Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kimwang Kyuchin


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:19, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Kimwang Kyuchin

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This appears to be either part of a hoax, which has now been picked up by some other aggregating sites, as it appears unlikely that a human rights activist could be 12 years old this year. The text is also partially nonsensical (even before it was vandalised), and I'm not seeing clear evidence of notability (bearing in mind, though, i can't read the Korean characters. If this person does exist and is notable, it may in any case be better to delete this until a proper job can be done on it. hamiltonstone (talk) 11:50, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment I would have a Korean translator look at this article before deletion because the Korean sources may prove notability and Accuracy.--Jeffrd10 (talk) 13:12, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure, but have you seen the text? How could one determine the "accuracy" of what is unintelligble text? Maybe there is a sane article on the Korean WP, but this one doesn't seem to me to warrant preserving - even assuming the person is real etc. It could always be recreated when someone is able to write something that makes sense. hamiltonstone (talk) 13:22, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Korea-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 02:45, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 02:45, 9 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 02:12, 15 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete as a WP:BLP1E where neither the person nor the event achieved any lasting significance. It is not a hoax; he's a real 11-year-old student whose religious conflicts with his teacher were reported in major South Korean newspapers, but searching in Naver News archive (or looking at the sources cited on the Korean & Chinese versions of the article) makes it clear there was only coverage on for two days in October 2013, and nothing before or after that . Perhaps this incident will inspire him to accomplish notable something in the future, but apparently WP:NOTYET. 61.10.165.33 (talk) 07:13, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * delete I'm being forced to push this through a translator which is producing only slightly more coherent text, but it's enough to show that the IP editor's remarks immediately above are essentially correct. All links and references given show exactly the same pictures, and I'm inclined to AGF the statement that there isn't any other coverage beyond those links. Mangoe (talk) 11:30, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment Just confirming that this is not a hoax. The references used does recycle the same pictures, but there is a tendency on the parts of Korean news articles to recycle the same picture. In any case, searching for news articles give this result here with three pages of results.
 * Delete I'm actually from Korea and I've seen a tv programme covering this issue. The counterpart of this article in Korean Wikipedia is also under debate for deletion due to lack of prominance of this 'Kimwang Kyu-chin'. He is a alive person, 11 or 12 years old boy who was once accused of perjuring himself before. There were hundreds of other important issues at the point when his story was broadcasted that his story has not even brought out enough attention to bring about a social issue. Moreover, I'm quite sure all of you may see the grammar problems and proofless claims on this page which, I suppose is the evidence suggesting that this page was indeed created by Kimwang Kyu-chin himself or his family(especially his parents who were blamed for forcing their 11-years-old-child to protest alone). Penguin (talk) 19:17, 25 January 2014 (KST)
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