Andreas Hoerstemeier wrote:
BTW - they did hire students for doing the edits, it is not done by TAT
employees directly, though I wonder if anyone at TAT ever tried to edit
before making this press release, or they are ignorant on how Wikipedia
works and just know that "everyone can edit" and thought that'd be a
good idea for spreading their brochure texts.
I have sent an email to the contact listed on the TAT announcement page
http://www.tourismthailand.org/news/release-content-466.html
yesterday to offer my help in making them edit without disrupting,
cleanwashing articles or turning encyclopedic articles into tourist
brochures, so far I did not get a reply yet. But I still hope that if
handled correctly the TAT could really help to contribute on the articles.
Andreas Hoerstemeier
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Andreas,
You know Thailand a bit just as I. To be honest I do not expect to much
of your trying to contact the TAT. They will most probably ignore it. I
have dealt with TAT for a television project of a friend of mine. They
are literally around the corner from my apartment. But after 9 years I
have given up on dealing with officialdom in this country. Just look at
our new government in Thailand. 111 politicians were banned from
politics last year by the election commission. What is their answer ....
the new government for a large part consists of the fathers, brothers,
sisters, children, nephews and nieces of these banned politicians. This
really illustrates Thai officialdom well.
I hope you get an answer, but do not wait ....
Waerth