Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of companies in the Chicago metropolitan area
A well-organized list of notable businesses in a well-defined area. This is exactly what lists are for. Per the editing guideline , lists and categories are intended to co-exist and '''"these methods should not be considered in conflict with each other. Rather, they are synergistic, each one complementing the others."''' Irrational fears inspired by the essay  are hardly a justification for deletion; for that matter, *every* list must be deleted lest LISTCRUFT become a problem once we take this to its illogical conclusion
— User:Alansohn, 16:13, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CLN||WP:LISTCRUFT (Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates)