Deletion of Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeira

Comment: As far as I can tell, there is not enough here to pass either  or . For passing  one would have to demonstrate either high citability of his research in scholarly publications or to show that he is frequently quoted in the conventional mass media as an academic expert. The NYT reference goes a little way towards the latter, but is certainly insufficient. As for the citability of his research, the GoogleScholar searchhttp://scholar.google.com/scholar?sa=N&tab=ns&q=%22Wenceslau%20Geraldes%20Teixeira%22 gives only 3 papers with citations in double digits, at 31, 27, 22 and then a few single digits after that, with the h-index of about 5. That seems rather too thin for . For passing  one would have to see significant coverage of him personally and again the NYT article is insufficient there
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF||WP:BIO||WP:PROF||WP:PROF||WP:BIO)

Comment: A mention in passing in the NYT does not constitute notability. Teixeira is a rather recent PhD and associate professor, so for him to be shown notable, some really reliable and independent sources would be needed. The fact that he "is in the process of writing a book" is |not relevant, neither is the assertion (rather improbable anyway) that "it is crucial to his research that his biography remain available to the public
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:CRYSTAL)