Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Tarkhans (Sikh)
The criteria for inclusion are sufficiently narrow and clear. Moreover, I think sourcing could be found that treats Tarkhans ''as a group'', e.g. http://books.google.ae/books?id=L1RGX3whGEIC&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114&dq=tarkhans&source=bl&ots=OSifDWaFA1&sig=50xLnUknYZe1FbWO9EMdrCYKtVs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_eWAUOqmBcO8rAf_94CwBw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=tarkhans&f=false this book, which is required under . People arguing delete above have not argued that Tarkhans are non-notable as a group, which is the threshold for list notability per : "A list topic is considered notable if it has been discussed as a group or set by independent reliable sources, per the above guidelines; notable list topics are appropriate for a stand-alone list." Some people for deletion have also used the fact that people on the list do not have Wikipedia articles as a basis for removal. This is not a valid argument under : "Because the group or set is notable, the individual items in the list do not need to be independently notable, although editors may, at their discretion, choose to limit large lists by only including entries for independently notable items or those with Wikipedia articles." In any event, it appears that some of the people on the list are notable and have articles but simply were not wikilinked. Hence in view of the fact that secondary reliable sources could establish the Tarkhans as a group, it meets  and  and should be kept
— User:Batard0, 05:45, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:LISTN||WP:LISTN||WP:LISTN||WP:LISTN||WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)