Template:Did you know nominations/Pilok

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:12, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

Pilok[edit]

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The main village of Pilok in the Tenasserim Hills

Old equipment at Pilok Mine

Glennis Setabundhu, a.k.a. Auntie Glen

... that the Thai mining town of Pilok (location pictured) was so remote that its ore had to be transported by elephant? Source: "Before construction of a 60-kilometer road from Tha Khanon, a village on the Burma-Thailand railroad, to the river Khwae Noi, the ore was shipped from the district by elephants, which are still used for transport at Song Khwae in the southeast end of the district." [1]
- ALT1:... that the mines of Pilok, Thailand, were abandoned (equipment pictured) following the global tin market crash of 1985? Source: "นิยายเหมืองแร่แห่งปิล๊อกดำเนินเรื่องราวอยู่หลายสิบปี ก่อนประสบภาวะราคาแร่โลกตกต่ำในปี พ.ศ. 2528 บรรดาเหมืองแร่ทยอยปิดตัวลง ไม่เว้นแม้แต่เหมืองปิล๊อก"[2]. See also [3] for English coverage.
- ALT2:... that deep in the forest of Pilok, Thailand, Auntie Glen (pictured) operates a guesthouse out of a former mine? Source: [4]

Reviewed: Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen
Comment: Image is admittedly not the best at thumbnail—you can't really even see the village, but that's kind of the point. It's in the middle of the jungle. / Update: I've added a second image for ALT1. / Update: and ALT2.

Created by Paul_012 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:24, 14 May 2018 (UTC).

Article is new enough, long enough, adequately sourced, and free from plagiarism. Offline/paywalled/Thai sources accepted in good faith. QPQ provided. Personally I don't find ALT2 that interesting (seems more like a tourist advert than a DYK hook). ALT1 is fine, but ALT0 is very interesting and quirky and would probably attract readers; as such, ALTs 1 and 2 are struck and ALT0 is approved, ideally either for a picture or quirky slot. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 01:16, 16 May 2018 (UTC)