General Discussion • Re: Goanna article in EN Wikipedia has been nominated for deletion

Let me get this straight please:

• Article becomes nominated for deletion by some person because it's deemed "niche", unpopular and does not meet the -extremely vague- guidelines for notability. Sounds quite arbitrary, since "niche" and "unpopular" are highly subjective. • A group of people interested in the issue get notified. Sounds pretty normal for an "unpopular, niche subject", right? • Nope. This is "not playing fair".

So, what's the problem here? Interested people voting against this deletion? Isn't that alone proof of popularity, since no malice is involved? What do they want, proof of excellence or something?

Am I missing something here? Because this does look like censorship more than anything else.