Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael H. Riordan


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep, withdrawn. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:33, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Michael H. Riordan

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Doesn't quite seem to meet any of the points of WP:NACADEMIC. G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 13:17, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm withdrawing my delete vote as nominator per the below. G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 21:48, 31 August 2016 (UTC)


 * This page was flagged for deletion on the basis that it "Doesn't quite seem to meet any of the points of WP:NACADEMIC." In fact, it meets 3 different points. Quoting from the Wikipedia guidelines for academics biographies:
 * "Academics/professors meeting any one of the following conditions, as substantiated through reliable sources, are notable. ... 3. The person is or has been an elected member of a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association (e.g., a National Academy of Sciences or the Royal Society) or a fellow of a major scholarly society for which that is a highly selective honor (e.g., the IEEE). ... 5. The person holds or has held a named chair appointment or distinguished professor appointment at a major institution of higher education and research (or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon). ... 7. The person has made substantial impact outside academia in their academic capacity."
 * The person in question was elected Fellow of the Econometric Society, one of the most selective learned societies in the economics profession. This person is also a chaired professor of a prestigious academic institution (Columbia University). Finally, this person was nominated chief economist of the Federal Communications Commission. All of these facts are documented with references to reliable sources on the page just created.Popov1961 (talk) 13:32, 31 August 2016 (UTC)popov1961 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Popov1961 (talk • contribs)
 * You're right, when I looked at it, none of those seemed to be quite at the level required to meet the guideline, but when I examine them further, they probably do give him a claim to notability. G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 16:07, 31 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep. Holder of a named chair at Columbia and a Fellow of a historically notable society passes WP:NACADEMIC. --Arxiloxos (talk) 21:34, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 16:38, 4 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Snow keep. Clearly meets WP:PROF (>1000 citations and a h-index of 16 on Scopus), #C3, #C5 and #C7. Joe Roe (talk) 17:55, 4 September 2016 (UTC)


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