Keith Old wrote:
Oops, I did it again. What I meant to say is that if a user wishes to vote for a speedy delete on the grounds that an article does not assert notability it should open for him or her to do so.
As to the more important issue that you raised, notability is in my view a central point as AfD has evolved. For example, I could write an article on the street where I live. It is in street directories and the ACT Department of Urban Services has a directory of street names saying how each street in Canberra got its name. There is verifiable information as to when it was built I could even write that I lived there because I am in the electoral roll which is another source of verifiable information.
The point is that my street is probably not of any interest to anyone living outside the suburb of Hughes in the ACT, Australia and there shouldn't be an article on it in Wikipedia. Thus notability has evolved to be a key issue as to whether or not articles are worthy of retention.
Feel free to add this information to [[Hughes, Australian Capital Territory]].