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Contents 1 References? 2 Uncommented removal 3 Editing. 4 Opium or tobacco pipe in image

[edit] References?

I see quite a few external links, but nothing cited as a reference. -- Jmabel | Talk 06:14, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Uncommented removal

The following was anonymously removed without an edit summary "Most serious however is the removal of Akha children from Akha villages for coerced conversion and as a means of raising money, promoting them as orphans when in fact they may not be. These issues have been addressed by American activist Matthew McDaniel who has been working with the Akha people in Thailand." Since there was no citation and I known nothing about this, I am just "raising the flag" here rather than restore. - Jmabel | Talk 23:30, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Editing.

Hello, I recently added several key facts to the article. I am relatively new to Wikipedia and don't know how to make those fancy bibliography sections, so if you're curious, my primary source was: http://www.akha.org/content/aboutakhalife/akhaoverview.html Tuviya 07:28, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Opium or tobacco pipe in image

Could someone knowledgeable please help here? We need to know whether the pipe in the image is intended for smoking opium or for tobacco. I was told when I took the picture that the man was smoking an opium pipe but some (anonymous) person has queried why it is called an opium pipe on the image page and a tobacco pipe here. It would be good to resolve this issue. John Hill 22:19, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Do all opium pipes look like the ones that are used in the depictions in opium dens? The straight ones with a largish bowl, that is. Is there any reason not to trust the information you were given when you took the picture?

Peter ^Isotalo 20:08, 17 May 2007 (UTC)