Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Korean Astronomical Society


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The result was keep. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  15:58, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Korean Astronomical Society

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Unsourced WP:NORG. A WP:BEFORE search shows they have a notable publication, but I couldn't find any sources on the organisation itself, much less reliable secondary sources. If primary sources are found I suggest a merge to the publication page. SportingFlyer  T · C  04:59, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of South Korea-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 06:14, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 06:15, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Astronomy-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 06:20, 18 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Oppose Notable organisation, e.g. see its history. There is probably a language barrier issue with finding secondary sources, that probably needs someone that knows Korean to investigate. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 10:32, 18 February 2019 (UTC) I have expanded the article a bit now. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 10:42, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * We now have a primary source, two links to the IAU (which it is a member of), and a sentence in a book. Not enough to pass WP:NORG - what else is out there? SportingFlyer  T · C  20:34, 18 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Our coverage of Korea is poor and its very hard to find sources in English. We should be slow to delete the few articles we have. Rathfelder (talk) 11:51, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep - The International Astronomical Union is notable. There wouldn't be an International Astronomical Union if it wasn't for local subgroups like this one.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 17:42, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * That doesn't make any sense - it's like saying the local association of every party must be notable just because the national political party is. It's also a specific clash with WP:INHERITED. Nosebagbear (talk) 15:00, 25 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep. This is a major academic organization in a country currently known for its technology. Such organizations are typically referenced only to themselves -- see the three primary references that form the only sources for the American Astronomical Society, though there will be book references that describe the organization history in both cases. StarryGrandma (talk)
 * Weak Keep: it's barely notable in the WP:GNG sense. At worst then, a merge with Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society is an acceptable alternative. Praemonitus (talk) 21:19, 22 February 2019 (UTC)


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