Talk:Anchae

Requested move 27 August 2023

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. There is consensus among the participants to have the article moved as suggested, along with a rescoping of the article accordingly. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 12:22, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Anbang (room) → Anchae – Would appreciate some input. Contrary to what's implied in the lead, I'm pretty sure that "anbang" is a main room inside an "anchae". An anchae is a complex in the house for women, which may/may not have just a single room, in which case it's the same as the anbang. See first sentence under 내용 here: (my translation: As the center of the anchae, the anbang is the most isolated living space in the house, as well as the most inner part of the house.)

The dilemma: Given that "anchae" is the broader category, should we rename this article accordingly and have a redir from "anbang" to "anchae"? I don't think they should have separate articles btw, not enough info about them independently.

Also some notes:
 * "Anbang" is more well-known than "anchae", but they're not the same thing, so not sure if WP:COMMONNAME applies.
 * sarangbang/sarangchae is the male counterpart of this article. I just renamed sarangchae from "sarangbang", so ignore that article's title. I may change it based on the results of this discussion.
 * I just rewrote this article btw; may be helpful if you want some more context.
 * The kowiki article is called "anbang". toobigtokale (talk) 02:22, 27 August 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. —usernamekiran (talk) 14:38, 3 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Note: WikiProject Korea has been notified of this discussion. —usernamekiran (talk) 14:37, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: WikiProject Architecture has been notified of this discussion. —usernamekiran (talk) 14:37, 3 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Comment: What sources are you consulting here? I like your analysis, but from my very cursory search I can't necessarily confirm it -- sources seem to vary:


 * This book seems like a good source (probably the best one I've seen) that agrees with what your description, as does this one. But then this one seems to have a different definition where anchae refers to the "main building" of a house, and anbang refers to both the male and female "inner rooms". This one probably isn't a super great source, but it says that anbang can also be used to refer to the entire section of the house. (Which might be what you're talking about with a one-room anchae, but this source doesn't specify so it might be referring to something else.) This article seems like another potential good source, but sadly it's stuck behind snippet view so I can't see what it actually says.


 * It looks like the article you linked mostly uses the term anbang except for the one sentence you provided; does that site have a separate article for anchae? (All the sources I consulted were in English; I've sadly forgotten basically all the Korean I've ever learned, so my ability to use Korean sources is very limited.)


 * I will note that somewhere else (I forget where) I saw a mention that anbang is also the current Korean term for what in English would be called the master bedroom, so that might also complicate things.


 * Anyway, from all this it seems like your general definition is accurate, but I can't tell which term has more significance in Korean -- as in, if you asked a Korean to describe the platonic ideal of a Joseon-era house, would they describe it like "the anbang is the inner room for women, and oh by the way it's part of this general area called the anchae", or the other way around? So I'm not sure which one the article should be focused on. Maybe both, with the title anbang and anchae (or vice versa)? I'm not sure what my opinion even is. Maybe I'm overthinking things, and I apologize for not being able to really offer any real solutions, but maybe, hopefully, this adds something to the discussion? 3 kids in a trenchcoat (talk) 03:07, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Actually, looking a bit deeper into that first source (Choi), I think anbang should be kept and anchae spun off as a separate article, because the anchae could also include other rooms such as the sadangchae (shrine) and daecheong (hall?), as well as other rooms for other female family members. Meanwhile, based on the second source (Crowder Han), it looks like the kitchen would typically be placed "near" the anbang, which might mean that it was also part of the anchae. I think we're looking at two distinct concepts here. 3 kids in a trenchcoat (talk) 03:35, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks a lot for looking into this with me 🙂
 * Thoughts:
 * For the third source ("K-Architecture..."), the "main building" descriptor probably comes from two things: the anchae was usually larger than the sarangchae, and the anchae was from where the entire household was managed. I think the definition here agrees with first two
 * Fourth source I agree with your analysis. The current kowiki article is ambiguous in the exact same way as this, treating them like synonyms without explaining why, and then differentiating
 * Here's the anchae article on the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. Their definition seems to match mine and the others.
 * I think from this we can be reasonably confident on the definitions.
 * For whether separate articles should be made:
 * I agree that there's potential for them to be separate articles. But I think the speed that content would be added to these articles may be too slow to merit a split. I'd fill them out myself but my interest in the topic is a little limited 😅
 * If we call the page "anchae", the scope allows for discussing the anbang and the other rooms that belong in it.
 * toobigtokale (talk) 06:04, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Perfect, thank you very much! I've gone ahead and added a section for the anchae to the article, so that if there's enough support for a split then I can just move that over into a new article (I didn't want to create a separate anchae article just yet because that would mess things up if the consensus was to rename this article instead of splitting). It's not great but at least it's a start. 3 kids in a trenchcoat (talk) 21:13, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I was thinking we should move this article to "Anchae" and create a section for "anbang", as "anbang" is a part of the anchae toobigtokale (talk) 12:07, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
 * That's also fine with me ~ 3 kids in a trenchcoat (talk) 22:52, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Just a note to whoever closes this discussion; if the page is renamed "anchae", I will go ahead and redo the scope of the page to match that new title. Please just tag me once it's done if that's desired. Otherwise I'll leave the scope as is, and possibly revert Sarangchae back to Sarangbang and redo the scope of that page. toobigtokale (talk) 22:33, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. Article moved, please carry out the rescoping of the article as you have indicated. – robertsky (talk) 12:24, 15 September 2023 (UTC)