Travis Mason-Bushman wrote:
So I couldn't AFD [[Bob's Used Cars]], an article on a hypothetical clearly non-notable organization that doesn't meet speedy deletion criteria, unless I had a pointless conversation on how this article which fails all Wikipedia guidelines could somehow magically be made to fit those criteria?
"clearly non-notable" - in this hypothetical, is it a business that actually exists?
If so, it's not "clearly" non-notable: it's debatably non-notable. The correct action would be not to AFD it, but to put up the standard boilerplate template about "fails to state the importance", and make a comment on the talk page asking if anyone can demonstrate that it has any importance.
If you can't find any evidence of such a business existing, put up {{unverified}} on it, and put a note on the talk page asking if anyone can demonstrate it exists.
Then go off and do other things. Check back on it at some point, see if anyone's provided information that resolves the issue. If not, then you could AFD it.
-- Jake Nelson