It's harder for an academic to get an article than an athlete, something that upsets many editors. Anyway, in a nutshell:
Subjects of biographical articles on Wikipedia are required to be notable; that is significant, interesting, or unusual enough to be worthy of notice, as evidenced by being the subject of significant coverage in independent, reliable, secondary sources.
Many scientists, researchers, philosophers, and other scholars (collectively referred to as "academics" for convenience) are notably influential in the world of ideas without their biographies being the subject of secondary sources.
Having published work does not, in itself, make an academic notable, no matter how many publications there are. Notability depends on the impact the work has had on the field of study. This notability guideline specifies criteria for judging the notability of an academic through reliable sources for the impact of their work.

One of the following criteria may be sufficient:
The person's research has had a significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources.
The person has received a highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level.
The person 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 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
The person's academic work has made a significant impact in the area of higher education, affecting a substantial number of academic institutions.
The person has held a named chair appointment or distinguished professor appointment at a major institution of higher education and research, or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon.
The person has held a highest-level elected or appointed administrative post at a major academic institution or major academic society.
The person has had a substantial impact outside academia in their academic capacity.
The person has been the head or chief editor of a major, well-established academic journal in their subject area.

I don't know if he meets any of these. I'll ask at one of our Wikiprojects, but if anyone has anything that meets the above please let me know. Here's the detail for the criteria. [en.wikipedia.org])

Doug Weller

Director The Hall of Ma'at
Doug's Skeptical Archaeology site::
[www.ramtops.co.uk]