Ah, glad I caught you online!  In all honesty, I can't seem to find it online, but the style strongly suggests that s/he may have copied it longhand from a textbook or reference book, references and all.  Normally, I'd agree 100% that something like this would be an AfD if not for the user's history.  S/he put a lot of this same rambling text in existing articles as well.  Thanks again for understanding.  I don't like going against other editors without alerting them to what I plan to do, so I'm especially grateful that you were able to get back to me so quickly.