Boonreung Buachan
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Fails GNG. Neither winning a Darwin award nor a Guinness world record make someone notable; very little coverage outside of people poking fun at the way he died. JeffUK (talk) 20:00, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People and Thailand. Shellwood (talk) 22:11, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
- Keep. His period of fame was 25 years ago, before news was online. There was plenty of coverage of him then, which focused on his unusual feats rather than merely making a world record (though the stunt did bring considerable attention). He was on TV a lot, including this short TV documentary.[1] There's WP:SUSTAINED coverage even long after his death with at least another TV documentary referring to his case in 2014.[2] In-depth English coverage includes this Sunday Telegraph/South China Morning Post article that followed his death.[3] Was the subject of National Geographic TV's Hunter Hunted episode "Victims of Venom". Plenty enough to satisfy the GNG. --Paul_012 (talk) 11:00, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 22:55, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
- Delete A man notable for his ability to handle snakes, who received a Darwin Award for being bitten to death by a snake. Glorious. I'd say that deals with his notability, then. Being a 'Victim of Venom' doesn't get you past WP:GNG, I'm afraid, even if it does get you to DOA... Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:43, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
- Keep opinions on the way he died are not indicators of notability. There are more sources that I found in seconds - Wired article, a book mention, and more. JimKaatFan (talk) 21:11, 23 July 2022 (UTC)