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This is the most spectacular redirect in the history of Wikipedia. - Kookykman|(t)e 14:26, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. I was sad to see that we still don't have List of lists of lists of lists. Maybe one day, god willing. --Xyzzyplugh 13:55, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

We'd had it twice already at the time you wrote that, and now again almost four years later. I'm going to put in a salt request now. Feezo (Talk) 01:49, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that those were only fake pages. If a real list of lists of lists of lists was to be created, could there be any content for it? Surely there are some topical lists of lists of lists that could go onto the list. Dylan16807 (talk) 08:03, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A brief search yields at least one: List of animals contains List of endangered species, List of mammals, Lists of mammals by region] etc. List of books also appears a likely target, qualifying both of these for List of lists of lists of lists. Such brief sampling suggests that this article could be quite substantial. Estel ^(talk) 01:23, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep in mind that this page itself could be on a list of lists of lists of lists. And if we split that page up into two sub-lists, then we can enter those sub-lists into a list of lists of lists of lists of lists. Clearly, this is the best page since Disambiguation (disambiguation). Cakedamber (talk) 03:42, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Who said "Twilight Sparkle"?.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.146.135.134 (talk) 12:40, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Some of this content clearly only qualifies to be in an article on lists of lists, not lists of lists of lists.92.39.205.100 (talk) 15:02, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Like what? I could only find one non-example, List of metal bands, which I removed. Everything else is either "Lists of ..." or "List of ... lists".

This is clearly a list of lists (of lists). Therefore, it should be included on a list of lists. Thus, this article should link to itself. 130.207.70.171 (talk) 15:49, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is an encyclopaedia, not a computer science problem. :) Stevage 01:55, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why don't we create an article named List of lists of lists that don't include themselves? :) 201.66.171.62 (talk) 15:04, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

At minimum, I think we can agree that this page is itself a list of lists of lists. It follows that our list of lists of lists is incomplete since it doesn't include itself in either the list of lists nor the list of lists of lists page. 141.156.47.45 (talk) 21:59, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It was added on the 20th April. Rich Farmbrough, 23:15, 31 August 2011 (UTC).[reply]

That's almost disappointing. It ought to have been added on the 1st of April. Collabi (talk) 03:20, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Now that this page does include itself, the question becomes this: can we prove that it is a comprehensive list of lists of lists? Cakedamber (talk) 03:51, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I propose to move this page from List of lists of lists to Lists of lists of lists per WP:LISTNAME. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 13:18, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That doesn't seem to make sense. The primary difference between the current title and the proposed title is the difference between whether this page shows lists of lists, or whether it shows lists of lists of lists, which doesn't seem to have anything to do with the naming guideline. Do you mean to propose that the title be changed to "Lists of lists" (which would be a different name with the same meaning as the current one)? Theoldsparkle (talk) 14:36, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I reexamined my above proposal and I agree it is not entirely correct. This list lists multiple "Lists of ..." lists. My understanding is that pages listing multiples pages which are called "List of ..." are called "Lists of ...". The correct term to insert in place of ... per the topic of this list would be "List of lists". Thus I think the correct title would actually be "Lists of list of lists". Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:01, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that's correct. I'm still not sure what kind of change you are proposing. The current title of this page says that this page is a list of X, where X = "lists of lists." Your proposed title says that this page shows lists of X, meaning that this page is a list of lists of X, meaning a list of lists of list(s) of lists. This is a different meaning from the current title. A title that would mean the same thing as the current title would be "Lists of lists", in the same way that the titles "List of famous people" and "Famous people" mean the same thing. Theoldsparkle (talk) 15:37, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have to admit have confused myself a bit. Compare this for example with Lists of banks. It shows multiple "List of banks in ..." pages and is therefore called "Lists of banks". In direct analogy, this page shows multiple "Lists of ..." pages and should be called "Lists of lists of lists" or perhaps "Lists of 'List of' pages" to make it clearer. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:03, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To be honest, I'm out of energy for trying to find a way to write about this topic, because it's just too confusing. I suggest posting your proposal using the directions at Requested Moves in order to get more feedback, maybe from people with a better gift for explaining such knotty concepts. Theoldsparkle (talk) 20:16, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The current title is correct, and User talk:Toshio Yamaguchi is mixing up the two parts. The content of the article is a single list, whether its entries are lists or not, and therefore "List of ..." is accurate. The "List of ..." could also be omitted, in which case the title would be the (slightly more ambiguous) "Lists of lists". "Lists of lists of lists" is flat wrong. Think of it this way—if we call lists of lists (e.g. pages like Lists of state leaders) "yodawgs", then this article is a "list of yodawgs", not "lists of yodawgs". --24.128.245.107 (talk) 13:28, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

During the last few days, I have scoured WP:QI for possible new entries, and I have found the following pages.

• Listing priority number
• Lists by country
• Lists of ABC shows
• Lists of Britons
• Lists of Catholicoi
• Lists of Christmas number one singles
• Lists of Commissioners' churches in southern England, the Midlands and Wales
• Lists of Crayola colors
• Lists of Czechoslovakian films
• Lists of Knight Rider episodes
• Lists of Spanish provinces
• Lists of bus routes in New York City
• Lists of Danzig officials
• Lists of people executed in Texas
• Lists of people from Camden
• Lists of promoters of the Rosary

See also these sets of pages.

• All pages with titles beginning with List of busiest airports
• All pages with titles beginning with Listed buildings

Someone else can decide whether to list those in List of lists of lists.
(I found several entries redirected from “Lists of ..” to “List of ...” or to a section of “Outline of ...”, but I left them unchanged, partly because they might be changed back again. Someone might wish to run through the list periodically, to see what has been redirected.)
—Wavelength (talk) 22:27, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is also All pages with titles beginning with List of tallest buildings Scalzi+ | (Talk | contribs) 04:21, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]