Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Siriporn Ampaipong (2nd nomination)


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The result was   keep. Cirt (talk) 00:16, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Siriporn Ampaipong
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Non-notable singer. I've searched Thai English language newspapers website's and only found passing mentions. Mattg82 (talk) 16:51, 30 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: Her Thai-alphabet name gets 1.2 million Google hits. I know that WP:GHITS are not everything, but might it not be worth checking in Thai-language sources before nominating? Fences  &amp;  Windows  00:47, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Thailand-related deletion discussions.  --  Fences  &amp;  Windows  00:48, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  --  Fences  &amp;  Windows  00:48, 31 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Strong keep. Perfectly satisfies WP:MUSIC #5, having released thirteen albums with GMM Grammy, the largest music label in Thailand. Plenty of press coverage, also subject of published academic studies. --Paul_012 (talk) 06:08, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep, of course, for the reasons given above.  Nominations like this would be funny if they weren't such a depressing commentary on the state of Wikipedia. HenryFlower 19:16, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment It is difficult to build articles on the English Wikipedia about people who are not notable in the English speaking world. It does appear that this person is notable in Thailand, and I have now added three cites to the article to reflect that. But the notability is largely picked up in passing rather than directly. I would favour in cases like this, merging with the nearest notable parent article, such as Mor lam, until such time as sufficient material can be built up to allow a stand alone article to be written.  SilkTork  *YES! 12:26, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable singer. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 12:26, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. I prod tagged this almost a week ago, primarily because it had been identified as unsourced for THREE YEARS (when in actuality it had been for six years) and I could not find any non-trivial mentions of the subject.  Hooray for AFD being cleanup.   JBsupreme  ( talk ) 12:31, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Plainly notable, leaps and bounds past the bar for notability, plenty of sources, especially if one includes those not in English. The existence of systemic bias is not an argument for deletion. Rebecca (talk) 15:39, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep One of the most prominent luk thung singers not notable?? 217 youtube hits, this one has more than 200,000 views... ethaicd.com lists 3 pages of records of her in stock... 13:18, --峻義 Jùnyì 論 13:20, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
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