Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of occupations
Our relevant |policy makes it very clear that lists should not be deleted to promote categories instead.  The list performs useful functions which the category cannot such as listing redlinks to assist article development.  And, of course, it scarcely needs saying that the topic is highly notable as there are numerous surveys of occupations from many perspectives.  We can enhance the list to include international standard codes such as http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vqsq_qmyXvQC&pg=PA130 ISCO-68 to again make the list more functional than the category
— User:Colonel, 18:30, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CLS (Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates)