Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fan Pan Tae


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The result was keep.  MBisanz  talk 02:10, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Fan Pan Tae

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This would've easily been PRODable material if not that there may be better Thai coverage so here we are at AfD; my searches simply found nothing better than this, this, this and this which simply still questions this article's notability. It's also worth noting the Thai Wiki has nothing better at all and it's also worth noting this article was only recently expanded in April 2013 but never have any solid sources been added. If anyone is also interested, this actually started like this in November 2005, further emphasizing how this article has never seemed notable and improvable. SwisterTwister  talk  06:42, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  06:43, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Thailand-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  06:43, 3 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment: There should no doubt regarding the subject's notability; it's been running for over a decade, and has twice won the Asian Television Award, as well as multiple Mekhala and Golden Television Awards for best game show. The programme was at its peak of popularity over a decade ago, so sources may not be easily available online. From a quick Google search, there's this 2003 Manager article that covers the programme's contribution to Phanya Nirunkul's rise as one of Thailand's top media personalities, and this Bangkok Post article from 2012, which gives a good overview of the programme's history. However, the article is indeed badly written, and could do with a complete rewriting from scratch. --Paul_012 (talk) 08:32, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. From Thairath (Thailand No.1 newspaper) tag system I can count 17 news articles about the show during the period 2012-2013 when the show returned to TV screen. I think their tag system is not so reliable and miss later articles (but pickup soccer fan articles instead) while the first stint of TV show during 2001-2008 maybe beyond Thairath web coverage (only appeared in newspaper form). Daily News (Thailand No.2 newspaper) tag system  shows 5 news article from 2014 (again unreliable tag system because it picks up none before or after that year). --Lerdsuwa (talk) 18:54, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Looking at the show's official Facebook page found that the show only produced some episodes in 2015 showing on holiday occasions (6 April, 13 April, 1 May, 26-27 September, 5-6 December), so there won't much news coverage in 2015. --Lerdsuwa (talk) 19:14, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 02:54, 10 January 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 05:23, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep per the sources provided by and . The articles in Thai Rath here), Daily News (here) and Bangkok Post (here) and the subject's winning the Asian Television Award twice establish that it passes Notability. Cunard (talk) 07:36, 24 January 2016 (UTC)


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