Ken Arromdee wrote:
I think the problem is that people want to remove it for some reason that has nothing to do with lack of sources. The sources are just an excuse. So when a source finally turns up, they have to grasp at straws for a reason to discount it.
I've seen this plenty of times myself. An article that someone disapproves of survives AfD so they launch a "death by a thousand cuts" campaign instead. Once it gets down small enough a merge suggestion often ensues, which subsequently allows for even more information to be pared away. The [[Friedman (unit)]] article is currently in that stage, though the thousand cuts haven't been primarily reference-related in this case.
It's incredibly frustrating to see these good-intentioned guidelines and policies being perverted into a weapon with which to remove otherwise reasonable content.