Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Finlayson
I have a low tolerance for attempts to knock serious material out of the encyclopedia on sourcing grounds. If there is insufficient sourcing showing on an article about an early 19th Century Scottish naturalist, then ''tag it for more sources!!!'' Yet again and again we see people dragging serious work to the slaughterhouse because it doesn't measure to some guideline delivered from a burning bush to Moses 5000 years ago... Sheesh. Terrible nomination. He's listed in the http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/9/101009468/ OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY. Maybe that's a clue? Here's an http://books.google.com/books?id=8MscAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=George+Finlayson+naturalist&source=bl&ots=HlPeXkNmRf&sig=49D3qiO7U_Sp0Z2LI1yK5U3-7aY&hl=en&ei=7FLTTb7BN5DWiAL0tLmiBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=George%20Finlayson%20naturalist&f=false 1889 DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY. Shit, nominator, for the love of Sweet Baby Jesus: . I am out of here
— User:Carrite, 05:05, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BEFORE (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion)