Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Weinstein
mdash; I recall his "Geometric Unity" making a fairly big splash in the pop-science media at the time (2013), mostly on account of all the scientists saying how unprofessional the whole affair was. (Some sample reactions collected here: https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/05/26/this-is-not-science/.) And after that splash, it sank without a trace. So, while one might plausibly argue that he is notable for his notoriety, I am sympathetic to the argument that that incident was |one event, without sustained interest. I don't think his ideas about gauge theory and economics have attracted enough attention to make Weinstein notable by #C1. The CV on his website is http://www.eric-weinstein.net/CV/Eric_Weinstein_CV_July_17_2003.pdf ancient (2003 (!)), and checking the papers listed there on GS, the citation counts are 10, 42, 120, and 18 (GS couldn't find some of them at all
— User:XOR, 16:36, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:BLP1E||WP:PROF (Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons)