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Pronunciation of redundant parts of foreign names
I've made a project-relevant query at the MOS talk page, at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style. --Paul_012 (talk) 02:38, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

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RfD for ceremonial name of Bangkok
There is an RfD at Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2019_July_9%23Long_Thai_name_of_Bangkok regarding redirects from the full ceremonial name of Bangkok. Your input is welcome. Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 22:01, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Old place names
I recently transcribed an 1883 work, on Wikisource: s:Notes of a journey across the Isthmus of Krà. Where possible I have linked (from footnotes) place (and people's) names to the current Wikipedia equivaents. However the book includes many place names for which I have not been able to find the modern equivalent. That also means that, if the modern equivalents have Wikipedia articles or Wikidata items, they do not include the old names (or, at least, the peculiar transliterations of those names used in the book). The names are:


 * Sawe river
 * Muong Krà
 * Ooay Sie
 * Ban Na Pho
 * Kow Kye
 * Muong Rehnong
 * Kow Taakade (a hill)
 * Ban Naa Pa
 * Ban Taa Ko (small village?)
 * Klong Taa Ko (river?)
 * Rehnong
 * Kow Keh Say (a hill)
 * Ooay Hok ("part of a river")
 * Ban Song
 * Ban Taa Ngow
 * Raat Koot (river)
 * Ban Raat Koot
 * Koh Pee (islet)
 * Kow Kye (pass)
 * Chah Hoon
 * Naa Ling Chan
 * Taa San
 * Tong Kaa (stream)
 * Chumpon (bay and river; aka Tsoompen)
 * Koh Teluh (islet)
 * Malliwan
 * Chah Hoon
 * Klong Nam Noi
 * Klong Kumaonyie
 * Namoy (stream)
 * Maleewoon (river)
 * Bankren (river)
 * Pahklong (river)
 * Tayoung
 * Yeb

can anyone help to identify them, please? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:51, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Some that I've gotten so far:


 * Sawe river - Sawi River (คลองสวี, Khlong Sawi, in Thai). It's the same name as Sawi District.
 * Muong Krà - Kra Buri (Muong would be mueang, meaning town or city.)
 * Ooay Sie - Wisai (วิสัย), now divided into Tambon Wisai Tai (South Wisai) in Sawi District and Tambon Wisai Nuea (North Wisai) in Mueang Chumphon District.
 * Ban Na Pho - Ban Na Pho (นาโพธิ์) in Tambon Na Pho, Sawi District. Ban (บ้าน) means village; their names are often shared with the tambon (subdistrict) that covers them.
 * Muong Rehnong / Rehnong - Ranong
 * Ban Taa Ko - in Tambon Tako (ตะโก) in Thung Tako District
 * Klong Taa Ko (river?) - Khlong Tako
 * Ban Song - in Tambon Pak Song (ปากทรง) in Phato District
 * Raat Koot (river) - Khlong Ratchakrut
 * Ban Raat Koot - in Tambon Ratchakrut (ราชกรูด) in Mueang Ranong District
 * Koh Pee (islet) - Judging from the text, this seems to beb Ko Khonthi (เกาะคณฑี). I've no idea why the names are different.
 * Chah Hoon - La-un, now divided Tambon La-un Tai and La-un Nuea in La-un District


 * --Paul_012 (talk) 18:13, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I've included those that are linkable as footnotes in Wikisource. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:20, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Request to update facts on Bangkok Bank wiki page
I hope this is the right place to post this request. I've found it a bit difficult finding the right Talk Page for the Bangkok Bank wiki page as it is now part of WikiProject Thailand. If this is the wrong place could someone please point me in the right direction.

First off I want to draw attention to affiliations / COI — I work for a communications consultancy that works with Bangkok Bank. This is disclosed on the BBBKTH user page.

Requested fact changes in HISTORY section: Current text: "In 2015 the bank also had 112 business centers, 129 business desks and 68 trade finance centers." Requested change: "In 2018 the bank also had 117 business centers, 126 business desks and 68 trade finance centers." Source:

BBBKKTH (talk) 08:42, 25 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Done. Further comments in the next section. --Paul_012 (talk) 09:51, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Request to update facts on Chartsiri Sophonpanich wiki page
I hope this is the right place to post this request. I've found it a bit difficult finding the right Talk Page for the [|Chartsiri Sophonpanich wiki page] as it is now part of WikiProject Thailand. If this is the wrong place could someone please point me in the right direction.

First off I want to draw attention to affiliations / COI — I work for a communications consultancy that works with Bangkok Bank of which Chartsiri is the president. This is disclosed on the BBBKTH user page.

Requested fact changes:

1 — Current text: "Chartsiri Sophonpanich (Thai: ชาติศิริ โสภณพนิช, RTGS: Chatsiri Sophonphanit; born 12 May 1961) is a Thai banker." Requested change: "Chartsiri Sophonpanich (Thai: ชาติศิริ โสภณพนิช, RTGS: Chatsiri Sophonphanit; born 12 May 1960) is a Thai banker."

2 — Current text: "Under his leadership, Bangkok Bank has expanded its operations and now has a local network of over 1100 branches, 230 business centers and more than 17 million deposit accounts." Requested change: "Under his leadership, Bangkok Bank has expanded its operations and now has a local network of over 1160 branches, 117 business centers and 126 business desks, and more than 17 million deposit accounts."

3 – Current text: "The bank has 25 overseas branches, including fully owned subsidiaries in China and Malaysia, plus a representative office in Myanmar." Requested change: "The bank has 32 international branches in 15 economies, including fully owned subsidiaries in China and Malaysia. Bangkok Bank is the only Thai bank to have a branch in Myanmar where its Yangon Branch opened on 2 June 2015."

4 – Current text: "Together with his responsibilities at Bangkok Bank, Mr. Chartsiri is the Chairman of the Thai Bankers’ Association, a member of the Payment Systems Committee of the Bank of Thailand,"

Requested change: "Together with his responsibilities at Bangkok Bank, Mr. Chartsiri is a member of the Payment Systems Committee of the Bank of Thailand,"

4 – AWARDS Current text: "In 2001 he received the Banker of the Year award from Thailand’s Money and Banking magazine. In 2005 he received the Achievement Award for Leadership in Thailand from the Asian Banker magazine and the Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award from Worcester Polytechnic Institute for exceptional achievement in business."

Requested change: "In 2001 he received the Banker of the Year award from Thailand’s Money and Banking magazine. In 2005 he received the Achievement Award for Leadership in Thailand from the Asian Banker magazine and the Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award from Worcester Polytechnic Institute for exceptional achievement in business. In 2019 he received The Asian Banker CEO Leadership Achievement for Thailand Award 2019."

5 – Photo of K Chartsiri. Can this be updated to the image on this link

BBBKKTH (talk) 08:59, 25 July 2019 (UTC)


 * I've done most of the requested changes, although his year of birth is actually 1959—I've added a directly relevant source for that, since it's not mentioned in the one you provided. I've also made some small changes and formatted the references. As for the photo, it will have to be released under a free licence to be used in Wikipedia. Please see details at Donating copyrighted materials. --Paul_012 (talk) 09:50, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Can someone educated rewrite following low quality articles?
I can not find alternative sources online, so I suppose it is important to maintain these articles in good state. But currently it is too bad even for written-off school essay. It is a shame to publish it. Illogic structure, terrible language, errors even in the simplest facts, etc. Everything in these articles is terrible. --5.18.102.211 (talk) 20:29, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Wat Phra Kaew
 * Grand Palace


 * Hello. The best way to have something fixed in Wikipedia is often to be bold and make the edits yourself. In any case, you'll have to be more specific with the Grand Palace article. It is currently listed as a Wikipedia Good Article; the errors you mention would have already been missed during the review process and probably are not that obvious. You mentioned under a different IP that English is not your mother tongue, but if you're able to detect these subtle errors, that should be good enough for at least pointing out what the specific problems are. Thanks. --Paul_012 (talk) 03:28, 21 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello! I am sure this is not the case here, because I just have no access to reliable sources. Also I am quite sure that such articles must be written by people with special education (historical, architectural, etc.) not by ignoramus in this field (like me). Concerning errors in the Grand Palace article, there is at least one obvious error that is easy to check: the article states that the Palace has "three gates along each of the four walls". At the same time I observe 4 gates along the north wall (you can check it yourself easily using Google Maps view of the north wall). There is the same simplest error in the Wat Phra Kaew article which states that "Wat Phra Kaew has a number of buildings in the precincts of the Grand Palace, which covers a total area of over 94.5 hectares (234 acres)". But the total square of the Grand Palace (the Wat Phra Kaew temple is a part of the Grand Palace) is about 24 hectares (it also can be easily confirmed using Google Maps). Such simple mistakes combined with the bad style and structure completely compromise all data in these articles. Thanks. --5.18.102.211 (talk) 14:53, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Looking for free online source for history of Thailand
Hello, can anyone point me to free online available source for History of Thailand? I already have access to Wyatt's Thailand: A Short History, and Library of Congress's Country Studies, but I would love to have a diverse range of source to compare. Either chronology or topic-specific would do. Thanks. --Wedjet (talk) 18:10, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
 * It's not free in the unlimited sense, but Chris Baker & Pasuk Phongpaichit's A History of Thailand is available for borrowing via the Internet Archive. For topic-specific articles, the entire archive of the Journal of the Siam Society is available under the domain siamese-heritage.org/jsspdf . Recent issues are available at https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/pub_jss. --Paul_012 (talk) 11:04, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Page move discussion
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Place name disambiguators
I've tried moving articles around for consistency many times, yet I keep having trouble keeping track of whether it should be Victory Monument, Bangkok, Victory Monument (Bangkok), Victory Monument, Thailand or Victory Monument (Thailand). Let's try and write this down:


 * Use Place, Thailand only for settlements (cities, towns, villages), e.g. Trang, Thailand.
 * Use Place, City or Place, Provincename for neighbourhoods and diplomatic missions (as well as settlements whose names aren't unique), e.g. Chinatown, Bangkok and Embassy of the United States, Bangkok.
 * Use Place (City) or Place (Provincename) for most other buildings and landmarks, e.g. Victory Monument (Bangkok).
 * Use Place (Thailand) for general entities with nationwide scope. This includes places whose names allude to the country, such as the National Gallery (Thailand). Also use for educational institutions whose names are otherwise unqualified, e.g. Assumption University (Thailand).

This leaves us with hotels and religious buildings.

For chain hotels, the location is usually part of the name, so include the city with a comma (Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok) or without (Dusit Thani Bangkok). Independent hotels should be treated like other buildings and landmarks.

Temples and churches seem to have a tendency to be named using comma disambiguation, even though they're usually unrelated and logically should probably use Church (City). I'll just stick to the status quo for the time being.

Any thoughts? I'll be moving some articles around to bring them in line with the above. --Paul_012 (talk) 17:19, 20 November 2019 (UTC)