hi i just finished reading your message and before i say anything there are two things you need to clarify is it an article or a stand alone list it can be both but then it must satisfy the inclusion criteria for both if i say it is overwhelming that'd be a huge understatement personally i think it is a list i never made the mistake of thinking the only list is a bulleted or numbered list tables are most of the times lists comparison tables are always lists do you want to abide by the policies or do you want to ignore them make no mistake i have heard the sentence writing a decent article so much that i have no faith in it if one hundredth of them were true wikipedia would have now been full of featured articles so i won't hold any value in it unless i see signs of it being true that said yes arguments like but this page is not a list of everything in the universe in response to wikipedia is not a directory of everything in the universe that exists are so childish that i don't even give them the pleasure of handwaving them and the fact that wp not was once an essay doesn't make me think any less of it let alone violate it it is now a fundamental policy so its original writer has my highest respects for writing such a popular thing it says we are not a directory and that means a hybrid of directory is not allowed either best regards