Talk:Vang Vieng

message: It writes river several times in the article but - which river is it? --katpatuka (talk) 19:19, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: ...found it: must be Nam Song River... --katpatuka (talk) 15:39, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  river name 

message: The section  Vang Vieng today needs to be more balanced and encyclopaedic; currently, it reads like a personal criticism of the current state of the town. Phrases like "As a result of these idiots" should not appear in Wikipedia articles.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaffachief (talk • contribs) 16:03, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, well, all wiki editors must observe our local customs at all times which, unlike in Laos, are mandatory. Sean.hoyland - talk 04:59, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've added some sourced material to try and improve the article and address teh points bought up by Zachlipton. Mattun0211 (talk) 10:20, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks. I'm glad there are sources. At the same time, I'm concerned that this is getting into WP:UNDUE territory, as this negative section of the article is something like 75-80% of the prose. Maybe we can bolster the rest of the article with more neutral information about the place and what it offers (some more geography, population stats, and major points of interest would be a start). And/or perhaps we can condense this new section down to what is necessary to say in keeping with WP:NPOV. Zachlipton (talk) 08:52, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yep - I agree and I'm looking into that. Trouble is finding good sources - which is surprising. Does anyone else have any? You have to wade through an ocean of monotonous blogs to find anything. I think a thorough examination of the negative issues is warranted as this is a topic of interest in SE Asia, particularly as the Laos government is trying to tackle them. But, perhaps this could be put in a separate section, however - Under a heading such as Effects of Tourism? Mattun0211 (talk) 08:57, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for all your work on this Mattun0211! I don't know much about the subject (I stumbled on to this particular one through recent changes), but I'll poke around for anything interesting. Newspaper travel sections are often good sources for this kind of material. Some kind of census or local factbook could fill in some of the basic background too. Zachlipton (talk) 09:39, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Cheers - I'll keep adding snipets as I find them. Mattun0211 (talk) 09:46, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

text: That isn't how Wikipedia works. Please read WP:V and remove all information and editorializing that isn't from a reliable source. The article can't say things like "Inconsiderate behaviour such as walking through the town without a shirt, or in a bikini (both are VERY disrespectful to the locals), drinking to excess, and smoking opium in public means Vang Vieng is no longer a magical place, and the senior locals, once so friendly and hopeful for the future, have now become distant and disillusioned." It's not a blog. All opinions must have been published by reliable secondary sources and the opinion must be attributed to the source of the opinion. Wikipedia's narrative voice can't be used for opinions. Sean.hoyland - talk 06:32, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutral point of view  

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just attempted to maintain the sources on Vang Vieng.  I managed to add archive links to 9 , out of the total 9 I modified, whiling tagging 0 as dead.
Please take a moment to review my changes to verify that the change is accurate and correct.  If it isn't, please modify it accordingly and if necessary tag that source with  to keep Cyberbot from modifying it any further.  Alternatively, you can also add  to keep me off the page's sources altogether.  Let other users know that you have reviewed my edit by leaving a comment on this post.
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*Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20140701101145/http://www.vangvieng.org/ to http://www.vangvieng.org/
*Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20131202070646/http://www.laos-travel-guide.com:80/vang-vieng.html to http://www.laos-travel-guide.com/vang-vieng.html
*Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20130402081435/http://greentravelerguides.com/2009/01/vang-vieng-organic-farm/ to http://greentravelerguides.com/2009/01/vang-vieng-organic-farm/
*Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20120415040716/http://www.smh.com.au:80/travel/travel-news/party-town-20120411-1ws39.html to http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/party-town-20120411-1ws39.html
*Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20110819201449/http://laovoices.com/2009/07/22/keeping-vang-viengs-tourism-vibrant/ to http://laovoices.com/2009/07/22/keeping-vang-viengs-tourism-vibrant/
*Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20121116075404/http://www.tourismlaos.org:80/web/index.php to http://www.tourismlaos.org/web/index.php
*Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20131202070646/http://www.laos-travel-guide.com:80/vang-vieng.html to http://www.laos-travel-guide.com/vang-vieng.html
*Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20110831100040/http://qbar-laos.com:80/vangvieng.html to http://qbar-laos.com/vangvieng.html
*Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20111230191312/http://qbar-laos.com:80/tubing.html to http://qbar-laos.com/tubing.html
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thread_title:  Sources modified on [[Vang Vieng]] 

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message: I came to this article to see if it had any guidance on pronouncing the name. I didn't find any in the article text, so I looked up the provided Lao name ວັງວຽງ.
The pronunciation I've heard from one English speaker is roughly /ˈveɪŋ.vi.ˌeɪŋ/, which seems like a quote plausible attempt at reading the transliteration with English phonology.
Based on the pronunciation rules at [Lao script] and the tone rules at [Lao], I transcribe ວັງວຽງ as /ʋaŋ˦.ʋiːəŋ˦/.
I don't feel confident about just editing that into the article without some sort of review, though: even in otherwise phonemic scripts, name pronunciations can often vary.
Can we tell if that pronunciation is close enough to include? Or else how to fix it? Octavo (talk) 18:33, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

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