Actually, to my knowledge LMS is just about the only one who's strongly anti-subpages in any form (look for the previous discussion on this issue). If he's still the final arbiter of all Wikipedia functionality, then this is a moot point. If, however, we're back to policy by consensus, then it won't be too hard. But Mr. Wales needs to tell us what the story is there.
I'm definitely on Larry's side here as well, and I know there were others as well back when those discussions were taking place. The fact that a few newcomers who weren't involved in those debates now find the issue puzzling is no reason to think it wasn't a consensus decision at the time. And even if it was something less than an overwhelming consensus, Larry's opinion does count for more than ours, and should. This ain't a democracy; we have a single, specific goal here, and we should do what supports the goal--making a good encyclopedia--even if it gets in the way of doing less important things, like making the creation of a specific kind of article a bit easier. 0