Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of deputy speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly

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The result was merge‎ to List of speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly. asilvering (talk) 04:43, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of deputy speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly

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The subject of this list fails WP:NLIST. The only source is a WP:PRIMARYSOURCE and a WP:BEFORE search turns up no examples of this group of individuals discussed as a group. A category already exists for navigational purposes, but as a standalone list there's no evidence of sufficient notability. Dclemens1971 (talk) 16:32, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Lists of people, Politics, and India. Dclemens1971 (talk) 16:32, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Assam-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:05, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with List of speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly. A not insigificant parliamentary role; would treat as a corollary of WP:NPOL. Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 04:59, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't have generally done that (not sure the deputy speaker office is notable; there's no page on it), but as a compromise AtD I would accept a merge as suggested. Dclemens1971 (talk) 12:39, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Goldsztajn. Categories and lists are not automatically redundant with each other — a list can provide the dates of a person's service in the role, while a category cannot, and a list can have references added to verify the information, while a category cannot, and a list can be ordered chronologically in order of service, while a category cannot — so lists are not automatically redundant with or duplicative of categories, since they organize the information in different ways.
The sourcing is a problem, but it's within the realm of possibility that better sourcing could be added — I don't have access to the tools needed to find archived Indian media coverage myself, so I'm not the guy who could fix that, but somebody else with better access to the right resources might well be able to improve it.
So really, the only relevant question here is whether this needs its own standalone list, or can just be a subsection of the main list of speakers, and with inadequate sourcing it should be the latter. No prejudice against recreation in the future if somebody can expand it with better sourcing. Bearcat (talk) 18:28, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Doczilla _{Ohhhhhh, no!} 17:50, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.