Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rokkyo Cho Economics Award


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The result was keep. There appears to be a consensus to keep. Any renaming of the article can be done either boldly or after discussion on the article talk page. Randykitty (talk) 16:50, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Rokkyo Cho Economics Award

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Google Search showed zero result on the award, or even the name Rokkyo Cho. Potentially a hoax. Cahk (talk) 07:18, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of South Korea-related deletion discussions.  samee  converse  07:55, 10 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete, possibly speedy as a hoax per G3. I can't find anything, and I mean *anything* anywhere. I've looked through Google Books and normal searches and I've got nothing-- there should at least be a note about someone receiving it somewhere on some academic's bio. The only reason I'm not tagging speedy delete right now is that I don't speak Korean and can't search for Korean sources.  Nomader  ( talk ) 15:10, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I still say !delete despite MarginalCost's notes. The coverage is all about people "receiving the award" but I'll be damned if I can actually find anything at all. I was able to find this article which talks a bit more about why the award was founded but I don't think any of these notes we're pulling up establish any kind of notability. I don't think it passes GNG-- that says, if any Korean sources pop up, would definitely like to see those.  Nomader  ( talk ) 21:28, 10 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep and move: Changing my vote to keep and move per 59.149.124.29's sourcing below, nice work. Inspecting them I think it addresses my concerns, really needed a Korean reader here.  Nomader  ( talk ) 04:23, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Economics-related deletion discussions. ~  Amory  (u • t • c) 15:40, 10 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment - unlikely to be a G3 hoax, as professor Choi's official CV hosted on the Columbia university website does mention his receipt of the award. It uses the "Cho Rokkyo" award (word order reversed) which might be relevant for anyone searching sources. (Interestingly, it also notes he was the inaugural recipient back in 2008, meaning either a) there's been some recipients since that we should be able to find, or b) the award is now defunct.) I will hold off on !voting for now in the hopes a Korean speaker might turn up more sources as Nomader suggests. MarginalCost (talk) 17:13, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Change to  Weak Keep - Note coverage of Taylor & Francis Group (though possibly just a press release, it's unclear to me immediately), and Press releases from Princeton and University of Tokyo on their own economists (Paul Milgrom & Michihiro Kandori) winning. It looks like some sources refer to it as the "Cho award" or the "Rok Kyo Cho award." See this blog post by notable economist Paul Milgrom for the connection to the shortened name. These are all pretty weak sources, but I think the underlying subject is notable. MarginalCost (talk) 17:32, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
 * One weird thing about the Milgrom post-- isn't he just quoting a press release based on those quotes? It doesn't look like that's his actual coverage there.  Nomader  ( talk ) 21:30, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Korea-related deletion discussions.  Noyster  (talk),  18:56, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spartaz Humbug! 15:58, 18 April 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spartaz Humbug! 22:25, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Weak keep and move to R. K. Cho Economics Prize, which appears to be the common name. I added coverage from South Korean newspapers to the article, which is somewhat uneven but on the whole seems enough to pass WP:GNG. Some years (e.g. 2008 and 2010) all that newspapers said about it was one line with the awardee's name, but in others (e.g. 2015 and 2017) they wrote a great-deal more about the awardee's work & the lecture they gave upon receiving the prize. 59.149.124.29 (talk) 07:28, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge to R. K. Cho Economics Prize Deathlibrarian (talk) 02:57, 3 May 2018 (UTC)


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