Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Multicultural family in South Korea

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 no consensus. The only consensus I see is that this article needs some care and improvement. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:36, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Multicultural family in South Korea[edit]

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OR essay, should probably be deleted and/or merged with Demographics of South Korea if there's anything worth salvaging. Ploni (talk) 16:49, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Korea and South Korea. Ploni (talk) 16:49, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment of pros and cons:
- On the pro side, the topic, on its face, is one that can merit coverage, even as a stand-along article. The article provides references, and it plausible to me that there would even more scholarship and discussion on the matter in Korea (the challenge for most non-Koreans wikipedians, is being able to read publications in Korean). The article also provides tables and graphs which is a nice complement to the text of the article. And I am inclined to believe that it was written in good faith; I think it was a university/academic contribution
- On the con side, the writing is lacking; I agree it does feel like an essay. Some non-trivial amount of work would be needed to improve it.
I wish we could keep and improve it over deleting it, but I understand that the article as it exists is not apt for Wikipedia. I am pinging @Piotrus:@Finnusertop: who I believe had made attempts to improve this article and/or have an interest in this geography. Thank you. Al83tito (talk) 00:54, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This article could use further cleanup, but the nom has just presented an assertion that this is an an OR essay, without elaborating here nor on talk, IMHO that's a failure of WP:BEFORE. The article cites scholarly sources, and I in the parts I checked I didn't notice obvious essay-like language ("in my opinion", etc). The topic is notable, I don't see the need for WP:TNT, and WP:AFDNOTCLEANUP. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:23, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:24, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star Mississippi 18:43, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I might have used a better title but the article seems ok, not a topic I would have thought of. Unsure of notability. Sourcing seems good. Perhaps a rewrite would help. Oaktree b (talk) 20:35, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment There is an article for Racism in South Korea. Dream Focus 22:31, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Dream Focus The topics are related but not identical. Consider Multiracial Americans (where Multicultural family in the United States could redirect to) to Racism in the United States... PS. I think multi-cultural framing is more European, US is all about race terminology. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:25, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:02, 31 July 2022 (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.