User talk:Dr Christine Finlay

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Hello, Dr. Finlay,

Looks like you got blindsided by someone who did not realize you were a rookie editor. I restored your version of the article so we can buy some time to sort out your revisions.

WP is deceptive in that behind the loosey-goosey image it presents, it is actually a peer reviewed online publication. Both incoming information, and the resulting articles, are checked for reliability to ensure this encyclopedia's accuracy. As a result, the kin of some biographical subjects find themselves in your peculiar position of having knowledge without a written reference. This may seem a dead end, but it's not. The very information itself may tip us off to where we can find sources acceptable to Wikipedia's accuracy standards.

I have obviously gone through this scenario before. Here's what I have descovered so far:

If you are native to Garfield Finlay's home(s), you probably have better access to materials than I did when I began this article. Local newspapers, magazines, and newsletters, either active or defunct, are more easily searched by a local resident, for instance. The same goes for local government records, whether military or legal.

Scrounge around amongst the family; you may find a scrapbook full of clippings, etc.

You seem to have info from Mr. Finlay's grand-daughter. Could you have her interviewed by some media source about him? The result could be an acceptable source, as well as a great public remembrance of a hero.

In the meantime, please don't be disheartened by your initial treatment here. I'll help you out. I can be contacted either on my Talk page here, or via my email. I would really like to see improvement in this article.

Georgejdorner (talk) 16:23, 22 April 2013 (UTC)