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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami has been requested to be renamed, see Talk:2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami . 184.144.160.156 (talk) 03:26, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of election poster image

I wish to inform you that this image has been nominated for deletion. There are potentially others as well. Silverseren^C 20:06, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

{{Thailand topics}}

Can someone from here please create the template

. See example in Women in Vietnam. Thanks. - AnakngAraw (talk) 21:07, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Tada! Check out the new topic template. I need someone else to expand the history section though, since I'm not familiar with what would qualify as important. Nightw 09:22, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Diplomatic missions of the United States

List of diplomatic missions of the United States lists neither United States Embassy, Bangkok nor U.S. Consulate General, Chiang Mai. No United States Embassy, Vientiane, either. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pawyilee (talk • contribs) 11:16, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure exactly what the concern is here. Why should a separate article from Thailand – United States relations be required, and why should it be listed on that page? --Paul_012 (talk) 17:45, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

The role of the Laos Embassy in the Vietnam War is adequately covered in the article on the US Ambassador at the time, but not that of the one in Bangkok, or of the consulate in Chiang Mai. The relations article also has little to say, and misleadingly says the US has a "small" U.S. military advisory group that's still quite a large fortified compound on Sathon Tai. The Embassy on Wireless Road is both fortified and huge. I just linked the advisory group to Military Assistance Advisory Group, but it doesn't list JUSMAG-THAI. During the Vietnam dustup, it , or some other related US activity, leased two hotels in Bangkok that doubled as Officers and NCO Clubs, also a compound in Klong Toey for a post exchange, commissary and US Army medical facility open to US military dependents in-country. They also had a tiny post exchange in Pattaya, and behind it was group of bungalows for Officers families. That and the R&R camp at the north end of the beach arguably started started the boom down there, but all its History section says is, But a change occurred on April 26, 1961, when the first group of about 100 American servicemen who were fighting in the Vietnam War arrived in Pattaya for relaxation. While I'm on the subject of diplomatic missions, there is next-to-nothing on Thailand – United Kingdom relations beyond the Burney Treaty and Treaty of Amity and Commerce (Siam–UK) (1826.) --Pawyilee (talk) 09:33, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Only recently found out there was as US consulate in Udon Thani closed in about 1995, and that there is still a VOA transmission site nearby. --Pawyilee (talk) 15:31, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Potent source for Thai history articles

I just found this today, which I've already used as a source for the "unofficial motto" at Flag of Thailand. I'd like some help on filling out the cite web template. This is my second try, using the site's bottom line as the quote. [1]

1. "Thailand: A Country Study". from the Library of Congress Country Studies Program, formerly the Army Area Handbook Program. Mongabay.com. Retrieved 23 July 2011. This text comes from the Country Studies Program, formerly the Army Area Handbook Program. The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world. From The Library of Congress TRY USING CTRL-F on your keyboard to find the appropriate section of text

--Pawyilee (talk) 04:48, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

อหลยา

Can someone please give me the English Transliteration of อหลยา and confirm that she is same as the Hindu Ahalya? An anon added อหลยา in the article. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 06:04, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

อหลยา is a direct transliteration of Ahalyā into Thai script. I'm not sure how it would normally be pronounced, since this varies among Pali/Sanskrit loanwords and terms. A brief Google search tells that they are indeed the same subject. --Paul_012 (talk) 09:08, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

She has a section at Thai Wiki พระอินทร์. I found the links to both with the search service at English Thai Dictionary. --Pawyilee (talk) 11:09, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:45, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Mild_(Thai_band)

I am not sure if it is notable or not, and certainly needs at least two sources that establish notability, even if in thai. could someone please take a look, thanks! --Cerejota (talk) 23:16, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Omnoi

I would like to write an article about Omnoi stadium and Omnoi in SamutSakhon.

Does anyone have any links in English?

Should Omnoi be a seperate article, or part of another article.--Ranti2 (talk) 08:27, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Om Noi as a city clearly deserves an article on its own, there's only the question whether the city and the Tambon should be in the same article. The cover the same area, but are different administrative units, so to be exact they should be separate articles, but for simplicity I think can put them into one, same as it was done for several other Tambon and corresponding TAO. I have no English links, but many Thai sources and references, so maybe I can start with an article on the city, and you fill in the details I omitted. andy (talk) 08:58, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Zaza Sor Aree

Does anyone know good online reliable sources where I could find information about the Muay Thai idol Zaza Sor Aree? I recently created her article, but I'm missing much relevant information about her. I know that she is an idol in Thailand, but I can't reference much because I don't speak Thai. I would appreciate if anyone could check the Thai article and tell me what I could add to the English version. Also, I'm looking for more complete references about her kickboxing career, her musical career and her acting career, as well as her background. Jfgslo (talk) 03:20, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Free Thai Movement

Help is badly needed at the Free Thai Movement to document involvement of the OSS in Japanese-occupied Thailand; US bombing of civilian targets;an OSS agent losing his mind over it; and the UK's desire to annex Thailand at the end of WWII. Additional info on the accidental bombing of Japanese high-value sites in a B-29 raid that was only a practice-run for bombing Japan that missed all of its intended civilian targets is at Allies attack Thailand, 1942-1945. Text from The Library of Congress Country Studies Program, formerly the Army Area Handbook Program, yields this tidbit: "...As a result of the contributions made to the Allied war efforts by the Free Thai Movement, the United States, which unlike the other Allies had never officially been at war with Thailand, refrained from dealing with Thailand as an enemy country in postwar peace negotiations. Before signing a peace treaty, however, Britain demanded war reparations in the form of rice for shipment to Malaya, and France refused to permit admission of Thailand to the United Nations (UN) until Indochinese territories annexed during the war were returned. The Soviet Union insisted on the repeal of anticommunist legislation." Mongabay reference Thailand An earlier version of the WP article was preserved for students and teachers at " eNotes. I can't help due to serious NNPOV. --Pawyilee (talk) 17:43, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Than Yutthachaibodin AfD

Anyone with any skill in Thai whatsoever could probably lend a hand at this AfD. Thanks in advance. --joe decker^talk to me 06:08, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Need help

Hello. I'm looking for help regarding Category:House of Sundarakul na Jolburi. I've just categorized it in Category:Thai monarchy but I'm not 100% sure that this makes sense. The problem is that the explanation on the category page as well as the main article (House of Sundarakul na Jolburi) look like a really bad case of machine translation and are basically unreadable. Maybe th:สุนทรกุล_ณ_ชลบุรี can shed some light on all this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. A related issue is whether this topic deserves its own category. Best, Pichpich (talk) 22:28, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Rewrote a bit. Should be in Category:Thai families, I think. As for the subcategory, if no other eligible member articles arise then it could probably be deleted. --Paul_012 (talk) 07:08, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Great! Thanks a lot. Pichpich (talk) 12:57, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

19th-century image files

Southeast Asia Visions. "Browse the Southeast Asia Visions Collection". Cornell University Library. Retrieved October 2, 2011. Browse by image date --Pawyilee (talk) 10:50, 2 October 2011 (UTC)