Panyathai
Encyclopedia
Panyathai is a Thai
online encyclopedia started on 1 December 2006 with 80 articles, mainly in Thai
. Established in honor of King Bhumibol Adulyadej
, the site plan
is to have at least 80,000 articles by 5 December 2007, the king's 80th birthday. There is some English content, mostly providing information about the Royal Projects.
The articles come from two different sources:
All the content will be copyrighted, unlike the other Web
-based encyclopedias. The project claims itself as a wiki
and states that users can make changes to the articles but there is no such functionality since its launch. The website allows creation of articles and adding comments to the already-created articles. However, the registration is required. The website uses Drupal
as the content management system
and MediaWiki
for the Wiki part.
The project is controlled by the Thai Webmaster Association with support from the Ministry of Education
and the Thai Health Promotion Foundation.
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
online encyclopedia started on 1 December 2006 with 80 articles, mainly in Thai
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...
. Established in honor of King Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej is the current King of Thailand. He is known as Rama IX...
, the site plan
Site plan
A site plan is an architectural plan, landscape architecture document, and a detailed engineering drawing of proposed improvements to a given lot...
is to have at least 80,000 articles by 5 December 2007, the king's 80th birthday. There is some English content, mostly providing information about the Royal Projects.
The articles come from two different sources:
- Current articles written by experts.
- New articles to be written by volunteers.
All the content will be copyrighted, unlike the other Web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
-based encyclopedias. The project claims itself as a wiki
Wiki
A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include...
and states that users can make changes to the articles but there is no such functionality since its launch. The website allows creation of articles and adding comments to the already-created articles. However, the registration is required. The website uses Drupal
Drupal
Drupal is a free and open-source content management system and content management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and...
as the content management system
Content management system
A content management system is a system providing a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-based...
and MediaWiki
MediaWiki
MediaWiki is a popular free web-based wiki software application. Developed by the Wikimedia Foundation, it is used to run all of its projects, including Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikinews. Numerous other wikis around the world also use it to power their websites...
for the Wiki part.
The project is controlled by the Thai Webmaster Association with support from the Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education (Thailand)
The Ministry of Education , is a Thai government body responsible for the oversight of education in Thailand.-External links:* - Official Website in Thai* - Official Website in English...
and the Thai Health Promotion Foundation.