Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Thailand/Archives/2021

Is "brighttv.co.th" a reliable source?
In trying to respond to this edit request, a source provided was https://www.brighttv.co.th/entertain/love-for-our-lisa. Is this considered a reliable source? Elliot321 (talk &#124; contribs) 21:09, 20 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Elliot321, it's a former national terrestrial TV station, now operating as a web-only news site, so it should be reliable (though not necessarily unbiased) at least for general factual reporting. I won't rate it very highly among online news sites though (and the bar for Thai news websites isn't that high, especially with entertainment news). That said, the requested fact seems quite trivially verifiable, so it should be reliable enough for that at least. The fact also appears in English sources such as and, though these appear to be sponsored pieces. --Paul_012 (talk) 06:06, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * thanks! Elliot321 (talk &#124; contribs) 06:10, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

First woman/women in parliament
I was wondering if anyone could clear up some contradictory info in different sources on the first Thai woman/women in parliament. According to The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, two women (Lekha Aphaiwong and La-iad Phibunsongkhram) were appointed to the Senate in November 1947, and Orapin Chaiyakan was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives in 1949. However, according to the Chronicle of Thailand, Aphaiwong and Phibunsongkhram were appointed to the Senate in June 1949, shortly after Chaiyakan was elected, which would make her the first woman in parliament. Any ideas which is correct? Cheers, Number   5  7  19:31, 21 January 2021 (UTC)


 * According to the Thai Wikipedia (I haven't cross-checked the sources yet), the two women were appointed on 21 June 1949 to fill vacancies left by a series of resignations on 15 June. The senators they replaced had been appointed in November 1947, so that's probably the source of confusion by the Almanac. --Paul_012 (talk) 11:59, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * That would make sense. Thank you. Number   5  7  12:25, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Provincial towns renaming
Interested users are invited to participate in the discussion at Talk:Amnat Charoen, which still needs more input. Thank you in advance. --Paul_012 (talk) 16:20, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Notice of merge proposal
There is a proposal at Talk:USS_Ouellet to merge HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai, a ship of the Royal Thai Navy, into the article for the vessel when with the US Navy. Kablammo (talk) 19:44, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Bot for Thai name category sorting
Hi. I'm reviving a project to have a bot help add sort keys for Thai people categories. The discussion is at Wikipedia talk:Categorization of people. --Paul_012 (talk) 18:48, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Belated update: The relevant BRFA has been filed at Bots/Requests for approval/Cewbot 7. --Paul_012 (talk) 12:59, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

New Page Patrol

 * New Page Patrol needs experienced volunteers
 * New Page Patrol is currently struggling to keep up with the influx of new articles, including Thailand related articles. We could use a few extra hands on deck if you think you can help.
 * Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines ; Wikipedia needs experienced users to perform this task and there are precious few with the appropriate skills. Even a couple reviews a day can make a huge difference.
 * If you would like to join the project and help out, please see the granting conditions and review our instructions page. You can apply for the user-right HERE. --John B123 (talk) 14:46, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Thai TV awards
I've started a discussion hoping to iron out which Thai TV awards are the major ones that warrant including in articles at WT:WikiProject Television. Please join the discussion there if you're interested, thanks. --Paul_012 (talk) 00:52, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Art Arya
New stub: Art Arya. Improvements welcome! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:52, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Downcasing "Province"
See discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Southeast Asia. Dicklyon (talk) 17:41, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

Update: A full RM has been started at Talk:Amnat Charoen Province. Please join the discussion if you're interested; it's intended that the result will be applied to all province, district and subdistrict articles. --Paul_012 (talk) 18:32, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:1946 Siamese general election
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:1946 Siamese general election that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 20:17, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Some help
Hi. I'm not Thai, and I need help with something. What's the RTGS of รัก เป็น เล่น ตาย?? Collected that from GMMTV, as I'm starting an article for The Player. Thanks a lot! Cyclonicationly (talk) 06:43, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
 * That would be "rak pen len tai". &minus;Woodstone (talk) 13:09, 30 December 2021 (UTC)