Talk:Phi Phi Islands

Comment pulled from main page
I cut the following comment inserted by IP address 165.21.154.11 from the main page and am pasting it here. Oska 23:03, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)

There are no structures on Phi Phi Ley, which is where the movie The Beach was filmed, so it is wrong to suggest that environmental damage done during this filming contributed to the level of damage suffered during the tsunami. The bay in Phi Phi Ley is surrounded on around 300 degrees and would have been one of the safest places during the Tsunami.

All the structures are on Phi Phi Don which is the neighbouring island. The most developed part is an area called Tongsai Bay which is very low lying and surrounded by two bays on either side - any sort of a large wave would have simply swept over the island at this point from on side to the other carrying whatever was in its path off the island.

Map of islands
For this page, please translate this image of the island maps: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afbeelding:Phi_Phi_eilanden.png

A large number of edits
I have updated a small amount of information about the island's history (and altered the spelling of 'Phi Phi Ley' to 'Leh', which is the normal transliteration I observed in Thailand - I have never seen the 'Ley' spelling).

I lived and volunteered on Phi Phi for the months of May and June 2005, and returned late July for a week. During that time I did a large amount of research on the effects of the tsunami, and the post-tsunami reconstruction efforts, for the island's tsunami museum.

The information I have added to the tsunami section is derived from eye-witness accounts from natives of Phi Phi, and the information about reconstruction is derived from sources on the island, as well as publically available materials.

I have attempted to be as objective as possible.


 * No original research. This is a problem. Can you bring external verifiable sources? Cumulus (talk) 11:34, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Why the post-tsunami information removal?
Dear 128.122.72.151

Please could you explain why you removed information about the reconstruction of the island following the tsunami?

It's pretty damn relevant, because without it the island would still be a no-go area.

When you make a big change, please can you explain what you're up to.

jim

Tourist Deaths
There is still an investigation going on about the mysterious deaths on the island, in the Laleena property in particular. I found information pointing out that there are up to 8 reported deaths, but onyl found references to four of them - which are still a lot of mysterious tourist deaths (and identical coverup attempts)in the same area in a short amount of time. This is serious enough to deserve a separate article, however i don't have enough sources to do it without it being original research. Maybe people from Thailand, Norway and Kuwait can help provide references to local sources, as i don't speak any of those languages. 77.49.207.84 (talk) 23:19, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I removed this content as none of the cited references were from a reliable source. Such serious allegations absolutely have to be properly cited, i.e. not from a forum, etc. Dancarney (talk) 14:51, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I believe the information is correct. Tourists still die on Phi Phi without clear reasons. This article was published in a Norwegian newspaper today (can be translated by Google translate) - http://www.dagbladet.no/2012/06/17/nyheter/thailand/utenriks/dodsfall/forgiftning/22153361/ Jakro64 (talk) 07:17, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Photos and page structure
This page hase become unpleasing to the eye. It has been edited so many times that the structure needs to be reworked.. WPPilot (talk) 04:33, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Ko vs. Koh
Since the linked Wiki articles are Ko Phi Phi Don, et. al., the consensus seems to be to use the "Ko" spelling rather than "Koh". In particular, the following Wikipedia style guidelines and conventions apply: WP:PLACE, WP:ENGVAR (in particular, Internal Consistency), and WP:RETAIN.  Amit   ►  12:48, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Out of interest. The biggest search term for Phi Phi is Phi Phi Island. Source; phi-phi.com Google Analytics with a website of up to 90,000 hits a month. Next comes Koh and finally Ko.TopRussell (talk) 16:41, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Gallery
The Khao Panyee (Panyee Island) island image Image:Muslim floating village in Phi Phi.jpg is not of ko Phi Phi and I would suggest it is removed. Khao Panyee (Panyee Island) is about 50 miles to the north at about 8.268794,98.481932.

Source. Myself. I lived on Koh Phi Phi 7.739331,98.771839 for 6 years creating kayak tours etc. The Khao Panyee (Panyee Island) is different to Ko phi Phi as it is in a river estuary area as opposed to a sea with coral. I can add to your image selection with originals as I have about 5 thousand images spanning 17 years. TopRussell (talk) 16:38, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

The legend of the picture : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sunset_over_a_gypsy_boat_on_Koh_Phi_Phi_Island.jpg is wrong : this is not at all a "gipsy boat" but the traditional long-tail boat used in andaman sea and gulf of Siam. Source : Khun Joe, krap. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.0.179.17 (talk) 05:00, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Cause and Effect of Tourism/Film
Re: "The film's release was attributed to an increase in tourism to the islands."

That seems strange to me. I would have thought that the increase in tourism was attributed to the film's release. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.57.72.68 (talk) 00:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Media/contact
Is there a source that confirms that there is DSL or lease data lines on the island? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rsriprac (talk • contribs) 11:09, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism
I undid the vandalism of two Turkish joksters, 195.85.255.34 and 62.244.251.251. The texts they inserted, under Phi Phi Islands, were:
 * Recent researchs show the Turkish traces all over the island. Turks, especially from Nigde and Yozgat provinces, invaded island in mid 1970's. At the moment they keep all transportation sector with the special vehicle called as minibus. They also established some charity organizations such as "Phi Phi & Schefaatli Dayanisma Dernegi", "Fertek Kultur ve Dayanisma Dernegi", "Phi-Phi Yozgat Dostluk Dernegi".

and:
 * Also in Turkish, there is a saying "çok da fi fi" meaning; "so very phi phi". It captures the relax mood of the Phi Phi people.

The "saying" çok da fifi is a mildly obscene Turkish Slang expression meaning "not giving a damn about", "I don't give a shit", etc. The charity organizations listed (dernegi), of course, don't exist. 24.226.209.121 (talk) 05:15, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Sources modified on Phi Phi Islands
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just attempted to maintain the sources on Phi Phi Islands. I managed to add archive links to 1 1 source, out of the total 1 I modified, whiling tagging 0 as dead.

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 * Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20121004053104/http://www.uq.edu.au/~pggredde/beach/lawyers.html to http://www.uq.edu.au/~pggredde/beach/lawyers.html

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