Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Homo Statistics

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The result was to delete. Mackensen (talk) 12:31, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Homo Statistics[edit]

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Non-notable per WP:WEB. Can find no mention of subject on any English-language website. References give are all in Korean and impossible to verify as WP:RS for anyone not fluent in the language. There's an Interwiki to a Korean version of the page, but this appears to have been deleted. MuffledThud (talk) 13:00, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment/ I was able to use the english language version of this site as linked at the end of the article, and the parent organization may have notability ([1]), KOSIS, Korean Statistical Information Service [2], which has an English language version of its site. still, if this is just a private business, not a govt site, i dont see notability yet. its a good idea, though.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 16:21, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No evidence of notability in the English speaking world. (However if the decision goes the other way, can we please move it from its present ridiculous title to Korean Statistical Information Service (KoSIS)?) — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 07:44, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aha, I didn't think to search on that name. There is a small amount of coverage on "Korean Statistical Information Service" from the English-language Korea Herald: [3], [4], [5], and it's linked from several universities' Korean Studies resource pages[6][7]. There is an icon on the English language page reading "Homo Statistics", but that appears to be only a nickname for it, since the title on the page is "Korean Statistical Information Service", so a rename would definitely be needed as you say. Regarding ownership, the news articles seem to indicate that it's state-owned, though it might have been spun off privately, I can't tell yet. Notability is borderline so far, but maybe it's worth keeping for a while longer, with notability tags, since notability is not as low as it had seemed. Maintenance tags were repeatedly removed before I AFD'd this though. Thoughts and ideas welcome... MuffledThud (talk) 10:45, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Korea-related deletion discussions. —Phil Bridger (talk) 16:46, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Rename to Korean Statistical Information Service Although I've never heard of such weird acronym, the site itself is managed by South Korean government, and fairly notable. The Korean sources are from notable newspapers, so it passes WP:RS.--Caspian blue 15:06, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget 22:33, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Delete Even after looking at the rename suggestion, I think it fails notability and sourcing requirements. Even if you think the Korean Statistical Information Service is notable, the article would require a complete rewrite to make any sense at all. Steven Walling 05:37, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and rename to Korean Statistical Information Service per Caspian blue's verification of the Korean sources. Cunard (talk) 01:25, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Nothing notable here. Even as a government-linked website - there just isn't much there. Plvekamp (talk) 02:24, 16 November 2009 (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.