Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harald Tveit Alvestrand
Noting that scientists are "|referred to as 'academics' for convenience" and accordingly mapping the ACADEMIC criteria to the context of the IETF, I would argue that authoring a dozen RFCs, half of which are BCPs (including the IETF's mission statement), already clearly satisfies the first ("significant impact") test, as well as the seventh test ("substantial impact outside academia") given the widespread adoption of said RFCs in industry. His membership on several selective and significant boards satisfies test three and/or five ("elected member" and "named chair" respectively), and being the chair of the IETF for a non-negligible time satisfies tests six and/or eight in this context ("highest-level post" and "chief editor" respectively). I also note that his IETF predecessor and successor both have articles with similar profiles, yet neither is listed in AfD
— User:SamJ, 07:35, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:N||WP:NACADEMIC (Wikipedia:Notability)