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I know that "amphoe" is used to describe administrative subdivisions of provinces, but I think "keht" is the more commonly used name for subdivisions of Bangkok. - erzengel - 1423 UTC - 23 Apr 2003
+Bangkok
-Keht -Kwang
+Other provinces
-Amphoe (Um-per) -Tambon -Moo Baan (village)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.128.126.2 (talk • contribs) 16:37, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
See: Administrative divisions of Thailand. Also: Amphoe, Tambon, Mubaan, Khet, Khwaeng, ... --hdamm (talk) 07:03, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
There are two different numbers as to the number of inhabitants on the site: in the opening sentence, it's 8,538,610 and later on in the statistics table the number changes to 6,355,144. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Heiks (talk • contribs) 04:59, 26 February 2004 (UTC)
I think that the second Thai version of the name at the top of the article, technically, should also have the symbol ฯ at the end as it is still a shortened form (but often the symbol is missing in both these shortened names). I will check this when possible. I'll also see if I can convince somebody to translate the article into Thai as it seems a shame not to have it in the 'correct' language :-) --KayEss 18:47, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Officially, the symbol ฯ is to be used only with the first one. Although the second name was a shortenned one, it is considered correct without the symbol. - from a Thai —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.147.1.2 (talk • contribs) 09:04, 29 September 2004 (UTC)
In what way is this a coastal city? If it's listed as coastal I hope London is too... --KayEss 18:23, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
A part of Bangkok i.e. part of Khet Bangkhuntien is in fact on a coast line -- a fact that many Bangkokians don't know either. The beaches in Bangkok are unfortunately muddy and hence do not make a popular tourist attraction. -- Jakris 12:13, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Does Krung mean "city" and Thep "angels", or is it the other way around? —Lowellian (talk)[[]] 12:22, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)
Uh, sorry, confused by your answer. By "that way round", do you mean the former or the latter? —Lowellian (talk)[[]] 08:27, Nov 16, 2004 (UTC)
The link to BangkokRecorder.com is not appropriate for this article. Please stop adding it. If you want to advertise your website there are plenty of other places where you can do so inexpensively. I am the registrant for Bangkok.com yet it would never occur to me to tag an encyclopedia article about the City of Bangkok with a link to Bangkok.com. Take a look at the links that have remained on the article by consensus to get an idea of what sort of link is acceptable. Thanks. --AStanhope 17:32, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
(Comment by BangkokRecorder.com: "We have found this wikipedia entry by accident. In no way do we condone spamming or the posting of the link of our site where its not appropriate. We did NOT do so and we are defnitely NOT trying to advertise our site here. We kindly ask the person who was doing so to stop posting our link as it is not appropriate here. Thanks.") —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.84.211.93 (talk • contribs) 09:11, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
I find the somewhat lengthy discussion of copyright issues odd in an article about the city. You don't see such a discussion, for example, in the article about Vancouver, Canada, which also faces this "current issue". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.180.173.96 (talk • contribs) 08:08, 18 March 2005 (UTC)
I would love it if someone can write some more info on the people of Bangkok, including numbers, but also proportion of nationalities. Etc. And anything else that would be interesting. The article seems incomplete without it. Astrophil —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 18:51, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
It's hard to say exactly how much Bangkok is getting more populous. It all has to do with mobility. Some people are moving out to nearby provinces aided by a boom in car registrations, but generally not too far beyond city limits, as traffic is crushing. (This is not Tokyo with excellent public transport) Then again, tons of multi-story (30 stories is not uncommon!) condos have been under construction and are being built near transportation areas, especially now since urban rail is getting popular. Most likely, the 2000 census was an undercount, as there are countless homes/shacks with little more than concrete paths to them, locals a house away have no idea how to get to the other house, and a census here would be a daunting task indeed, thai people are resourceful though, with the new mega-apartments and condos and megamalls, more shantytowns are being replaced with proper housing, making counts a bit easier. I highly doubt the figures for 2549 (2006) that Bangkok has simply 5.672 million, especially since the 2000 census counted 6.355 million, and Bangkok is getting denser all the time, but let's not get too carried away, maybe 7-7.5 million seems about correct. (not including nearby provinces). Including suburbs, 9-10 million is about right. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.136.72.160 (talk • contribs) 08:38, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Might I be so bold as to suggest something with the two new Bangkok photos that are being added and removed at an alarming rate. I think that we can find many more pictures of Bangkok and there is undoubtably reason to have many more pictures of the city available, but there must be a limit to the number within the article. If the new pictures could be uploaded to Wikipedia commons then we should put a Commons link on the article going to all of the pictures that we may want. I do think the two pictures in question are great pictures, but there is no copyright information on either of them. As it stands they are likely to be deleted quite soon. It'd be great if the person who uploaded them could put them on Commons with copyright information and then we'll link to that gallery from this article. I know I have a few pictures I'd like to put up too :-) — KayEss | talk 18:04, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
I'd like to point out that one of the photos (2nd one from the top)is actually overlapping some of the text. I don't know how to fix that so I'll leave that up to the more qualified among you. - T. Desloges (6 January 2006)
"called Bang Makok ("place of olive plums")" - I know this snippet is included in one of the more popular Thailand guide books, but is it actually true, or just one of the many common myths originating in those books?
