The result was Keep
I'm taking the unusual action of closing this AfD early, and I feel it's only fair to those who have contributed that I explain my reasoning for doing so. I see a very solid consensus on this page for the retention of the pages backed up by very solid arguments, and I can envisage absolutely no way that the consensus is going to change so severely to result in the pages being deleted in the near future, given the very strong consensus to keep these articles that has developed now there are one of two ways things could go, if this AfD was allowed to run the full term, consensus would remain unchanged from the very strong keep we have at the moment, or some further good quality delete comments would come in, and at best, there would be a no consensus closure, either way, there is no way that this AfD is ever going to result in the deletion of the articles listed below.
That alone would not normally be enough for an early closure, but given the growing bad blood between the nominator and participants, and the potential this AfD has to become a massive time sink, generating more heat than light, I think it's in the best interests for all involved to close this AfD now, before people become upset and more accusations start flying.
I trust this explanation is sufficient, if not, please don't hesitate to contact me. Nick (talk) 21:37, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]