Thai Wikipedia
Thai-language edition of Wikipedia
The Thai Wikipedia (Thai: วิกิพีเดียภาษาไทย; RTGS: Wikiphidia Phasa Thai) is the Thai language edition of Wikipedia. It was started on 25 December 2003. As of September 2026, it has 188,220 articles and 568,746 registered users. As of March 2022, Wikipedia (all languages combined) was ranked 14th in Alexa's Top Sites Thailand.
As of January 2021, the Thai Wikipedia is the most visited Wikipedia in both Thailand and Laos. In Laos the position of the most popular language version of Wikipedia alternates between English and Thai.
On 31 January 2006, the Thai Wikipedia was first recognized along with English Wikipedia in the Thai press. In 2007, a thesis, Thai Wikipedia and Communicating Knowledge to the Public, was published by a graduate student from the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University.
The Thai Wikipedia was mentioned during a public forum during the 2005-2006 Thai political crisis when a speaker suggested that Thai people should read Wikipedia's article on Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister.
The Thai Wikipedia is the second online encyclopedia in the Thai language after the Thai Junior Encyclopedia Project, which was developed under the patronage of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
“Thai Wikipedia” enters the record as thai-language edition of Wikipedia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Thai, Wikipedia and Thai-language can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Thai Wikipedia” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Thai, Wikipedia and Thai-language provides the most credible route into that argument.
The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q565074. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2003, 2026, 2022 and 2021.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Thai Wikipedia”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Thai Wikipedia primary sources, Thai Wikipedia archive and Thai research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Thai Wikipedia”?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
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This entry incorporates text from “Thai Wikipedia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.