Talk:List of islands of Thailand

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Ko Chang (Andaman)

Does this island exist? Surely aware of Ko Chang of the Chang Island chain off Trat Province, but not aware of a Ko Chang in the Andaman Sea.
Ranong Province's King Amphoe Suk Samran has a small island, and Amphoe Mueang Ranong has an island, Ko Phayam (Thai: เกาะพยาม). But, I'm not aware of Ko Chang over here.
Is the island wrong? ...or the province?

Ko Chang in Ranong Province is Thailand's 2nd largest Ko Chang (there are more than two islands with this name). It has a permanent resident population, and is also a popular tourist destination (but on a much smaller scale than Ko Chang in Trat Province). 203.144.143.11 07:00, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How big an island is big enough to be in this list ?

I saw in other language Wiki they have the limit of 5 km².

Mori Riyo 09:57, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can put any island on this list, as long as its an island at high tide. Doseiai2 (talk) 05:22, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ko vs Koh

I've been in Thailand for a while now, almost invariably I see these names with "Koh"...why the "Ko" here, is that WP:Thailand style-norm.....? I notice they often don't understand right away unless you say "ko(k)h".Skookum1 (talk) 18:45, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Ko" is the spelling according to the Royal Thai General System of Transcription (RTGS), which is the "official" romanisation system used by the government. (One of the major flaws of the RTGS is that two different vowel sounds are represented by the letter O.) Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Thailand-related articles/Draft#Romanization of Thai terms pretty much describes current practice: "Use the established English spelling of the word, if available. Otherwise, the Royal Thai General System of Transcription (RTGS) should be followed when romanizing Thai words into English." The problem is that it's usually difficult to tell whether there's an established spelling (e.g. Pattaya, which doesn't follow the RTGS), so most names will default on the official system. --Paul_012 (talk) 03:18, 7 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm on Koh Samui right now, so if that's the case it's a mystery to me why all public signs I see about anywhere, also in travel advertising, are "Koh".......I've seen "Ko" on signs in Bangkok.....and the Thai always pronounce the 'h' (glottal stop or whatever); the "Ko" looks really odd to me, official or not. Wouldn't WP:MOSTCOMMON apply?Skookum1 (talk) 05:32, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It should, but that is difficult to prove, especially for the less well-known islands. And introducing "Koh" for only some of the items in this list would result in inconsistency. I don't particularly prefer either spelling, but pushing for such changes probably won't be worth the effort either. --Paul_012 (talk) 14:39, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List criteria

I am trying to figure out the criteria of this list.

all known islands appertaining to Thailand
all islands of Thailand having an official map name
all islands of Thailand no lesser than certain size
some other basic criteria
just the "let it be" criterion (an island is in the list because someone once took some time to add it)

The question is because of the current AfD at ru-wiki so trying to get a wider picture. Ping to Xufanc as he seems to be the author of the introduction (sorry if mistaken). — Neolexx (talk) 19:32, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]