Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Byon Hee-jae

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. There were no 'deletes' other than the nominator (who was considering withdrawing the nomination), and only 1 clear 'keep'. PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 12:54, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Byon Hee-jae

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This article hasn't improved since I posted a PROD notice on it 19 months ago. Korean references are fine if there is at least one citation in English to verify the individual's notability. There is no way to know if any links lead to primary or secondary sources or have anything at all to do with Byon Hee-jae. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 11:58, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am considering withdrawing this nomination but now that this AfD has been listed in several relevant subject areas, I'm interested to see what other editors think.Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:58, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawing is a good option. Because there are no delete votes, a withdraw normally leads to a quick non-admin close. Stuartyeates (talk) 21:19, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Can I ask what the deletion rationale is? Please note that English sources are not a requirement for WP:V or WP:GNG and that non-English sources tend to be treated like inaccessible offline references by those who cannot read the language. The Korean article 변희재 (machine translation) looks quite developed and, in terms of romanisation, there are more English hits for Byun Hee-jae: The Korean Times giving a short overview of his political commentary career and the English version of The Dong-a Ilbo reporting on a defamation ruling about his characterisation of the leader of a former minor political party. Fuebaey (talk) 14:31, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the entire article is one sentence--Byon Hee-jae (born in April 22, 1974) is a South Korean reporter and journalist, civil rights activist and businessman--that didn't indicate any notability. That is what prompted filing this AfD. If you can improve the article, it would be great to turn it into something more substantial. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:28, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please read WP:BEFORE as this is not a strong enough rationale for WP:AFD. If there are sources that support notability but are not in the article it is still notable. Mrfrobinson (talk) 21:09, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Korea-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 10:43, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 10:43, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 10:43, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Procedural delay Until we have someone fluent in Korean review the article. There is no requirement that there be any source in English.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:10, 9 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 18:20, 10 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

keep there are plenty of English-language references in ko:변희재. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:02, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JAaron95 ^Talk 13:48, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment the commonly used English transliteration of the subject's name is "Byun Hee-jae", and there are plenty of news hits here they describe him as a Conservative/right-wing pundit", and this says "Korea's most annoying personality on the Internet with his trolling for page views" about him. I suppose that's an achievement... Kraxler (talk) 17:24, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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.