The Olive plum (Cassine melanocarpa) appears to be native to Australia. The Thai for 'plum' is still 'plum'. And as far as I've been able to ascertain, the original site was, and is, called Bang Kok. TheMadBaron 19:44, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
Wasn't the original name "Ban Ngok"?--193.27.50.81 12:05, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
I wonder if anyone more familiar than I with the city has read Bangkok 8, a 2003 mystery novel by John Burdett? If so, could you comment on its authenticity or lack of it? I've only visited there a couple of times, and not for some years, but the flavor of Burdett's version of Bangkok seems very true-to-reality. . . . --Michael K. Smith 19:25, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
I've actually picked up that book and read it, and while not entirely accurate, the book does well in describing the city. I'm not sure if some of the inaccuracies are simply because Bangkok is such a rapidly changing city, the author's mistake, or simply creative license. Hope that helps. Kallimina (talk) 07:18, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Can someone provide the IPA transcription for the full name of Bangkok? 128.12.20.195 04:00, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
I just went through the article and took care most of the grammar problems and such. 134.114.59.41 06:23, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Dear BKK topic editors,
Based on Astanhope's suggestion, I present Bangkok City Photo Guide for your consideration for inclusion in the Bangkok article.
Here is a list of reasons why I think a link to this site will add value to the article.
1. It provides unique content about Bangkok organized by area and category to help visitors and locals navigate the city.
2. It empowers local businesses of all sizes with free internet presence.
3. It provides realistic views of Bangkok's tourist destinations.
4. It includes satellite maps (where available) and/or street maps in every listing.
5. It contains minimal and unintrusive advertisements.
6. It is an ongoing project, which will continue to grow and include other areas of city.
I apologize for rushing in with a link directly in the article and await your decision.
--Cityphoto 13:44, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
IMHO we don't need any external photo links - there is wikimedia commons with many free photos of Bangkok. Wikipedia is NOT a web directory, and if we include one then why not another? andy 13:06, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
The main difference is that City Photo Guide is not just another collection of Royal Palace photos. It's more like photo yellow pages with local business listings and maps. --Cityphoto 16:56, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
I've found a link of the song Krungthep Mahanakorn in http://www.hawaii.edu/thai/materials/, but I've no idea if this was sung by Asanee-Wasan Chotikul. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.166.160.50 (talk • contribs) 09:28, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
I see this has been raised twice before on the talk page, but with no resolution. We currently have three different population figures (in the lead, infobox and Demographics section)- the different numbers seem to be for province v.BMA, and 1990 v. 2000 census. Obviously we should be using the newer figure, but does anyone have a preference for province or BMA? HenryFlower 10:09, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm living in Bangkok since 2004 and I have this to add about its population:
15,000,000-18,000,000 people live here, but very few are registered as Bangkok citizens (because it's hard to change your home address in Thailand).
During elections and big holidays Bangkok gets more or less empty because everyone goes home to their home towns/villages (you have to vote in the town you're registered).
I suggest the info box should say ~15,000,000 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.196.114.202 (talk • contribs) 22:21, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
As a Thai speaker/reader I would like to add the following comments. If people agree with me maybe we should change the main pages too, but I'll start with just these comments.
When transcribing from Thai script to English you lose a load of information - just like when converting a color movie to black and white. This "lost information", along with poor English skills, has led to countless errors in transcribed Thai (the Thais call the transcribed text karaoke).
1) "Krungthep" should be Grungtep - There are no K-sounds or H-sounds in the Thai script
2) "Koh" should be Goh, as in Goh Pa Ngan (the island with the full moon parties), Goh Chaang (the elephant island).
3) Singha beer should be Sing Beer
4) The Prime Minster's name is Taksin Shinawat - not Thaksin ShinawaTRA.
In general the letters K,V,L,R,S are used incorrectly because the corresponding Thai chars have different meanings depending on their context.
/Eric —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.196.114.202 (talk • contribs) 22:21, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks /Eric —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.144.143.9 (talk • contribs) 03:02, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
What Thais always fail to understand is that there are a lot of languages out there using Latin scripts. Letters like K, G, and stuffs are pronounced differently in various languages. Just because the English K is aspirated, therefore unsuitable for the Thai ก which is unaspirated? Anyone who speaks English would know that the English G is not the same as ก either. I do not really like RTGS since it cannot distinguish the very main difference like short and long vowels. (They can use some diacritics to do that job, like in IAST. Pinyin can even tell the tones when written in full script!) Still, I don't see any reason why the letter K cannot represent ก? It's not English, it's just Thai language written in Latin script. Many languages also have unaspirated K, do they change it to G when using in English context? The point of it is that normal people can pronounce it roughly, and ones who study can pronounce it more correctly. kinkku ● ananas 11:34, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
....: I should like to propose the link: http://www.bangkokresidents.com as an external link to a site about Bangkok as it provides photographs, information, listings, important information and is under constant management and change. The site is written by people with years of experience in Bangkok, adding up to over 30 years in total and so what is written is from experience and not just by someone who has been here a year or two.:..... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mengkysan (talk • contribs) 12:35, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
/ On the subject of Thai language I have lived here 14 years and I'll tell you that there is most definately a K sound in the Thai language. Grung Thep is correct and Goh is correct ( Goh as in Got ) but the words Krap and Kha are most definately used with a K sound and not a G sound. I have just clarified this in a room full of Thais ( 30 in all ) and they all say the same. I do agree that the sound is very close to both the G and K sounds for almost all words that we might spell with a K. The province / town of Kanchanaburi is said with a G sound too, but he tone is so slight that is generally comes across as a K sound more than a G sound. / Mengkysan 09:43, 9 August 2006 (UTC) Meng
To call pawnshops, that fence stolen goods, "Chinese run" is a primitive form of relative Orientalism: it attempts to re-present the homegrown crime as somehow from abroad, from an "orient", here China. The fact is that sinoThai are Thai in the modern sense, not "Chinese" unto the next generation, and no more likely to be crooks than Tai people.Spinoza1111 06:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
This article has potential to be a featured article omeday but we neeed a peer review to figure what really needs to be improved. I'll try to get one. Felixboy 13:25, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Why does "see also" include Bangkok University but not any other universities in Bangkok? Bangkok university is neither the largest or the oldest. And there are many other universities in Bangkok that argubly have more importance to this article (Chula is much older, Thammasat is historically significant, Ramkhamhaeng probably has the most students, etc.). Even more ridiculous is why their football team, "Bangkok University FC," also included in the list? --Melanochromis 05:41, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
HELLO TO EVERYONE WHO LOVES TO DISCUSS ABOUT BANGKOK, I'm a Bangkokian and a very proud one i must say. I have been do a heck load of editing, a HUGE heckload of editing on the Bangkok website. I need everyones help to give me really accurate information and continue to edit this page until it reaches an equilibrium with the readers and editors. Sometimes I have sketchy info thats in the top of my head and is distorted, please help me correct. Also, for the wikipedia guys, I have no idea how ot upload pics so u better find pics for my grand city. PLease, itd be really nice, pics of the skyline, like a really nice one, i suggest www.skyscrapercity.com and go to the Thai forum and talk to the guys for their copyright. Other pictures can come from say, the clubs of Bangkok, Vertigo, Sirocco, Bed Supperclub. We're the biggest party city behind London and New York so you should get clubs up there. Another thing is the tourism, why is there nothing. We've been on the top 10 tourist cities for like 50 years in a row so more tourist information. I've gotten you guys started. I would also like to thank the wikipedia editors for creating a gorgeous article about current events. GUYS, my fellow Bangkokians, KON KRUNG thung lai (CITY PPL), u need to get cracking n help me edit my city. We're getting hampered by Tokyo and Hong Kong n Singapore. Its a lot of work, i've gotten u guys started. START EDITTING. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.116.220.35 (talk • contribs) 19:49, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
An excellent article overall - far more thorough than many other articles I've seen on cities. The history section is quite short, though. I gather, from this short section, that perhaps there isn't much to be said, but at the very least, some years would be good. When did it "begin as a small trading center and port community"? LordAmeth 14:15, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
"The city's wealth of cultural sites makes it one of the world's most popular tourist destinations." Is there any evidence for this? Many tourists come to Bangkok, but most don't stay more than a few days: they head to the beaches or the islands. BKK is too hot, too smelly, and the traffic is hideous. Those that stay are more interested in the nightlife and cheap shopping. There are some interesting cultural sites (Grand Palace, Wat Pho, Wat Arun), but you can visit most of them within a couple of days days.Widmerpool 14:25, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Slow in adding this and still unsure of the protocols here (which is why I am not editing yet): Just about everyone who flies into Thailand flies directly into Bangkok, so in essence, it is a "popular tourist destination". From Bangkok, you can reach several historical sites in Thailand easily, so most tours start from here. Bangkok also has ready access to rivers, so many, many boat tours start here as well. Kallimina (talk) 07:26, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Surely we can get a better (and if possible smaller) picture of the new Suvarnabhumi Airport than the currently used one? Perhaps one taken from the AOT web site Dantilley 05:39, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
There is no citation for the vague statement saying simply "the city's population must be twice what the census says". I'm sorry, but you must cite something like that!
Metro area is not = City area
Commuters not = city population —The preceding unsigned comment was added by McMatterson (talk • contribs) 00:47, 8 May 2007 (UTC).
Why are there long lists of hospitals and universities in this article. This is not common for city articles. They do not strike me as of primary interest. If they are useful at all, they should be moved into their own article and referenced. −Woodstone 22:06, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
This article looks like nationalistic propaganda. 211.116.87.131 18:24, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
This article is currently using the Thai province infobox; shouldn't the city infobox be used as it can accomodate more info? --BrokenSphere 23:16, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
The section on parks mentions that Bangkok is known for it's parks. In my opinion this is in error. Central Bangkok has only one large park (Lumpini, which is remakable) but the city is notable for its lack of other green spaces. The other parks mentioned in this section are very far from the city centre. I don't want to be overly critical of Bangkok (I live there) but there's a desperate shortage of parks, and no children's playgrounds whatsoever. --Chuckygobyebye 13:06, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Unless I am wrong, the Stock Exchange of Thailand, mentioned in the 'Roads' section of the article, is not actually on Wittayu, but on Ratchadapisek, next to the Queen Sirikit Convention center. See the SET link: http://www.set.or.th/en/contact/contact.html. Wittayu doesn't have much except the US Embassy + residence, and the huge and new All Seasons (or is it 4 Seasons?) place where the Conrad is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.10.219.39 (talk) 19:16, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
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"...the eastern side which pertains the majority of Bangkokians is called subjectively as Krung Thep, the name of the city itself (also called 'Pranakhorn' side)."
Wow. Just...wow. That is horrid. Stick to the Thai Wiki, OK? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.69.81.2 (talk) 22:10, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Why is this article called Bangkok? It hasn't been called that for over two hundred years! They're not even the same city. The King founded a new city called Krung Thep so surely this article ahould be renamed that or an English equivalent of it? Note that Bangkok is not the English equivalent of Krung Thep, they're two completely different entitie., Either "Bangkok" should redirect here, or surely a Bangkok article should be about the historical city from over two hundred years ago. Deamon138 (talk) 21:57, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Here is a 1690 French map of the village of Bangkok (shown in an enclosure by the letters M), next to the fortress built by the French at that time (A) on the left bank of the Chao Praya in 1688. Feel free to introduce the map in the article, for example in the history section. For more details see France-Thailand relations. PHG (talk) 04:48, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
The city's mix of Thai, Chinese, Indian, Buddhist, Muslim and Western cultures combined with the driving force of the Thai economy makes it increasingly attractive to foreigners both for business and pleasure and has made the city one of the world's top tourist destinations.
I think "leisure" would be far more appropriate than "pleasure"... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fgienr (talk • contribs) 06:04, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Why does this entire article read like a massive joygasm? It's almost like it was written by a travel agency. 68.143.88.2 (talk) 21:50, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
((editsemiprotected)) There is a misleading statement about pawn shops in the crime section of Bangkok.
"abetted by ubiquitous pawn shops where thieves can anonymously sell stolen goods."
The statement above is untrue. It's a lie written out of utter ignorance. Pawnshops in Thailand are heavily regulated. Thieves can NOT sell stolen goods anoymously.
Someone please remove that statement. I tried to edit it out, but unable to. Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.250.193.118 (talk) 09:06, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
((editsemiprotected))
Under the Sister cities section, it should read "Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan" instead of "Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan". They are sister cities with Fukuoka Prefecture, not Fukuoka City. Thank you to whoever can make the change.
This article needs some serious cleanup, as already mentioned above. It really does read like a travel broshure — and a very long one, at that. But what I'd like to point out in particular would be the section with all the culture goodies. It does seem to make sense, but there are absolutely no references here for them. Sadly, I would like it to be kept, but if no references are added, someone will probably drop by and decide to remove all the information.
Also, is it just me, or is the article too long? Lady Galaxy 00:37, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
There are no basis to support that a higher crime rate is related to illegal immigration. In the section Crime the following statement "A dramatic increase in the number of illegal immigrant workers in Thailand has resulted in many of the crimes being committed by these illegal immigrants." is supported by the reference [2]; however, in this reference there is no clear mention to this fact. On page 4, it only says "These illegal immigrant workers also committed crimes and spread some new diseases to the Thai people.", but it doesn't mention the proportion of the crime rate between illegal immigrants is higher that the rest of the population. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.200.137.56 (talk) 17:44, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
Way is this article still called Bangkok, it isn't called Bangkok and hasn't been known as Bangkok in Thailand for 200 years when that king dude, King Rama the first, built his capital on the fishing port Bangkok and renamed it, Bang in Thai means village and makok (where the kok comes from means Olives or plums or even a mixture of both, so Bangkok means 'Village of Olives' or 'Village of Plums' or even 'Village of a Small Fruit Salad'. It is now Krung Thep meaning 'city of angels', but that is the short version the whole name is KrungThep Mahankhon Amorn Rattanakosin Mahintara Yudthaya Mahadilok Pohp Noparat Rajathanee Bureerom Udomrajniwes Mahasatarn Amorn Pimarn Avaltarnsatit Sakatattiya Visanukram Prasit; which in Thai iswrittn as one word of 152 letters or 64 syllables. If you want the full translation I have it, but please reply directly to me on my talk page. Cheers! 'The Ninjalemming' 20:15, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
How are we determining the list of "Sister Cities"?
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—Preceding unsigned comment added by Borndistinction (talk • contribs) 09:47, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
"Thai Airways...now use the airport for domestic flights..." All Thai Air domestic flights now fly out of Suvarnabhumi (ref Thai Airways website 4-12-09). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.232.143.181 (talk) 03:35, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
There's an asshole who kept reverting the main Bangkok picture on the top right back to the map image. I'm sure it'd have been better with the collage...please do not be a NUISANCE!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Avcomth (talk • contribs) 14:10, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm a Bangkokian and I love my city skyline but I think the constant addition of another picture with our skyline in it is just too much. There are nearly 10 skyline pictures, and over 10 pictures about the transport system. Is that all that Bangkok has? Please look at articles for London,New York, and Paris and see how clean and organized and do not only refer to the major selling points of their city.
You do not see pictures of the Manhattan skyline in the entire New York City article, and you do not see pictures of London's architecture as well. It is very well balanced.
Could someone please delete these blatant pictures, it is not only an eyesore but misrepresents the city.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.200.236.183 (talk) 15:03, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
List of songs about Bangkok
Thanks.Civic Cat (talk) 18:44, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
The official name is Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopnopparatrajathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavisanukamprasit, so why isn't that stated to be the official name?--CafeDelKevin (talk) 02:49, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
There has been a slow, low-level, edit-war going on for several months over the order in which Bangkok's universities are listed. I've warned the most recent IP editor involved, at User talk:124.120.77.199, and asked them to come here to discuss it. If anyone thinks the order should be changed, please explain your reasoning here. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:50, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
Quoting the QI Book of General Ignorance: "Bangkok was the name of a small fishing port that used to exist before King Rama I moved his capital there in 1782, built a city on the site and renamed it. ... For Europeans (and every single one of their encyclopaedias) to go on calling the capital of Thailand Bangkok is a bit like Thais insisting that the capital of Britain is called Billingsgate or Winchester." N4m3 (talk) 16:55, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
I changed the section on motorcycle taxis and tuk-tuks slightly to include a mention of the sign boards which are commonly in place quoting prices to nearby destinations, thus meaning that the fares are fixed and not negotiable. Dantilley (talk) 05:44, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
i delete http: // on facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bangkok/185022688185306#!/pages/Bangkok/185022688185306 because it can not open
sorry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.168.90.75 (talk) 07:39, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
The Education section mentions a small number of Bangkok's best-known universities. In the past few days, User:Palmykrongkan has been adding King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok and King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang. While I don't doubt the quality of those institutions, I don't really think they count amongst Bangkok's top internationally acclaimed universities - but Palmykrongkan is being persistent in re-adding them after I've reverted the additions. Also, there has been an on-and-off slow edit war about the order of the others, with presumably students changing them round. So, can I ask for thoughts on which institutions should be mentioned in this section? Is there an objective measure anywhere so we could move from what looks purely subjective to, say, something like "The XXXX list of the world's top universities includes A, B and C"? -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 11:37, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
It is more than a slight exaggeration to say
"Often after a downpour, water in canals and the river overflows the banks, resulting in massive floods."
I sugegst changing this to something like
Occasionally after a downpour, water in canals and the river overflows the banks, resulting in floods in some areas.
Markjholloway (talk) 01:59, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
In which form will it be appropriate to add external link to Hotels in Bangkok Search Engine?
Here's the link: Hotels in Bangkok — Preceding unsigned comment added by IBloggerhost (talk • contribs) 05:43, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
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If you look at the high rise in the bottom left corner, second row in , 7th apartment up......
There is a NAKED LADY!!!! very nice indeed as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.41.191.13 (talk) 11:05, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Someone's vandalised the article with something rude and taken away the infobox. Someone needs to fix this. Eternities (talk) 15:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
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Currently there are three unconnected bits:
I think all these should go under Topography and Climate. Having a Current Issues section at all looks a bit recentist to me. It would have to be moved out of there anyway once the floods are over, and back in for next year's rainy season. Sections shouldn't come and go like the tide.--88.73.158.36 (talk) 19:27, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
It doesn't fit in with the current narrative (too detailed), but the ref could be useful elsewhere. --Paul_012 (talk) 17:57, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
The industry took off in the 1960s to serve some 700,000 American soldiers who took leave in the city during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name="Altman2002">((cite book|last=Altman|first=Dennis|title=Global Sex|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jrMB8V2DWjsC&pg=PA11|accessdate=8 April 2012|date=1 September 2002|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-01605-4|page=11))</ref>
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I'm failing this as I feel the problems with it are too numerous to make it worth putting it on hold. The prose is not the quality of a GA. Many paragraphs are unsourced and contain badly written text. Better quality sources could be used to write this article. At present I feel it has quite a long way to go before reaching GA. Start focusing on comprehension/concision. History section is not adequate for such a major city. Look in google books and try to replace a lot of the sources and source/improve the quality of text for the unsourced parts.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:57, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the prompt review. I guess the CE Guild would be able to help with the prose, once other issues have been dealt with. I'm interested in the current references—which are the ones that aren't up to par? As for the lack of citations, I guess you're referring primarily to the Cityscape section. The only sources I've found that provide an overview of the city's neighbourhoods are travel guides, and by their nature I don't think they'd be considered very reliable nor comprehensive for such information. It could be trimmed down to mention only directly citable facts, but I didn't think such information would be considered contentious. Also, how would you suggest condensing and focusing the article? Which specific sections should be summarised, and which (apart from History) expanded? There are a few Bangkok history books and a few urban studies books that have a chapter dedicated to the city, though with Google Books previews being limited several library trips maybe required. --Paul_012 (talk) 12:28, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
When I have a moment I'll edit it, it would be difficult to route out exactly until I look into the research myself. The bulk of material is there in terms of topics, you've done a good job on that but its need major copyediting and wider research really to be an effective good article on the topic. I'll probably begin going through condensing and adding citation tags where needed. Hope this is OK. I'd say first of all if you could begin improving the history section, the key is for it to be both comprehensive and concise. Look in google books, you'd be amazed what you can pick up in decent books even if just snippets.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:39, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
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I am wondering why you removed the photo of the Silom area. The photo that it replaced is sub standard, low res and is for the most part the sky?
The photo that I used is High res, is representative of the "city scape" and far more reasonable of a photo then the one you restored. I see in your history that you do a lot of edits of Thailand and am wondering if you feel that night photo of the Silom area (Financial district) is NOT representative of the true cityscape of Bangkok, and readers would be better served looking at the clouds in the sky over Bangkok?? talk--WPPilot 10:16, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
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Please rephrase the following language, located in the summary at the top of the page, by removing 'exotic appeal': "The city's vibrant street life and cultural landmarks, as well as its notorious red-light districts, have given it an exotic appeal."
Reason for change: The word exotic implies a foreign perspective externally viewing Thai culture/phenomena. Given that Wikipedia is meant to have a neutral point of view, this language should be replaced with a more neutral phrasing.
Suggested rephrase: "The city is known for its vibrant street life and cultural landmarks, as well as its notorious red-light districts."
Thank you.
70.61.84.234 (talk) 16:25, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, The pronunciation of BKK should be: ˈbæŋkɒk and not ko:k
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bangkok?s=t — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.9.114.224 (talk) 15:15, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
The often reported figure refers to the cumulative total of registered cars vehicles since 1979, and doesn't take into account that many of them no longer exist. Also, such detailed figures and citations should go into the article body; the lead section should only summmarise the main facts. --Paul_012 (talk) 02:51, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
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Wouldn't it be better, to move the article to "Krung Thep"? You know, in English language, Bangkok sounds awkward and increasingly more people notice that. 112.198.79.149 (talk) 07:49, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
It would be best to rename the article to Krung Thep because there really isn't a city in Thailand called Bangkok - the natives don't use this name for more than 2 centuries lolz. It will be like calling London Winchester... My info is from The Book of General Ignorance--Leonardo Da Vinci (talk) 19:51, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
Yes I am serious. If they call it Krung Thep nobody would know what it is. The whole world except the Thailand population call it Bangkok. We need people from Thailand to share some info on this. --Leonardo Da Vinci (talk) 17:23, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
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What is Bangkok's oldest name? 119.46.190.52 (talk) 06:36, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
There are a number of paragraphs without citations, as well as long stretches of text with just one or two citations. —howcheng {chat} 07:35, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
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Wiki article Bangkok contains several sections such as: Economy, Tourism, Culture, Transport, Health and Education. But all of these sections lack a weighted value. That's why "Human Achievement Index" of United Nations Development Program in Thailand gives weighted value to the eight most important key areas of human performance in Bangkok.
The reverted section "Human achievement index 2014" immediately displays the eight key areas. As expected Bangkok takes 1st rank for "education". But for "Housing and living environment" it ranked 69th, which is "low".
Moreover, Wikipedia Netherlands (who is stricter in the encyclopedia vision) welcomed these HAI 2014 sections in their "Provinces of Thailand" articles.
Finally, there is a possibility of a "See also: HAI 2014" or not even that.
SietsL (talk) 13:21, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Krung-devamahanagara amararatanakosindra mahindrayudhya mahatilakabhava navaratanarajadhani puriramasya utamarajanivesana mahasthana amaravimana avatarasthitya shakrasdattiya vishnukarmaprasiddhi. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. ««« SOME GADGET GEEK »»» (talk) 18:53, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia usually tries to make a distinction between a city and the administrative district that bears its name. Samut Prakan is one of the rarer cases (for provincial centres) where the city doesn't have its own article, probably partly due to the haphazard way its municipalities are split. Ideally we'd have a base article at Samut Prakan describing the city, and Samut Prakan (city) would redirect there. --Paul_012 (talk) 15:49, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
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IWeeBoo, here are detailed explanations of my edits. Please consider them and discuss each point before further reverting. Thanks. --Paul_012 (talk) 21:04, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
You may adjust back the parts I have complained.IWeeBoo (talk) 08:24, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
The merging of International relations section to the Government section has resulted in the sister cities list appearing awkwardly early in the article. It's usually presented as the last section in city articles. I'd recommend moving it back there. Also, the Calls to move the capital subsection (section header since removed) seems a out of place as it is, as it mentions issues which aren't discussed till further down. It should probably come much later. Maybe it could be combined with the Crime and safety (now titled Safety) section instead. --Paul_012 (talk) 00:06, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
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