G'day Phil,
Turn off AfD. See what happens. if it's a disaster, we turn it back on and say "Well, shit, that was interesting." If it's not a disaster... we say "Well, neat, that was interesting." Really, there's only about three letters difference in the reactions.
And if we can't agree on the results? If a vocal minority --- including your good self --- cries "yippee, my article on minor fanfic characters can't be deleted! Neat!", do we consider the experiment a success?