Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Verawat Kanoknukroh


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The result was   delete. v/r - TP 03:01, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Verawat Kanoknukroh

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A Thailand Sci-Fi writer. A Professor in Natural Science at University of Bangkok from 1991-2007. This was speedily deleted as a hoax, but allowed to be brought back. No reliable references in the article or to be found. He goes by seven different names, including from a previous incarnation of the article, the Prince of Scifi and the Prince of Fantasy, so searching is difficult. Among the fake claims:
 * 1) "the Haunted House,mini Bram Stoker Award Winning 2009" According to the Bram Stoke site, he won no such award.
 * 2) "Youngever Boy, Costa Book Award 2001" The Costa Book Awards are only given to authors in the UK or Ireland.
 * 3) "Remain of Flowers, Amazon Award 2010" and "Jazzanova Jukebox Vol.1, Amazon Award 2010" The only award I'm aware of the Amazon give out is the Breakthrough Novel Award given to authors writing their first book and he didn't win it.
 * 4) "the Orange Story, Nautilus Junior Award Winning 2009" No such thing as the Nautilus Junior Award.  But on the Amazon site, it won the "Booker Price Award from the UNESCO in the best children story of good creativity in Democracy on 2004" and is on its 62nd edition.  Yea, there is no Booker Price award from UNESCO either.
 * 5) "Purple Loop, the Watty Award 2011". The 2011 Watty Awards haven't been handed out yet. He didn't win the 2010 either.
 * 6) "the Dark Telepathy, the Golden Medal for best fiction on 2008 from the Netherlands" Yea, no such award
 * 7) Don't know how to find "National Award"
 * 8) Reference and external link to "Orbit Magazine, July 2006"  There was no July 2006 issue. Don't think he won the Wine Orbit Award either.

He does have a facebook page and Google profile page Google translate is horrible, but facebook still has him as a Prof at Univ. of Bangkok. Google had him at Chulalongkorn University before he retired. Google profile (at the bottom in English) has him while being a Prof at the Univ of Bangkok, he got his masters in '92 and was a postdoc at University of Sydney in Telepathy, 2008 - 2009.

The coup de grace: The book How to make money from ebook. Click on the page, it is well worth it. Bgwhite (talk) Bgwhite (talk) 08:20, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Bgwhite (talk) 08:30, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. Bgwhite (talk) 08:30, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
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 * Delete as hoax - pretty much speediable, but worth persisting with the AfD to get a community decision. Kim Dent-Brown   (Talk)  09:35, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Thailand-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 15:15, 17 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - My research cannot confirm any of the information in the article. Appears to be a hoax. --Noleander (talk) 15:15, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: The person, at least, is real. Has a biography at website of Praphansarn, a major publisher, and listed as author of numerous entries in online bookshops and libraries (e.g. Chulalongkorn University Library catalogue |c7d5c3c7d1b2b9ec+a1b9a1b9d8a4e0c3d2d0cbec/1%2C2%2C16%2CB/exact&FF=a|c7d5c3c7d1b2b9ec+a1b9a1b9d8a4e0c3d2d0cbec&1%2C15%2C/indexsort=-) --Paul_012 (talk) 19:17, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. May not be an outright hoax, but too many WP:V problems here. Nsk92 (talk) 22:50, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable person, vanity article. Keb25 (talk) 10:46, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: I have stubbified the article, which should solve hoax and verifiability issues. Notability remains to be established. --Paul_012 (talk) 10:04, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
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