Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people from Yorkshire
The list (before it was severely shortened) provided information a category can't (what the people in question were known for, ) and the entries are verifiable (note the difference from verified). A simple effort to copy references from the listed articles would address the issue at hand. Also, deleting possibly fixable material before nominating is misleading
— User:MacGyverMagic, 14:54, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CLN (Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates)