Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Greg scarlatoiu


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The result was   delete. j⚛e deckertalk 14:56, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Greg scarlatoiu

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While I respect what he does, Scarlatoiu is ultimately the administrator of a not-terribly-important think tank with four employees answering to him. That's a nice career, but it's not usually what qualifies one for inclusion in an encyclopedia. In terms of the sources presented, I think we can discount the videos and the official biography, which leaves us with a couple of interviews he's given to the (South) Korean press. I don't read Korean and I may be missing something in the machine translation, but I don't see anything there that would change my opinion as to the man's notability. - Biruitorul Talk 03:35, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments. I would argue that Scarlatiou's job encompasses more than an administrative role. He is one of the most sought after commentators on North Korean human rights. You can see his radio and podcast appearances here http://www.hrnk.org/links/podcasts.php and I can also produce hundreds of articles in which he provides expert commentary. He is also a frequent expert speaker at Conferences and lectures (in the last few weeks he has spoken at the Heritage Foundation http://www.heritage.org/events/2014/05/north-korea and Brookings Institute http://www.hrnk.org/events/events-view.php?id=25). I would imagine there is not too much money in the field, but HRNK commissions some of the leading reports on the topic written by experts including Fellows at the Brookings Institute, and Professors at top-tier Universities (see http://www.hrnk.org/publications/hrnk-publications.php). Is any of this information enough to establish notability? I can edit the page to be more like that of Suzanne Scholte (another North Korea Human Rights activist who has a Wikipedia page)? Thanks. Ghb123 (talk) 17:46, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Not much impact on literature yet. Probably too early. Xxanthippe (talk) 01:02, 8 May 2014 (UTC).
 * Delete media talking heads are not inherently notable. No korean-language article. Stuartyeates (talk) 02:52, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
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