I still operate in that bizarre subset of the world where actions speak stronger than words.  Deleting content is the work of a true asshole.  Calling someone an asshole in a talk page is just an observation.  Further, 99% of wikipedia lacks citation and is not encyclopedic.  Saying that it is not relevant to the article is grand, but you yourself admitted that there would be an article where it would be appropriate.  Therefore, move it to that article, or accept the status quo.  You don't go around deleting stuff just because you're too lazy to do what you have already admitted the right thing is unless you are, you guessed it, an asshole.