Complex sentence: And I was trying to give you the courtesy of finding independent refs before sending this straight to AFD, as it stands, if there's not actual coverage from independent sources, not only should this not be featured, it shouldn't even be an article.
Split into simpler sentences: And I was trying to give you the courtesy of time to find independent refs before I sent this straight to AFD. As it stands, if there's not actual coverage from independent sources, not only should this not be featured, it shouldn't even be an article.