Talk:Southern Thailand

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The English and Thai names are out of sync in the table listing the areas and population demographics of the southern provinces.

Secutor7 (talk) 15:38, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

[Inconsistent capitalization of southern]
The article is highly inconsistent in terms of whether 'southern' is capitalized. The rule is generally that if a region is a formal political or administrative division, formal regional name, or historical regional name it is capitalized, but if it is a mere description in terms of compass direction, it is in lower case. Thus, we write of "In the southern regions of Canada" and "southern Valencia" but " the Western, Eastern Alps, and Southern Alps" (all from Wiki). Someone who knows for sure which category applies in Thailand's case should edit accordingly. I know the rules but am not clear on Thailand's case. Dragonbones (talk) 08:36, 17 November 2022 (UTC)