<snip> > > BTW, I see nothing wrong with people going to VFD/AFD and voting > "keep" on their topic area. You know, they might KNOW THE AREA or > something better than nonspecialist VFD regulars. What a thought, eh? >
I've said that several times now...
It's not them voting "keep" that is a problem. Often people vote keep on topics that interest them merely because they want that topic in Wikipedia regardless of whether it's actually good for the encyclopedia. Still, as long as they provide sources as to why it should be kept, I don't see much of a problem either.