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The result was keep. I think I need to say something to Dcs002 on their argument that policy does not mandate deletion of an article for which notability has not been proven. Indeed it doesn't, but once an article has been brought to AfD evidence of notability is then required to be presented. Dcs002 further argues that this procedure is a result of "habit" rather than policy. The misunderstanding here, I think, is that policy on Wikipedia is a result of consensus in practice. In other words, the policy is a summary of practice, rather than practice being determined by policy. There is no doubt in my mind that if this issue was put to an RfC to clarify policy the result would overwhelmingly be that deletion must follow a failure to show notability at an AfD. But in any case, such an exercise is not necessary, the principle is already in the deletion policy: "However, once an article's notability has been challenged, merely asserting that unspecified sources exist is seldom persuasive, especially if time passes and actual proof does not surface." I am therefore inclined to give less weight to Dcs002's argument and the result would have been "delete" were it not for the "keep" arguments presented by others. SpinningSpark 23:41, 12 August 2014 (UTC)