Hello colleagues,
Continued sympathies to those who are in challenging situations. Some
changes are under consideration for these emails for the purpose of
making them be more relatable to people who are in a wide variety of
circumstances. More information regarding possible changes may be
published in the next few weeks.
-- Quotes from Dinah Maria Craik --
* The English Wikiquote of the Day for 19 April 2020 was from English
author Dinah Maria Craik: "There never was night that had no morn."
* Related image of a sunrise at Akumal, Mexico:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunrise_Akumal.png
* A portrait of Craik:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dinah_Maria_Craik_(n%C3%A9e_Mulock)…
* Another quote from Craik: "I think, at any day throughout his long
reign, the King would sooner have lost his crown than have lost sight
of the Beautiful Mountains."
* Related image: the painting _Krishna. Spring in Kulu_, by Russian
artist and lawyer Nicholas Roerich (Никола́й Константи́нович Ре́рих),
circa 1930):
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicholas_Roerich_008.jpg.
-- Visiting the Thai Wikipedia and Thailand --
In the interest of featuring languages which have not previously
appeared in "What's making you happy this week?", I decided to visit
the Thai language Wikipedia. There I learned that Thailand has two
calendar systems. [1] [2] Also, I found images from
อุทยานแห่งชาติภูซาง, known in English as Phu Sang National Park [3]
[4] , which appears to be a place that I would enjoy visiting. One of
the photos of a waterfall was a finalist for Commons Picture of the
Year in 2017.
* Picture of a hot waterfall that is in the park, Namtok Phu Sang:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phayao_phu_sang_waterfall.jpg
* Picture of a boy in a waterfall at the park. This photo was a
finalist for Commons Picture of the Year in 2017:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PhuSangWTF_01.jpg
* The animals that are depicted below are members of species that are
found in Phu Sang National Park *
* Video of a black giant squirrel:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_giant_squirrel_(Malayan_giant…
* Picture of a red muntjac:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Muntjac_(Muntiacus_muntjak_curv…
* Picture of a Siamese hare:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siamese_Hare,_Lepus_peguensis,_in_K…
* Picture of a jungle cat:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jungle_Cat_on_tree_at_Sundarban,_We…
-- Closing comments --
Translations of the subject line of this email would be appreciated on
Meta. [5] Thanks to User:Patsagorn Y. [6] for the Thai translation.
What’s making you happy this week? You are welcome to write in any
language. You are also welcome to start a WMYHTW thread next week.
Pine
(
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_calendar
[2]
https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%8F%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B4…
[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phu_Sang_National_Park
[4]
https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2…
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine/WMYHTW_translations
[6]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Patsagorn_Y.