Wikipedia:WikiProject Korea/Article guidelines

This page contains suggested layout guidelines for Korea-related articles. It should prove useful to beginning as well as veteran editors. If you are looking for the manual of style for Korea-related articles, see Manual of Style/Korea-related articles.

Biographies

 * Hatnote - Template:Family name hatnote
 * Infobox - WikiProject Biography/Infoboxes, Template:Infobox Korean name
 * Hangul in name parameter is not needed. Should only be placed in the lead and Infobox Korean name.
 * Lead - brief summary of career (e.g. Moon Geun-young, Girls' Generation)


 * Beginnings - (i.e. Early life, Early career; e.g. Kim Tae-hee)
 * Career - film, music, etc.
 * Members - Only applicable, if there are no individual articles. A list is optional. (e.g. Stray Kids, GFriend)
 * Musical style - if applicable and if verifiable sources exist.
 * Public perception - includes controversies, media praise and criticism, and endorsements
 * Image - if possible
 * Death and legacy -if applicable. Should be useful for Jang Jin-young and Jang Ja-yeon.
 * Filmography - this includes Films and TV Shows.


 * In tables (year, title, role - English, followed by Korean in brackets, and any notes worth mentioning)
 * Only major roles and appearances should be listed in variety shows.
 * If role/appearance was cut/edited out for a big specific reason (e.g. scandal, controversies, etc.), do not include in filmography but include in biography.
 * {| class="wikitable sortable" cellpadding="10" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
 * 2004 || Dead Friend || Eun-seo (은서)|| -
 * 2005 || Wet Dreams 2 || Park Soo-yeon (박수연)|| -
 * }
 * Discography - if small, e.g. Sunmi. If split off to another article, e.g. Seo In-young discography, link within Music Career
 * If an individual is a member of a group, do not copy and paste the discography of the group onto the individual's page.
 * Placing in tables is optional
 * Concerts, convention/festival and tours - if applicable. should list only MAJOR PERFORMANCES (needs to be defined). Prose optional.
 * Korean Music Festival, KCON, SM Town Live '10 World Tour and any others with major backing (government, city, state and company)
 * Awards - if applicable. should list only MAJOR AWARDS. However, a full list of awards can be split off into another article if the list becomes unwieldy.
 * Awards from fan-based entertainment sites (e.g. Soompi, Allkpop) do not count.
 * Notes - if applicable. includes non-reference footnotes
 * References
 * Notes - if applicable. includes non-reference footnotes
 * References


 * External Links - Fan pages do not count.


 * Navigation boxes, if applicable

Given name

 * Infobox - Template:Infobox given name, Template:Infobox Korean name
 * Lead - A brief summary of name (e.g. Min-jung (name), Jae-won)
 * Listing - People or characters are listed in alphabetical order or by date of birth.
 * People with this name include:
 * Fictional characters with this name include:

Place Template:given name at the bottom of the page before category.

Family name/Surname

 * Infobox - Template:Infobox surname, Template:Infobox Korean name
 * Lead - A brief summary of name (e.g. Lee (Korean surname), Kim (Korean surname))
 * Distribution - Optional. Census information
 * How many people had the family name/surname during a specific year?
 * What percent of ethnic Koreans make up the family name/surname around the world?
 * Clan - Information about the founder of the clan and lineage
 * Listing - if article is too long, a separate list should be made (e.g. List of people with the Korean family name Lee) and if not, listing stays on the article (e.g. Yoo (Korean surname))

Place Template:surname with  at the bottom of the page before category.