[Milawe]

Hehe. This actually leads into something very interesting to examine. (Wikipedia's become my temporary hobby.)

Let's assume that the guy who started this and the AfD didn't play underaged, didn't have a conflict of interest, and was never deleted off Threshold, so we're going to assume complete good faith here. (Even if we choke on it!)

Let's assume his ultimate goal is to become an administrator of Wikipedia, which I've discovered, is a voting process of existing administrators. (A little side note, once you're given administrative powers, Wikipedia doesn't have any policies in place to remove them if you become an abusive administrator. The reasoning is pretty sound here because the removal process itself could be extremely abusive.) Let's assume that all he wants to do is become an administrator to make Wikipedia a better place for all. In order to do this, he has to have a ton of contributions. What's easier? Create useful, notable articles with a ton of research and excellent writing behind it, or... go out and delete or re-work what other people have done? Is it easier to work on improving an article and digging up citations for it, or is it easier to say, "Hey, someone else didn't do the work here, we better put it up for an AfD?" before you put in a request for adminship? The goal here is to have a lot of contributions, hopefully in a short amount of time.

How long has Wikipedia been running? I think it was created in 2004. So basically all the "easy" articles have long been established as well as created. A really good option for someone trying to get enough on his/her "resume" to make a successful request for adminship is to have tons of AfDs to display how you've been "cleaning up" Wikipedia.

Why are MUDs such weak targets? Let's face it. Most MUD players and administrators invest all their creative time and effort in their games. It would be extremely difficult to have the time to be an avid player of a mud and a Wiki-warrior. So, you're not going to know the terms, the culture, or the tricks to defend yourself. Very few muds have been written up in mainstream media, and even if your mud has, it's probably not been more than two or three times. Most of the people who have had their muds deleted off Wikipedia just say, "Oh well," just like we will. Fighting it takes too much time. It's only a matter of time before the next Wiki-warrior comes by to try to rock it in order to tuck another AfD under their belt.