Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Korea

Discussion at Talk:Goryeo § RfC: Flag placement

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Goryeo § RfC: Flag placement. Toadspike [Talk] 11:39, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Burning Sun Scandal - Korea: Low Importance

Hi, I just wanted to call attention to the classification of the Burning Sun Wikipedia page as "Korea: Low-Importance". This story involves severe police corruption, major names in K-Pop and entertainment, the general mishandling of sexual assault cases in South Korea, and ties into other major issues like "Molkam" culture. While it is classified as Mid-Importance within Crime and Criminal Biography, I would argue that it applies to both. It also would likely be beneficial for it to be classified higher and watched carefully, given the risk of rogue stans editing the article to "clear the name" of their favorite celebrity, even with proven involvement. Thank you.

SailorKuu (talk) 21:53, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

Importance ratings are arbitrary and have hardly any impact on Wikipedia. They're mostly for like internally tracking article quality.

You can bump it up to maybe mid importance; high/top importance is stuff that's so important it goes in like textbooks. grapesurgeon (talk) 22:34, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

I did notice I believe the K-Pop group EXO is in high-importance, and BTS is likely within top-importance, so I see what you mean there. Not a super grounded system. Good to know. SailorKuu (talk) 22:37, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

I don't think EXO should be high importance. I'm actually the one who set BTS to be top importance; BTS will appear in South Korean textbooks imo, their impact is the largest ever of South Korean media.

(Has nothing to do with whether or not I like these groups; I've never been into kpop even when I lived in South Korea) grapesurgeon (talk) 22:40, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

As a fan of K-Pop, even with EXO being one of my first groups, I was also surprised EXO is so high. Their impact and fanbase in South Korea are solid, but that doesn't seem like enough. BTS being in Top-Importance absolutely makes sense. I believe I've heard a university has already started working on a course dedicated to their work and career. SailorKuu (talk) 22:45, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

Improve Arirang to Good Article status

Arirang is a top-importance article in this project, so I think it should be improved to Good Article status. (It is currently C-class.) The current quality of the article seems to be good, so I think it needs only a few revisions. It would be nice if others who are familiar with the GA nomination process could help. KimYubin (talk) 18:26, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Request for comments on Imjin War discussions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Imjin_War

There is quite a bit proposed on this page it seems. Most importantly, the article needs to be split as it is extremely lengthy currently and there are multiple proposals on how to do that. I know this is important to Korean history (top importance), so I would really appreciate if knowledgeable people about Korea could add to the discussions.

To avoid anything to do with canvassing, I have not left a comment myself.

Pietrus1 (talk) 02:35, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

You can still comment in any of those threads while posting on wikiprojects. Canvassing would be asking people to vote a certain way grapesurgeon (talk) 03:26, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Ok, I have done so. Pietrus1 (talk) 06:11, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Request for articles surrounding North Korea

1. Bumping the Pak Chang-ok article to C-class, or at least Start-class. I have added quite a bit but it is unlikely that this article will ever contain much information considering the nature of North Korea.

2. Check the military rank of Pang Ho-san in different Korean sources. The original creator of this article listed him as Army General (Daejang) so I kept it as is but Chinese sources only ever recorded him being raised to Lieutenant General (Chungjang). His photo in the article also shows 2 stars. Can anyone check against Daejang?

The Namuwiki placed his real name as Lee Cheon-bu while the ancient website for Korean notables had "Lee Cheon-bu" as his alias instead.

3. Many earlier North Korean political figures (those who were purged, I mean) have really messy death dates estimation. Sometimes, it's placed just around the time they've been purged without any "circa" indication. Sometimes, estimations from a few English sources seem wildly off from Korean and Chinese sources. This is a relevant issue that needs to be checked more often.

P/S: As for the reason I seek out the main WikiProject Korea, it's mainly due to the low rates of activity for WikiProject North Korea's main talk page. Bloody-pin (talk) 09:41, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

@Bloody-pin You are allowed to change the ratings on any article, including articles you have created or improved. Simply edit the talk page and change "Stub" to C: {{WikiProject banner shell|class=Stub|blp=no|listas=Pak, Chang Ok| becomes {{WikiProject banner shell|class=C|blp=no|listas=Pak, Chang Ok|. You can also use the script WP:RATER to help with this. Toadspike [Talk] 12:08, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

To add onto Toadspike, ratings below GA are pretty low-stakes. They're basically just for tracking statistics about how articles are doing. Few would care if you changed grades for many articles. You can even rate articles you write freely.

No comment on 2 and 3. On your P/S, just post here from now on; WPNK's talk page should honestly just be made into a redirect pointing here, I forgot it even existed and don't monitor it at all. grapesurgeon (talk) 13:58, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you two! Bloody-pin (talk) 04:29, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Saint Satine

Hi! I'm working on a draft for Saint Satine, a new girl group from Hybe and Geffen Records (Draft:Saint Satine). Since they just debuted and were formed through the survival show World Scout: The Final Piece, I would appreciate any help with expanding the discography section or finding more independent sources to establish notability. Thank you. Techgamer534 (talk) 11:54, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Help needed for upcoming boy band draft: Draft:And2ble

Hi everyone! I am currently helping to clean up and expand the draft for Draft:And2ble, a new South Korean boy band under Yuehua Entertainment scheduled to debut in just a few days, on May 26, 2026. The group features well-known members from Zerobaseone and Evnne (including Zhang Hao, Ricky, Kim Gyu-vin, Han Yu-jin, and Yoo Seung-eon). Given their imminent debut, I would highly appreciate any help from fellow editors to improve the draft before it goes live. Specifically, assistance with the following would be amazing:

• Adding and verifying reliable third-party sources (Korean or global music media).
• Setting up the infobox parameters correctly.
• Preparing the discography and videography table structures for the debut release.

Thank you so much for your time and help! Techgamer534 (talk) 17:43, 19 May 2026 (UTC)