not proper topics for lists, because we have guidelines such as  and  that limit the focus of our list articles to topics of the right breadth.  So while extraordinarily broad lists are disallowed we allow categories similar in scope. Unlike list articles, categories are meant to function as a directory.   should be rewritten to include this as it is being misused to keep all sorts unencyclopedic lists
— User:Themfromspace, 07:55, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:CLN||WP:SALAT||WP:NOTDIR||WP:CLN (Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates)