Thai Wikipedia
Encyclopedia
The Thai Wikipedia is the edition of Wikipedia
in the Thai language
started in December 2003. As of November 8, 2011, it has more than 69,952 articles with 127,053 registered users. As of October 2007, Wikipedia (all languages combined) was ranked 26th in Alexa
Top Sites Thailand .
On January 31, 2006 Thai Wikipedia was first recognized along with English Wikipedia
by a press coverage. In 2007 there is a thesis
under the name Thai Wikipedia and Communicating Knowledge to the Public by a graduate student from Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University
.
Thai Wikipedia was also mentioned during a public forum in 2005-2006 Thai political crisis telling that Thai people should read all facts about Thaksin Shinawatra
, the former prime minister.
Thai Wikipedia is the second online encyclopedia in the Thai language after the Thai Junior Encyclopedia Project, which was developed under the patronage of the King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej
.
Some editors believe that all edits must be made in compliance with Thai law, especially, lèse majesté
. However, many editors adhere to the policy of no-censorship in so far as the edits are made in good faith and are of factual nature supported by reliable sources. One of the articles most attracting quarrels is Bhumibol Adulyadej. Addition of the facts which may somewhat be unfavourable for some royalists usually be reverted and recovered time by time and the adding editors usually face an accusation of being disloyal to the monarch (see its http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A2:%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%8Atalk page]). Although the article is now protected permanently, such addition remains in existence according to the policy of no-censorship.
Recently, the article 2010 Public van accident on Uttraphimuk Flyover brings about a debate as to juvenile offender. According to Thailand's Juvenile and Family Courts and Juvenile and Family Case Procedure Act, BE 2553 (2010), the name and other information of a juvenile offender must not be disclosed unless the court so permits. The article contains quite detailed information about a girl offender who causes death to nine van passengers and causes another six to sustain serious injuries in the accident. Several editors demand for removal of such information, and others argue that censorship should not take place in the Thai Wikipedia. The dispute is left unsolved and the article still contains that information (see its http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A2:%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%93%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%82_%E0%B8%9E.%E0%B8%A8._2553talk page]).
With respect to style, the first line of each paragraph is indented in the same way as Thai writing style.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
in the Thai language
Thai language
Thai , also known as Central Thai and Siamese, is the national and official language of Thailand and the native language of the Thai people, Thailand's dominant ethnic group. Thai is a member of the Tai group of the Tai–Kadai language family. Historical linguists have been unable to definitively...
started in December 2003. As of November 8, 2011, it has more than 69,952 articles with 127,053 registered users. As of October 2007, Wikipedia (all languages combined) was ranked 26th in Alexa
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Top Sites Thailand .
On January 31, 2006 Thai Wikipedia was first recognized along with English Wikipedia
English Wikipedia
The English Wikipedia is the English-language edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Founded on 15 January 2001 and reaching three million articles by August 2009, it was the first edition of Wikipedia and remains the largest, with almost three times as many articles as the next...
by a press coverage. In 2007 there is a thesis
Thesis
A dissertation or thesis is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings...
under the name Thai Wikipedia and Communicating Knowledge to the Public by a graduate student from Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University
Chulalongkorn University
Chulalongkorn University is the oldest university in Thailand and is the country's highest ranked university. It now has nineteen faculties and institutes. Regarded as the best and most selective university in Thailand, it consistently attracts top students from around the country...
.
Thai Wikipedia was also mentioned during a public forum in 2005-2006 Thai political crisis telling that Thai people should read all facts about Thaksin Shinawatra
Thaksin Shinawatra
Thaksin Shinawatra is a Thai businessman and politician, who was Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006, when he was overthrown in a military coup....
, the former prime minister.
Thai Wikipedia is the second online encyclopedia in the Thai language after the Thai Junior Encyclopedia Project, which was developed under the patronage of the King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej is the current King of Thailand. He is known as Rama IX...
.
Characteristics
The Thai Wikipedia is different from other Wikipedias in a number of ways.Some editors believe that all edits must be made in compliance with Thai law, especially, lèse majesté
Lèse majesté
Lese-majesty is the crime of violating majesty, an offence against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.This behavior was first classified as a criminal offence against the dignity of the Roman republic in Ancient Rome...
. However, many editors adhere to the policy of no-censorship in so far as the edits are made in good faith and are of factual nature supported by reliable sources. One of the articles most attracting quarrels is Bhumibol Adulyadej. Addition of the facts which may somewhat be unfavourable for some royalists usually be reverted and recovered time by time and the adding editors usually face an accusation of being disloyal to the monarch (see its http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A2:%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%8Atalk page]). Although the article is now protected permanently, such addition remains in existence according to the policy of no-censorship.
Recently, the article 2010 Public van accident on Uttraphimuk Flyover brings about a debate as to juvenile offender. According to Thailand's Juvenile and Family Courts and Juvenile and Family Case Procedure Act, BE 2553 (2010), the name and other information of a juvenile offender must not be disclosed unless the court so permits. The article contains quite detailed information about a girl offender who causes death to nine van passengers and causes another six to sustain serious injuries in the accident. Several editors demand for removal of such information, and others argue that censorship should not take place in the Thai Wikipedia. The dispute is left unsolved and the article still contains that information (see its http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A2:%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%93%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%82_%E0%B8%9E.%E0%B8%A8._2553talk page]).
With respect to style, the first line of each paragraph is indented in the same way as Thai writing style.
Timeline
- 25 December 2003: The Thai main page created after first created in 16 March 2003 with the word "Describe the new page here."
- 27 December 2003: The first article created containing only one word "ดาราศาสตร์" (astronomy) and 32 interwiki links. After that it became a stub in 31 May.
- 28 February 2004: The real first article created, Computer scienceComputer scienceComputer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
. - 21 April 2004: 100 articles, Time & Time Travel (a fiction).
- 17 August 2004: 500 articles, GrevilleaGrevilleaGrevillea is a diverse genus of about 360 species of evergreen flowering plants in the protea family Proteaceae, native to Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Sulawesi. It was named in honour of Charles Francis Greville. The species range from prostrate shrubs less than 0.5 m tall to trees...
- 10 March 2005: 1,000 articles, Harry PotterHarry PotterHarry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
. - 1 May 2005: The first featured article, FractalFractalA fractal has been defined as "a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is a reduced-size copy of the whole," a property called self-similarity...
. - September 2005: More than 30 university students registered and wrote articles as their homework.
- 28 October 2005: 5,000 articles, Bao QingtianBao QingtianBao Zheng was a much-praised official who served during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Northern Song Dynasty in ancient China. Culturally, Bao Zheng today is respected as the symbol of justice in China...
. - 31 January 2006: Press coverage in onopen.com
- March 2006: Mass contenting adding of the year articles from 543 BC (Buddhist Era 1) to about 1800 semi-manually by using JavaScript. About 2,500 stubs are added.
- 14 March 2006: 10,000 articles, Pennsylvania State UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityThe Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
- 16 March 2007: 20,000 articles, Aries Mu
- 10 December 2007: 30,000 articles, Andy LauAndy LauAndy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
- 26 October 2008: 40,000 articles, Bamboo BladeBamboo Bladeis a Japanese manga series written by Masahiro Totsuka, and illustrated by Aguri Igarashi. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Young Gangan starting December 3, 2004. The manga has been licensed for distribution in North America by Yen Press. An anime adaptation by...
- 4 September 2009: 50,000 articles, Nanda (Buddhist)
External links
- Thai Wikipedia Thai Wikipedia mobile version
- Press coverage in onopen.com