User talk:Farang Rak Tham

GA review

Hi Farang Rak Tham. Hope you would be fine. I have nominated my article Siddhantasara (a historical critique of world's religious philosophy by Indian writer Manilal Dwivedi) for GA. Can you review it, if you are interested. If you are busy, no problem at all. Please feel free to say NO. Thanks. --Gazal world (talk) 19:00, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Dear Gazal world, I don't think I can make time for this now. Apologies.--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 09:01, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

I can take the review, if you'd like. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 17:25, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Gazal world, Vami_IV, that'll be great. Vami is a great GA reviewer.--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 19:13, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

@Vami IV: Please do so. It will be a great help for me. Thank you very very much. --Gazal world (talk) 19:27, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi!

I just wanted to say hello and let you know I am back on WP--for a year anyway. I am glad to be back. Wikipedia is actually fun when you're not harassed. You were always great and helpful, so I just wanted to say thanx and hope to see you around. Hope you and yours are well in this crazy time. Jenhawk777 (talk) 17:17, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

I am healthy and safe, thanks for your concern. I am glad to see you have returned. I have become less active on Wikipedia—it has been great while it lasted. I have some non-profit work that has grown significantly, and it is more difficult for me to keep up the Wikipedia routine.--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 09:03, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

ping--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 09:04, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

@Farang Rak Tham: Real life does get in the way of online life sometimes. I think that's probably actually a good thing. I am just now discovering how fun WP can be when you aren't being systematically harassed! So this is good for me, just as a break will no doubt be good for you. I wish you well and all good luck in your endeavors.Jenhawk777 (talk) 16:41, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Jenhawk777 Sorry to hear you were harassed—I wasn't aware. I hope you are happy and free from such disturbances now.

I still remember the article you wrote about textual criticism, and it has helped me many times in understanding religion, and even Buddhist studies better.--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 19:11, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

@Farang Rak Tham: The person that stalked and harassed me has been banned from WP by arbitration for a year. After that, he can have his case reviewed yet again--so I may only be here a year, we'll see. On the very first article I attempted to work on, he showed up and followed me from then on. People would tell me WP wasn't that kind of place normally, but he made it that kind of place for me. I think he had a problem with women and I have no doubt at all that he hated Christianity and anyone who had anything to say about it that wasn't derogatory. He was a bitter angry man and he is why I left WP for almost two years. If someone on the arbitration committee hadn't mentioned me, I never would have known about the review of his case, since that mention showed up in my email. At any rate, it was unanimous to ban him totally for a year, and now hopefully that's behind me. Every one else on WP is lovely, and what I remember most about you is how patient and kind you were going through that long long article. You were great, and it's wonderful to hear you gained something from it as well. I have another long one waiting for a reviewer right now and a third one in the wings--I don't want to have two nominated at one time. In the meantime, I am working on another in my sandbox. I found someone who has created articles using blogs, original research and lots of plagiarism. It's very distressing! So I am slowly working my way through rewriting them one at a time. It's peaceful. I wish peace and wholeness and well-being and good purpose in your life. You are a kind heart and I wish you all that is good. Good luck with you NGO. Jenhawk777 (talk) 03:14, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

@Jenhawk777: I am relieved that the harassment is over now. Keep up the good work!--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 11:31, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary

Precious

Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:24, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda Arendt.--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 14:11, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Ananda Metteyya Lotus Picture

Good Sir, Glad you liked the lotus image from the Buddhasāsana Samāgama publication "Buddhism: An Illustrated Quarterly Review" on the Ananda Metteyya page. I have worked hard on this article, and hope to be done shortly, it is a gift to mankind, and hope all see the path to enlightment. NirodhaDhamma (talk) 10:10, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

NirodhaDhamma, It's a good article! Consider having it reviewed for GA, that'll prevent future vandalism as well.--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 19:28, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Good Day Farang Rak Tham (Talk), thanks for the great advice :-). With Gratitude, NirodhaDhamma (talk) 01:04, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Editor of the Week

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your timely assistance. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Alarichall submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate Farang Rak Tham to be Editor of the Week. This editor registered about five years ago and in that time has racked up an impressive 15,787 edits to English Wikipedia. I first encountered them when they chose to assess my nomination of Elf as a good article. I was quite clueless about the process, and Farang Rak Tham was extremely thorough and diligent in helping me revise the article to meet the criteria -- and it's a long article, so this was a big task. They have evidently performed this service for at least thirty others, while being willing to fail nominations where appropriate. Correspondingly, I see that although Farang Rak Tham has created only eleven articles, five of these have GA status, and this editor has been instrumental in editing over twenty-four articles to receiving GA status. (There's an incomplete list here, emphasising how many have been translated into other Wikipedias, but I also passed 2017–2020 Thai temple fraud investigations, so there are probably more.) I am particularly impressed and grateful to see that many of Farang Rak Tham's good articles are on complex Buddhist theological topics: these are much more challenging to write well than neatly defined and straightforwardly factual topics like, say, biographies, and moreover have helped considerably to improve English Wikipedia's coverage of Asian culture. Articles like Great Renunciation, Filial piety in Buddhism, Five precepts, and Merit (Buddhism) are truly mighty undertakings. The editor's talk page says 'this user is no longer very active on Wikipedia' -- but they are still making about one edit per day, so this is counting from a high base! I would like to congratulate them on their past achievements, and emphasise how much we will welcome their re-engagement with Wikipedia if they are inclined to at some point in the future. Editor User:Vami_IV seconded this nomination.

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Thanks again for your efforts! ―Buster7 ☎ 15:07, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, Buster7. In recognition of what exactly? To be honest, I haven't been active much for a while now.--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 15:15, 1 May 2021 (UTC)