Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Rizzo (2nd nomination)
As noted by the nominator, this person does not meet any of the nine elements of the prof test. He's an assistant professor (non-tenured position on the tenure track below associate professor and professor). He teaches classes. He writes articles. He's a fellow at an institute/think tank started a few years ago that has yet to be deemed notable. He doesn't seem any more or less notable than any other assistant professor at a U.S. university. It should be noted that the article starter has posted a comment on the Talk page: "Being a prominent academic at one of the top universities of the nation suffices for the notability requirement. See Rudolf Kingslake, Celia Applegate, Barbara Jordan (poet) for similar pages." That's not an accurate statement of , which isn't nearly so broad. In addition, those individuals aren't comparable. For instance, Applegate's article states she is president of the German Studies Association (prong #6 of ) and Jordan won the Barnard Women Poets Prize (prong #2
— User:JamesAM, 20:21, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:PROF (Wikipedia:Notability)