User talk:Jaxartes

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Thanks indeed for the advice. I can't see your email address, though - perhaps you could email me? info@cpamedia.com should reach me.

Information on Lawa people
I have noticed that you have been adding many links leading to publications by Andrew Forbes and David Henley to a large amount of articles here in Wikipedia. Would you also happen to know where I can find more information on the Lawa people of Thailand? They seem a very interesting but underrated and under-reported people. I added your talk page to my watchlist so you can reply here. Cheers, - Takeaway (talk) 16:25, 22 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Hello there - I hope I am replying in the right place! You are quite right, the Lawa are badly underrepresented in the literature. Unfortunately I am in the UK at present, but will check up on this when I am next back in Thailand. The reason that there's a lot of David Henley / Andrew Forbes material going up in quick succession is that we just published 96 North Thailand related articles in 8 volumes on Amazon - actually they have taken the best part of a decade to research, write and photograph. But - sad to say - no Lawa... Will be in touch.


 * UPDATE: We have two pieces that are Lawa-related, one on the Lawa Spirits of Doi Suthep (Pu Sae and Ya Sae), and one on King Viranga, the Lawa suitor of Mon Queen Chama Thewi. They are historical and not anthropological... I'll try and post them this week. Any feedback appreciated!


 * I was nearly ready to report you for spamming actually... LOL! Luckily I did a search on google first, and it's only because of the fact that the articles you've posted here on wikipedia as links contain very valuable information that is not readily available in English, that I haven't deleted them. I will surely get some of your publications for myself! I'd advise you to notify the administrators here on wikipedia about what you are doing though, as it might not be so well regarded by other members of the project. If you do run into any trouble, please contact me. I'd be glad to help you out.
 * I'm off to CM myself in two weeks time and I'll be there for the next three months. I'll look around if I can find any more information on the Lawa people. It's truly a mystery (sarcastic smile) why these people, who have played such an important role in Thai culture, are so unknown.
 * Thanks! - Takeaway (talk) 17:28, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

How do I tell the administrators? In any case you are right and they're not spam... In many cases they are the only relevant articles/references on the subject. I was going to have a go at posting images later, as we have a pretty good Asian images library (Pictures From History @ www.picturesfromhistory.com). I haven't mentioned that as that would definitely be advertising. Don't buy anything - I'll just send you the articles if you let me know where to send them. I'm a Sinologist, by the way, with 25 years of residence in Chiang Mai and a very great deal of affection for the place. Best - Andrew


 * You might want to read Conflict of interest, especially the sections WP:SELFCITE and WP:CURATOR. I couldn't find out who one should approach though. If the aforementioned page doesn't give you the correct answers, you can try to post a question on Village pump but unfortunately you must be prepared to dodge flack when you do that as some contributors can be quite vehement in their interpretation of wikipedia rules and guidelines.
 * I am sure that Wikimedia Commons, the main image depository of all Wikipedia projects, will be very happy to receive your image files. The main point there is to categorise them correctly. I am also active on Wikimedia so if you have any questions about how to go about things there, send me a message on my talk page, either here on my Wikipedia talk page or on my talk page on Wikimedia.
 * The first time I visited Chiang Mai was 29 years ago. I returned again 8 years ago and ever since I spend more and more time there. I tend to now live in CM around 7 months a year. Maybe I will run into you there one day?
 * I see that there is no email option on your user page. Perhaps you can send me a message instead? If you go to my user page, you will see "Email this user" in the left hand column. I'd rather not post my email address in a public space.
 * Regards, - 18:32, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you indeed. I can't see your email, though - but you can reach me at: info@cpamedia.com. Best.


 * Okay. Will do that now. Thank you too! Regards, - Takeaway (talk) 19:04, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

December 2012
Hello, I'm JohnBlackburne. I wanted to let you know that I removed an external link you added, because it seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. ''In particular the guideline on adding books to references that are not used as references in the article. Thank you.'' JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 14:09, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

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