Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/North Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics


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The result was redirect to 2020 Summer Olympics. Eddie891 Talk Work 13:33, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

North Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Announced by North Korean media that it will not participate in the 2020 Summer Olympics against over COVID-19 concerns. As there are no qualified athletes in the upcoming Olympics that it will suggest either redirect to parent Olympics article or delete. Announcement source ApprenticeFan   work  08:44, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete the only important information is that they won't compete- and that's already noted in the North Korea at the Olympics section, and can be expanded there. No need for a separate article just so say that North Korea withdrew from this event. If multiple countries withdraw, it may warrant an article on withdrawals, but this article is definitely now surplus to requirements. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:28, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect as per below. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:43, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Korea-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 11:07, 6 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Redirect to North Korea at the Olympics - seems to be a plausible search term but not enough potential for this to be a worthwhile stand-alone article Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 11:08, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to North Korea at the Olympics per Spiderone . Since the very subject of the article won't be taking place, there is no need for the article. PraiseVivec (talk) 11:19, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment. It is not accurate that "there are no qualified athletes in the upcoming Olympics." They had qualified competitors in at least archery and wrestling. -- Jonel (Speak to me) 14:21, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2020 Summer Olympics as a plausible search term where the covid concerns and withdrawal are mentioned, which we've done in similar cases of withdrawal in the past - Brunei at the 2008 Summer Olympics redirects to 2008 Summer Olympics, not Brunei at the Olympics. So I think that's a better target than North Korea at the Olympics, though redirecting there would be preferable to outright deletion. Smartyllama (talk) 14:54, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to parent article. Makes sense that a genuine search takes a user to the main 2020 Olympics article where an explanation of the withdrawal is found, than the page just being the Wiki equivalent of a 404 doktorb wordsdeeds 15:28, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect for now as they either changed their minds in the future or have Chongryon (which is a Japan-based North Korean organization) as a substitute for their domestic athletes since they had their own sports teams. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 18:33, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to the N/K article.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 08:27, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment as a nominator, that all of the voters have unanimously redirected to the North Korea at the Olympics article that is a plausible target. ApprenticeFan   work  08:57, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Not technically correct, there was an editor who stated the precedent and their preference for linking to 2020 Summer Olympics. So far it's unanimous for redirecting, just not "where". Primefac (talk) 10:48, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Two users actually, assuming I'm interpreting 's !vote correctly, plus two who said redirect but didn't explicitly specify where. Smartyllama (talk) 12:51, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect - To where I don't really know but preferably I think it should be redirected to the 2020 Summer Olympics instead of the North Korea at the Olympics. We just need to make a references to why North Korea did withdrew. HawkAussie (talk) 06:42, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment. As of now DPR Korea has not officially notified the IOC of a withdrawal from Tokyo. It's probable that will do so - but right now it's too soon to make any decisions about this article. Topcardi (talk) 21:26, 10 April 2021 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.