Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Mad Magazine issues
as an entirely reasonable subtopic split from an article on a highly notable subject. "It's a directory", "not an encyclopedia article" are very peculiar arguments to delete a list. "No other magazine has a directory like this" is ; absence of ''x'' is not justification for excluding ''y''. I view this as analogous to :Category:Bibliographies, and would definitely welcome similar lists for other highly notable publications. The notion that it is indiscriminate seems wrong; the topic is precisely defined, with no ambiguity as to inclusion criteria. I share the concern that if lists like this are accepted as notable by virtue of their parent article, this could be used to justify excessive amount of detail (i.e. List of MAD issues, 1970-1980. List of MAD issues 1980-1990 etc.), but if we restrict them to one article, which in turn is restricted by , then this concern is dissipated. The list has |problems, sure, not least the images, but there are no compelling reasons to delete it. Again like bibliographies, sourcing is not too huge of a concern; simply listing publication details doesn't require anything stronger than primary sources. In summary, this is a list of narrowly defined scope, on an encyclopedic topic closely related to a highly notable subject
— [[User talk:Skomorokh|Skomorokh]], 20:58, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:WAX||WP:SIZE||WP:PROBLEMS (Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions)