Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kim Dong-soo (esports player)


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The result was no consensus. No consensus; this clearly needs an experienced editor fluent in Korean to perform an in-depth analysis of the sourcing ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  14:08, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Kim Dong-soo (esports player)

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doesn't seem notable, looking up ""김동수" on google yields mostly sources that aren't about the SC player Prisencolin (talk) 04:01, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete No coverage to be found except for this: which isn't enough. Mr. Magoo (talk) 04:28, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep I searched for the Korean version of his name: "김동수" and found enough coverage concentrating on him, unlike what was stated before. Mr. Magoo (talk) 21:28, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 14:04, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of South Korea-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 14:04, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * There is quite a bit out there if you search under his username. My sense is he is notable in Korea, but I can't read Korean so.. Google news search turns up a fair bit. Hobit (talk) 17:21, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * There are two kinds of coverage: coverage which focuses on the subject and coverage which doesn't. The latter can also be split into two subgroups. For there could be an article which talks about five people and gives each a fair share of coverage. But then there is the namedrop variety which just namedrops the subject amongst many others. This is the worst category to be in. Wikipedia rules say that the coverage should cover the subject in detail. It should be said that one shouldn't be absolute here, as in some rare cases hundreds of namedrops in big publications might be worth something after all. But in our case, there exist a small number of articles -- 5-6 years old from mostly the same websites covering the hobby in question -- that pretty much just list match results. Every single article seems to just have an extremely strenuous, random namedrop of our subject. Mr. Magoo (talk) 17:39, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 07:36, 2 September 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 05:31, 9 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete Significant coverage is required, not just any coverage at all. Name drops are not significant coverage, nor are results listings. Smartyllama (talk) 15:04, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I updated the article with non-namedrop Korean articles just some time ago. Mr. Magoo (talk) 18:16, 15 September 2016 (UTC)


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