I understand Timwi's point - my hypothesis fails practically because that's not what's happening. So would this be a better hypothesis:
"Notability - and hence what is and is not included in Wikipedia - is decided by whoever is voting on AfD at any given moment."
This isn't a hidden dig or anything - I'm just trying to reach the core of some of these issues.
Dan
PS: "NOR and V are relatively objective criteria, but notability is quite a lot less so, and there will never be a hard-and-fast rule (algorithm) that determines boolean notability." - how I wish there was :-). My brain seems to like things like that more than "softer" rules.