Philip Sandifer wrote:
See also Timothy Noah's recent article on Slate for
this - it gives a
good view of how notability guidelines look to the outside. In this
case, it's how they look to the subject of the article, but I assure
you - they look similar to people who are familiar with the subject.
In short, they appear a Kafka-esque absurdity.
I'd have to say this is how it looks to many academics as well. Even
biographies of extremely famous researchers are routinely hauled into
AfD with piles of ignorant "d, nn" votes. There's a reason we almost
never have an article on a Nobel Prize winner before he or she actually
wins a Nobel Prize---because any researcher whose fame is even a bit
short of "won a Nobel Prize" is deleted as non-notable.
-Mark