Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leslie Kolodziejski
states that academics meeting any one of a list of criteria are considered notable. Criterion 3 is "The person is or has been an elected member of a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association (e.g., a National Academy of Sciences or the Royal Society) or a fellow of a major scholarly society which reserves fellow status as a highly selective honor (e.g., Fellow of the IEEE)." A IEEE_Fellow|Fellow of the IEEE "cannot be applied for directly by the member – instead the candidate must be nominated by others." The OSA_Fellow|Fellow of the Optical Society, is similarly highly selective, as per the wiki page, it requires one to be "nominated by a peer group of other current, OSA Fellows. Review of the nomination is then passed to the OSA Fellow Members Committee." The Optical Society is a "major scholarly society". Thus Leslie Kolodziejski meets , as do all other Fellows of the Optical Society. In the specific criteria notes on , it states that "For documenting that a person has been elected member or fellow ... publications of the electing institution are considered a reliable source." Thus the reference given in Leslie Kolodziejski's article is sufficient
— User:Scottkeir, 13:41, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NACADEMIC||WP:ACADEMIC (Wikipedia:Notability)