Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of successful coups d'état
WP:NOTDIR is irrelevant: the first two sentences of it say, "Wikipedia encompasses many lists of links to articles within Wikipedia that are used for internal organization or to describe a notable subject. In that sense, Wikipedia functions as an index or directory of its own content."  This list meets  on grounds that every entry is individually notable
— User:Dricherby, 20:56, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:LSC (Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists)