Talk:G.F. Laundon

Name
Due to the several names that Gillian was known by I think that the title of G.F. Laundon is the best to represent these all in a neutral way. This is also the most common form she was known in the scientific literature. --Onco p53 (talk) 21:59, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Two obituaries have the name Geoffry rather than Geoffrey but the latter is on the birth certificate. --Onco p53 (talk) 21:59, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Ugh, this is a problem. The birth certificate is unfortunately a primary source, and normally we'll use the form of a name actually used by most people, rather than the "correct" one – blasphemy to a taxonomist, of course. Perhaps mentioning the birth certificate spelling – but is that published in a reliable secondary source? No original research here. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 01:30, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Education
There are conflicting sources on where she was educated. Some say University of Leicester but I have accepted the obituary written by her brother that states Sheffield University. --Onco p53 (talk) 23:36, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Notability
I hate sending accomplished academics to AfD because they do not meet the letter of WP:NPROF. It's often quite difficult to figure out whether "substantial impact on the field" is present or not. I feel it's not sufficiently established here. If the gender transition received some more coverage, that would also help. Could editors who have edited this article please chime in with their assessments and/or suggestions for more material? If nothing else is forthcoming, I believe this will need to be grilled at AfD, but it would be nice to avoid that. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 16:06, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
 * The article has been amended. It turns out that there's a species names after her. That'll do for notability; I shall remove the tag.  Schwede 66  23:01, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Erm..., hate to disagree, but no. That does not do it. If I name a species X. georgie after my Unca George, that does not make George notable. Taxonomists name species after friends, relatives, teachers etc. all the time, they are free to do it at the drop of a hat and with no oversight, and it means close to nothing. This is not a reason to remove the tag. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 23:32, 27 March 2020 (UTC)