Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew Tye
As pointed-out in various entries above, the subject clearly made significant achievements as an undergrad, probably much more than average. I don't see that there's any dispute about this and I'm sure the commentators here would see this as quite commendable. However, this does not permit us to side-step the salient question: whether any/all of these achievements clear the notability hurdle as codified by , in particular #3. (The religious controversy appears to be .) I concur with others above that they do not. Specifically, in my view, the strongest claim would be the fellowship. If this fellowship were independently notable, i.e. having its own well-established WP page, the case for the subject here might be much stronger (though not necessarily a slam-dunk, see below). I do not dispute that there is some level of prestige attached to this award, but it is unclear how it would be distinguished from numerous other prestigious awards. One of the commentators above wants to give increased weight to the fact that the subject was awarded this fellowship before he was formally eligible (according to fellowship by-laws), but this does not change the status of the award itself. Even if the fellowship were notable, his award would not necessarily qualify him. In particular, consensus holds that undergrad or early-in-career awards alone do not qualify one because they are not necessarily given for achievements that are "notable enough" for WP notability. One needs only to check, for example, the William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathematical_Competition#Putnam_Fellows|list of Putnam Fellows (an award that is undoubtedly much more prestigious than the RSA award) to see that ''most'' of the recipients do not have their own WP page. That said, it is quite possible that the subject will be notable in the future, but  says his page will have to wait until then. Respectfully
— User:Agricola44, 18:10, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:PROF||WP:BLP1E||WP:CRYSTAL (Wikipedia:Notability)