Talk:Suwon

Yeongtong
When did Yeongtong become a -gu? Yeongtong-dong was in Paldal-gu in my time. Progress? Surely not... Deiz 19:15, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

There is both a Yeongtong-dong and a Yeongtong-gu. Yeongtong-gu contains Yeongtong-dong and many other -dongs as well. I'll see if I can clarify this a little better. Michael Lindberg 19:32, 30 January 2006

The current Yeongtong-gu was indeed once apart of Paldal-gu but the new developments in Yeongtong grew too big and the city split Paldal-gu into two. I grew up in Maetan-2-dong which is now technically part of Yeongtong-gu. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.254.33.110 (talk) 04:25, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Removing links
I propose that the external links to the Galbijim wiki and teaching English blog be removed. Does anyone second that? JPBarrass 18:30, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Since no-one seems to be of any opinion, I will go ahead and delete them. JPBarrass 11:57, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I've reinserted Galbijim's link, as many pages now seem to include these. JPBarrass 13:56, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Famous People
This list includes people, e.g. Ha Ji Won, who are listed in their own articles as being born elsewhere. I think citations may be needed throughout, but wonder if any more fluent Korean-speaking Wikipedian than I could check the list first. Thanks. JPBarrass 13:59, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

GA review
This article has a good start. However, there are several problems with the article.
 * Not enough references
 * Expand on the history section
 * expand on the culture section

Overall, this article needs some more information in it. Other than that, the organization and pictures are superior. Good friend100 13:30, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

GA failed
Errm, since Goodfriend didn't really give a verdict or a hold or tag the WP:GAN page, I'll put something explicit in here.
 * This article falls far below the WP:GA?
 * The article is quite short, especially for a city of 1 million people. Prose of 7kb is really quite short.
 * The article lacks references
 * The history section needs to tell us when and how the city was formed and how it evolved. At the moment it only says that it was a failed candidate to be the captial of Korea. The city is no doubt the subject of wars in the past. During the Korean War it would have changed hands since the DPRK occupied the south right down to the southern coast.
 * Lead needs to be expanded and making the second sentence about a football club that is only 11 years old seems like undue weight
 * Source required for infobox stats
 * Too many one line sections. These need to be merged with other sections, unless they are expanded, which they should be,
 * Many one line paragraphs need to be expanded or merged.
 * Industry is not covered at all in this article
 * Governance has no coverage in this article.
 * Toilets shoul dnot have its own section
 * Newspapers and media are not covered

Overall, I recommend looking at other cities which are GA or FA, eg, see Bangalore to see what is expected.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 07:13, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Wangsong Reservoir in Suwon?
Just wanted to get some opinions on this before I go changing it. I bike around the Wangsong reservoir most mornings (I live pretty close to it), and it does not seem to be within the Suwon area, at least according to the signs on the roads. Coming home from the reservoir, there is a sign that marks the beginning of Suwon about 200-300 meters south of the southernmost tip, so to me it seems that the entire reservoir is located pretty safely within the area of Uiwang.

I have an official city map at home, so I will re-check the borders once I have some time. Baeksu (talk) 08:54, 13 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Checked the map, and indeed Wangsong is located wholly outside the northern border of Suwon. I'm removing it from the list. Baeksu (talk) 00:06, 19 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I have taken the liberty of reinstating Wangsong, as the border between Suwon and Uiwang is the stream which enters Wangsong Reservoir near the dam from the east. The border then continues just north of the dam (in the water), as you may confirm when conparing maps.naver.com's superior mapping of waterways with local.daum.net's addition of city boundaries (when zoomed some way out).  I hope that clears things up.  :)  JPBarrass (talk) 15:51, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

my think about suwon wikipedia
i think "information is short in suwon wikipedia" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gotpdud (talk • contribs) 08:25, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

--Gotpdud (talk) 09:17, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Supposed English Name
"known by its English name Suigen". I have never once seen this used as a name for Suwon. It looks like some name dredged out of a nineteenth or early twentieth century source, and in any case mis-represents the Korean pronunciation. If by "English" is meant merely "By UK speakers," then it should say that, and not imply the totality of global English speakers. I will delete unless a rationale can be provided for the supposed name, or amend, so that it says, "Which once was known as, or which used to be known as...." etc etc. Theonemacduff (talk) 23:44, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
 * "Suigen" is the Japanese reading of the Chinese characters used to write "Suwon". It is not an English name. I will delete it. RGloucester  — ☎ 05:29, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification and the edit. Good job. Theonemacduff (talk) 18:05, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

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