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Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/South Korea

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South Korea

Alaric Naudé

Alaric Naudé (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Does not meet WP:NOTABILITY requirements as a WP:SCHOLAR. RSN discussion showed low citations of his academic work, an effort to skirt around WP:SPS, and concluded a clear consensus the subject was a WP:FRINGE scholar. (link to RSN discussion) These and other issues issues were raised on the draft page prior to the article being moved from draft space to main space. Relm (talk) 18:24, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators, Language, and South Korea. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 18:36, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Oh joy, more Yasuke drama. Anyway, "president of the City University of Paris" for an academic based in Asia and an institution without an article raises all sorts of red flags. Also since other sites seem to claim that someone else named Agnés Horry has been president since this organization was founded in 2023. His Google Scholar profile [1] shows no pass of WP:PROF, so we don't need to determine whether his scholarship is fringe; it does not provide notability regardless. I could not find any reviews of his books, which also makes it irrelevant that they appear to be self-published, as the lack of reviews prevents WP:AUTHOR notability regardless. That leaves only WP:GNG, for which we have none of the in-depth reliable independent sources required. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:41, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: In my opinion, the only argument that can save the permanence of this article is the criterion 6. On the other hand, Naudé is too young a scholar for his influence, if any, to be felt. In addition, Naudé has generated discussion, so it would seem to be a matter of attention. Jairon Levid Abimael Caál Orozco (talk) 19:54, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    An organization that was apparently founded only two years ago, can barely be documented to exist at all, shows no sign other than in name of being an actual university, for which we have only primary sources, for which those primary sources disagree on whether he is actually president, and which is not even mentioned on his own home page [2], is very far from being the kind of highest-level post at a "major academic institution" demanded by #C6. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:23, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Total failure to pass WP:Prof or anything else. Is this a hoax BLP? Xxanthippe (talk) 21:47, 18 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]
  • Comment: I have been notified of this deletion discussion by the nominator. I have a firm personal policy of steadfast neutrality at articles I accepted at AFC. I follow the guidance that a draft must, in my view, have a better than 50% chance of surviving an immediate deletion process. This is an immediate deletion process and I await the community's view. If kept, I will be pleased. If deleted, I will correct anything I feel needs to be corrected in my reviewing. Reviewers get better when their work is sent to AfD, which allows the community to decide as opposed to a single reviewer. 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 22:15, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jim Wolf (musician)

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I Believe this artcile should be deleted as the article is not notable and the writer of the article has a Conflict of interest. Jake Jakubowski Talk 20:13, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Jake-jakubowski - this AFD was never transcluded to the log and was missing the templates. I have tried to fix it for you.Jay8g [V•T•E] 04:11, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Samsung Global Scholarship Program

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This article lacks inline citations. Google news search yields just 1 hit. This article is basically a list of non notable individuals. Fails WP:NLIST and GNG. LibStar (talk) 03:11, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect per above seefooddiet (talk) 13:39, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment whilst Delete is my first preference, if this is redirected then article history should be deleted first as it contains names of numerous non notable individuals. LibStar (talk) 23:27, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

HueningKai

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The subject of this article has not yet demonstrated individual notability outside of his band, Tomorrow X Together, which is a criteria per the notability guideline at WP:BANDMEMBER. This is evident from the largely empty "Career" section that shows very little in the way of individual activity that would assist in establishing individual notability.

Subject has not released any solo singles that have charted anywhere that could assist in establishing individual notability, or participated in any activities of note outside of his membership in the band. The article mentions his individual participation in a YouTube series, which was uploaded onto the band's YouTube channel, but it doesn't seem to have received WP:SIGCOV outside of a few sources that are largely churned from a press release.

Recommend redirect to Tomorrow X Together

Note this AfD is the result of a contested WP:BLAR RachelTensions (talk) 03:09, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Soobin

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The subject of this article has not yet demonstrated individual notability outside of his band, Tomorrow X Together, which is a criteria per the notability guideline at WP:BANDMEMBER. This is evident from the largely empty "Career" section that shows very little in the way of individual activity that would assist in establishing individual notability.

Subject has not released any solo singles that have charted anywhere that could assist in establishing individual notability, or participated in any activities of note outside of his membership in the band.

Recommend redirect to Tomorrow X Together

Note this AfD is the result of a contested WP:BLAR RachelTensions (talk) 03:05, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just noting that the above commenter is the creator and (by-far) the largest author of this article, who seems to agree that the article should be re-draftified. RachelTensions (talk) 05:17, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: I'd say the article demonstrates him meeting a few points of WP:GNG. Nominator has said the subject has not "participated in any activities of note outside of his membership in the band" -- yet he MC'd Music Bank which got him a notable award and media coverage beyond simply the press releases about the show. Further to that, his recent leave of absence has been covered by a few reliable sources too. I'd say this article can stay, even if he hasn't released any solo music. orangesclub 🍊 23:34, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator has said the subject has not "participated in any activities of note outside of his membership in the band" -- yet he MC'd Music Bank which got him a notable award and media coverage beyond simply the press releases about the show.
If it were the case that a stint on Music Bank qualifies someone for GNG then there'd be more material to write about than just two sentences. I don't know of any other information that could be reasonably added regarding that event that wouldn't be trivial fancruft.
As far as a few articles of coverage of an announcement of a temporary leave of absence from the band for health reasons being an indicator of notability independent of that band, I'm not seeing it. That's still covering him in the context of being a member of the band, IMO. RachelTensions (talk) 05:14, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Draftify: as the person hasn't met WP:MUSICBIO in general. 𝙳.𝟷𝟾𝚝𝚑 (𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔) 02:25, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - In the case the article is deleted, do not make Soobin a redirect to Tomorrow X Together, but rather make it redirect to Su-bin. Even if the article is kept, it should be retitled under a different name, and Soobin serving as a redirect to Su-bin. Su-bin/Soo-bin (수빈) is one of the most common names in South Korea, and this individual is no Elvis or Adele that he is more notable than the name. From the PageViews Analysis [5], he isn't even the most famous Soobin. Even on the Korean wiki, the page Soobin (singer) [6] is the article name of a singer from a girl group not the subject of this article. It is clear that he isn't the primary topic for Soobin. ⁂CountHacker (talk) 04:59, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kim Yu-seong

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Non-notable figure skater; no senior-level medal placements. Bgsu98 (Talk) 08:15, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 07:25, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep. This → [7] and this → [8] are lengthy articles about her and her twin sister (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kim Yu-jae).
    That's enough for me. But if you aren't satisfied, you can search like this: https://www.google.com/search?q=김유성+2009&tbm=nws. I've only looked at the very first page of results. --Moscow Connection (talk) 04:10, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • CommentThis has originally been created as a WP:TOOSOON but the first article provided provides a good amount of info (the second seems to focus more on the sister) and as she is likely to enter senior events imminently I think it might be too hasty too delete the page so Draftify may be an option here unless more sources are found.Canary757 (talk) 07:45, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Draftify: Concur with Canary757 that while the first source appears to have some decent coverage there isn't nearly enough elsewhere for this subject to meet the guidelines. Per WP:YOUNGATH, athletes such as Yu-seong are only notable if "they have received, as individuals, substantial and prolonged coverage that is: (1) independent of the subject; and (2) clearly goes beyond WP:ROUTINE coverage." I don't think that is the case yet, but as it appears to be a likely possibility I think it makes the most sense to draftify for the time being. Let'srun (talk) 16:07, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Doczilla Ohhhhhh, no! 08:16, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletions

Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/South_Korea