Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Khunying Thongtip Ratanarat

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The result was keep. Graham87 05:25, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Khunying Thongtip Ratanarat[edit]

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Not notable. Her actual notability is apparently of the basis of who she is married to. DGG ( talk ) 17:30, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete unless better improvement can be made. Pinging Kudpung who may want to comment. SwisterTwister talk 18:15, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely keep: "From 1985 to 2005 she was Executive Director of the Petroleum Institute of Thailand" and the non-inheritable noble title Khunying demonstrates the unusually high position of Thongtip Ratanarat in Thai society. Generally, we should keep the objectives of Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Asian_Month in mind, when we assess the notability of Asian female company directors. The Petroleum Institute of Thailand is clearly a world-class neutral, independent, non-profit organization and therefore the notability of its co-founder and former female director should not be disputed. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 03:01, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
No action until and unless a decision is taken by the jury of WAM. So deletion tag for an article being submitted in a contest is unwarranted. Besides, organizer(s) of WAM holds the page with marking of "N" then user proposing deletion may re-tag the deletion temp. Nannadeem (talk) 04:27, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Thai name is ทองทิพย์ รัตนรัตน์. The sources provided in the article are only listings and an autobiography. She may well be a respected academic in her circles but searches for sources in English and Thai reveal only a faculty CV and the usual raft of sn sites. Notability is not asserted. WAM is an ad hoc editathon and its jury has absolutely no juristiction here -the article does not even comply with the WAM's own rules. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 23:43, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- It's actually ทองทิพย์ รัตนะรัต. See my comments below. --Paul_012 (talk) 07:23, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
~~Keep~~ her also as judge of the Platts Global Energy Awards and main author of the Population policy background paper.... --NearEMPTiness (talk) 03:50, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- I've struck the extra boldface "keep" !vote. --Paul_012 (talk) 07:23, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Subject has been covered in-depth in a ten-page interview in the Kasetsart Engineering Journal,[1] and a biographical article in the Investment Promotion Journal,[2] thus satisfying the GNG. Also has received an honorary PhD from Kasetsart University for her work.[3] The original AfD rationale, of notability based on marriage, is faulty. Plenty of news articles quote or mention her in her roles as a petrochemical expert, especially during the 2013 Rayong oil spill. While these don't directly establish notability, they provide indirect evidence of her authority in the field. --Paul_012 (talk) 07:23, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Note: I've renamed the article to Thongtip Ratanarat. --Paul_012 (talk) 07:40, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The article has improved a lot and now her own notability is shown and not just derived from her husband. There are portraits about her as an example of a successful Thai female manager and – as User:Paul 012 has said – she has been quoted by news agencies as a petrochemical expert. Btw: the "Population policy background paper" of which she is the main author, is cited in the Historical Dictionary of Thailand (2nd ed.). Perhaps User:Kudpung wants to rethink his "vote" since the article has changed? --RJFF (talk) 22:31, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:HEY. It now looks like a pass of WP:GNG on her own merits rather than an attempt at inherited notability. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:30, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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