Wikipedia:Overlistification
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Overlistification is the
Irrelevant intersections by race, gender, beliefs, sexuality, ethnicity, and religion
Examples: List of Hindu sportspeople, List of Catholic businesspersons, List of Libertarian celebrities, List of Jewish publishers
Lists like this should have general backing for the relationship purported in the title.
The question of what relevance, if any, the relationship has cannot be answered by
Trivia and trivial lists
Examples: List of songs about tequila, List of films by gory death scene, List of groups of [number], Fight Club in popular culture, List of fictional characters who wear fingerless gloves
This is essentially expanding upon what
Agenda-oriented lists
Wikipedia is not a vehicle by which to address or promote ideologies of racism, ethnic pride, stereotypes, or revisionism. Such lists are often created by users who exist solely to create and maintain the lists, though sometimes long-standing users may create them with fair reasons without noting the appearance of the list.[
Over-extensive lists
Examples: List of Europeans, List of African-Americans
When a list is prone to having many listees that can never have an article written about them, or that simply fail