Talk:Samak Sundaravej

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[edit] Wikipedia presence in Thailand?

Why doesn't Thailand have an online Wikipedia presence? Not enough English speakers? Should Wickerpedia reach out to Thailand? Do they have a moral duty to do so? I don't know, probably not.

Huh? There is a Thai Wikipedia if that's what you're looking for. Jpatokal (talk) 14:15, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 1976?

I just pulled these couple of paragraphs from the article. I *think* they refer to 1976, but it isn't absolutely clear that that is the case. I don't think we need to care if there is an extant online reference to cite... If anyone here *knows* that the activity described therein occurred in 1976, we'll add them back. Comments, please.

In late August Seni sent Samak to Singapore for the purpose of persuading Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn not to return to Thailand.[1] Paul M. Handley contends, however, that Samak was a close confidant of Queen Sirikit and had been sent by King Bhumibol to guarantee royal support for the exiled Field Marshal.[2] This charge is apparently supported by Samak's claim during a cabinet meeting that the King had endorsed Thanom's return.
On October 5 Samak was removed from his ministerial position, and in reaction organised an anti-government demonstration calling for the removal of three young liberal Democrat ministers who he branded as being "communists".[3] On the evening of following massacre on October 6 he headed a lynch mob which confronted Prime Minister Seni in front of Government House.[4]

--AStanhope (talk) 01:08, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TV chef

Why is there nothing about his career as a TV chef? I saw him myself on late-night Bangkok TV in January. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 13:37, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Alleged Chinese name

The article stated that Samak has a Chinese name, reflecting the tendency of some Thai editors to "out" everyone they don't like as being really Chinese. But the footnote to this "name" states: "Li Shama is a name coined by the Thai Chinese community. However Samak never had a true Chinese name himself." Source: “铁嘴”沙马成泰国新总理立志为他信洗刷罪名. Since this is not name he has ever himself used, it is not a real name and should not be listed as though it was. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 11:38, 5 March 2008 (UTC)