Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of women art historians
could someone explain to me why lists such as this one are permitted on WP at all?  says "Being articles, stand-alone lists are subject to Wikipedia's content policies, such as verifiability, no original research, neutral point of view, and what Wikipedia is not, as well as the notability guidelines" but these policies are routinely flouted in hundreds of article such as this one. Take the first name - it just says "Adams, Ann", none of the other boxes are filled in, no reference, no link to another WP article (although that would not count as a reference), nothing. How do we know there is even such a person, never mind an art historian notable enough to be on WP? It could be somebody's auntie that a bored teenaged added to the list as a joke. IMO all these list articles are just stupid and worthless as encyclopedia articles, every name on that list should be deleted unless it is cited to a reliable source establishing notability
— User:Smeat75, 13:06, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:SAL (Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists)