Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of present-day nations and states
History by country is a category.  This is a list.  |Categories do not replace lists.  Lists are easier to navigate than categories.  Strong keep per . ''"Developers of these redundant systems should not compete against each other in a destructive manner, such as by nominating the work of their competitors to be deleted because they overlap. Doing so may disrupt browsing by users who prefer the list system. Also, lists may be enhanced with features not available to categories, but building a rudimentary list of links is a necessary first step in the construction of an enhanced list -- deleting link lists wastes these building blocks, and unnecessarily pressures list builders into providing a larger initial commitment of effort whenever they wish to create a new list, which may be felt as a disincentive
— User:Celarnor, 06:32, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CLN||WP:CLN (Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates)