Steve Bennett wrote:
Every vote on the article in question (i.e. not the very early one) has come out somewhere near a deadlock. The most I've seen in favor of deleting is something like 60-65%, which is nowhere near the consensus to delete typically required on AfD.
Were these votes on the basis of content or subject?
Sorry to keep on harping on, but it's a pretty important question, and most of these arguments seem to completely blur the line.
Since most people don't explicitly give their reasoning in their votes, it's hard to say. I would assert that most of the original "delete" votes were based on content, not subject, which is why once the content improved, the percentage of "delete" votes dwindled.
But this, among other reasons, is why we need to get rid of AfD and DRV in the first place. "Non-notability" is often a red herring used by people to delete articles with which they have an ideological disagreement.
-Mark