One of my former graduate students tried to create a page about me on Wikipedia. He said that the page was rejected several times before he gave up. Each time he'd get contradictory explanations as to why the page was not allowed, despite all the evidence that she provided. I have more than a hundred scientific papers, books, several top research and teaching awards, as well as a tenured full professor position at a top-10 US university (and I have contributed to numerous Wikipedia entries). I see no problem if Wikipedia thinks that this is not notable enough. Yet, its rules favor a minor league baseball player or someone who was in a 2-minute sequence in a sitcom. If Wikipedia wants more scientists and academics to contribute to it, it should treat its potential experts with more respect. A possible approach is to establish some sort of "academic expert" category that does both: recognize such an expert as Wikipedia-worthy and get them to contribute on a regular basis to articles within their area of expertise.
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One of my former graduate students tried to create a page about me on Wikipedia. He said that the page was rejected several times before he gave up. Each time he'd get contradictory explanations as to why the page was not allowed, despite all the evidence that she provided. I have more than a hundred scientific papers, books, several top research and teaching awards, as well as a tenured full professor position at a top-10 US university (and I have contributed to numerous Wikipedia entries). I see no problem if Wikipedia thinks that this is not notable enough. Yet, its rules favor a minor league baseball player or someone who was in a 2-minute sequence in a sitcom. If Wikipedia wants more scientists and academics to contribute to it, it should treat its potential experts with more respect. A possible approach is to establish some sort of "academic expert" category that does both: recognize such an expert as Wikipedia-worthy and get them to contribute on a regular basis to articles within their area of expertise.