Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional Scots
The relevant guideline, , tells us that there is no preference for categories over lists as they each have their good points and so complement each other.  Size is not a significant issue because |Wikipedia is not paper.  The list is nowhere near the size of our larger lists such as List of minor planets which, with its numerous sublists, has about 250000 entries.  Furthermore, the list before us here contains good sources which reference the notable topic of Scots in fiction.  Provision of such sources is one of the advantages which lists have over categories and so our core policy of |verification is better served.  Removal of sourced information is not our |editing policy and the nomination is purely negative, contrary to this policy
— User:Colonel, 13:00, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CLS||WP:NOT||WP:V||WP:PRESERVE (Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates)