217 Country Report: Wikipedia

Weiye Meng

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia with a very wide coverage. Many professional entries provide very detailed content, and also provide many related information sources, so that it is very convenient to conduct a deeper understanding based on the cited content. However, Wikipedia is not widely used in Thailand. The total number of people in Thailand is about 70 million. As of February 2023, Wikipedia has 153,265 articles and 441,314 registered users in Thailand. It only ranks 14th on the popular website in Thailand. However, the number of users of Wikipedia is still increasing every year. This shows that Wikipedia is also a reliable source of information for Thais.

Wikipedia has a wide variety of information about Thailand. It contains all kinds of information such as politics, history, humanities, geography, and economy. Wikipedia has two different versions in Thailand, one in Thai and one in English. Thai Wikipedia is the most visited Wikipedia for Thailand and Laos. Most of the Wikipedia information about Thailand was written by Thais, some information was written by people from various countries, and a lot of information was obtained from different websites.

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Wikipedia#:~:text=The%20Thai%20Wikipedia%20(Thai%3A%20%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4,Alexa’s%20Top%20Sites%20Thailand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand

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