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In cases such as these, an "other stuff exists"–type of argument or rationale may provide the necessary precedent for style and phraseology. For instance, upon the sudden death of the actor Heath Ledger in 2008, a discussion broke out about adding "the late" before his name in the article on The Dark Knight , a film in which he had a major role.
This page details arguments that are commonly seen in deletion discussions that have been identified as generally unsound and unconvincing. These are arguments that should generally be avoided – or at the least supplemented with a better-grounded rationale for the position taken, whether that be "keep", "delete" or some other objective.
The new title is "When to use or avoid 'other stuff exists' arguments". If the answer to "when to use" was "never", that would be a strange title to use to make things clearer - surely something like "Avoid 'other stuff exists' arguments" would have been far better. That conversation only closed on May 6 - less than two weeks ago.
A couple may be relevant to other discussions but most are specific to AFD and some, like WP:USEFUL and WP:PRETTY could actually be valid arguments in other types of deletion debates like FFD and TFD. As an essay it doesn't really matter, but as a guideline, misinterpretation could cause problems.
Insisting the sources must exist without being able to provide them is generally to be avoided in deletion discussions. Hypothetical examples include: Keep – This is obviously notable, so it could be referenced. Prejudger 01:01, 1 January 2001 (UTC) Keep – There must be plenty of sources. Presumer 01:01, 1 January 2001 (UTC)
A favourite line from a movie or catchy lyric, a potent phrase used in argument, juicy facts of interest to fans, a punch-line or zinger; these are all very interesting, but usually all that can be informatively written about topic "X" is: "X is a _____ found in _____." Just about everything listed on Wikipedia:Millionth topic pool.
Image credits: CesaroSalad #6. Clean a pan/pot/cutting board etc. while my other stuff is cooking. By the end of cooking, the only other thing I need to clean is the dish that holds the final product.
Something that doesn't exist, even as something fictional, legendary, or hypothetical. Your club, society, fraternity, sorority, or any other school/college group (unless it's famous and covered by independent sources, but even then see conflict of interest).