Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohamed Gad-el-Hak
possibly snow, per multiple  criteria.  The citation record looks like C1, even in a high citation field, and the several fellow appointments to learned societies are a pass of C3.  Comment that although it's not automatic, academics that get an article celebrating their nth birthday or retirement are very likely to be notable per C1 (a festschrift volume is an unambiguous pass).  VCU should be a major institution for C5, and the anniversary article is a reliable source for the named chair (which, by the way, he no longer seems to hold).  The article surely had/has numerous problems, and it is understandable that the nominator wanted clarification on notability before putting in further cleanup work
— User:Russ, 10:27, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NPROF (Wikipedia:Notability)