I do agree that people putting some kinds of stubs up on VfD should be more considerate than at present. If you've listed a certain class of article on VfD before and found that it tends to get kept, perhaps you're not considering alternatives such as cleanup seriously enough.
I agree with this statement. A user i've forgotten the name off put [[Juliet (artist)]] on VfD a few days ago, claiming 'vanity' and 'poor stub'. The musician the article is about is easily notable, both by [[WP:MUSIC]], by Google and by common sense, but the contributor couldn't be bothered to check that. A poor stub should head for cleanup, but he used that as a VfD reason, which really I don't see as valid.