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Allkpop, Soompi and BNT News

This has been discussed twice in the noticeboard and the consensus was that it's unreliable.

There has been previous discussions about the validity of this site as a source, at the reliable sources noticeboard, best represented by the discussions: Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_121#allkpop.com and Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_125#Allkpop_and_Soompi, mostly with a consensus that it's unreliable.

— User:Kkj11210

There are a lot of articles who use them and I propose that we make a group effort to replace them with reliable sources. If they (Allkpop and Soompi) are the only site that reported it, what should be done?

What is everybody's thoughts about BNT News? ☴ Jaewon [Talk] 16:32, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There was a discussion about Allkpop, Soompi and other English K-pop news blogs on Talk:K-pop. My stance is still the same, there is no evidence that their news reporting, translated from Korean sources would be unreliable per se. If they provide the original Korean source, that should be used. Opinion articles and blunt yellow press articles on scandals (who dated who) should not be used as sources. They report on awards ceremonies, for example, I don't see why that wouldn't be reliable, since they watch the event on TV and report about it, that's it. There are also self-reported articles like which celebrity appeared on which TV show and when certain music videos were released etc. Those are also OK, in my opinion. All in all, the article itself should be examined and if there is no reason to think they misreported, why shouldn't we use them? They are the fastest English sources on K-pop, though Mnet's MWAVE and occassionally bigger papers like Korea Times and the Korea Herald also report on K-pop news, increasingly so, since it became so popular nowadays. But when no other source is available for the same statement, I would say Allkpop, Soompi and others should not be discarded. Teemeah 편지 (letter) 09:25, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

First batch

These are sites seem to me to be reliable but I wanted feedback before adding to the list.

However, these sites I am not sure at all even though I found them on Girls Generation.

  • Koreaboo [5] - A website focused on reporting the latest gossip and news related to K-Pop (Found here:[6])
  • Soshified [7] - Provides the latest news and media for Girls Generation

Just let me know which ones seem unreliable and if you have sources not on the list that you would like to share. ☴ Jaewon [Talk] 18:27, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Soshified is a fan site of Girls Generation. I would not use that, and any other fansites, either. If they give the original source, it should be used instead. Sometimes I do mention them with small letters, like I did in case of a couple of Big Bang sources, that translation (of a direct quote for example) was taken from bigbangupdates.com. These were almost exclusively translations of interviews. But fortunately many bigger fansites properly credit their sources with links. Teemeah 편지 (letter) 09:28, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My list of reliable sources

Teemeah 편지 (letter) 09:42, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 Done I'll add those two sites to the list as well. And will add any sources of Teemeah that aren't already on it too. ☴ Jaewon [Talk] 18:29, 25 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Piotrus:, done the listing, as requested Teemeah 편지 (letter) 22:56, 25 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Two more sources to add to the "Unreliable Sources" section

  • Daily KPOP News [8] - A third-party news site that reports relevant K-pop news in English, mostly from other News Sources.
  • Officially Kmusic [9] - A third-party news site that reports relevant K-pop news in English, mostly from other News Sources. In addition, many of the articles are written by fans, and often not neutral (ie: sometimes biased towards BTS or GOT7).

Also, I've been following these two sources on Facebook and sometimes I feel like they operate like fansites themselves. Plus, I've seen these sources used in articles, which I have had to change a few of them in the past. Tibbydibby (talk) 00:32, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Tibbydibby. ☴ Jaewon [Talk] 16:04, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Is KpopStarz reliable

I don't see KpopStarz mentioned here as reliable or unreliable. It appears as reliable to me. It does name its writers and the staff list appears credible: Kpop Starz - About Us

Opinions? BashBrannigan (talk) 03:21, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know...hmm..it reads more like a news site than a blog like Allkpop, soompi or Soshified. I guess better opinions will come along soon. It'd be nice to have at least one more resource to add to the list. Mikepellerintalk 03:33, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
For now, I'm undecided about it but I'll check it out. ☴ Jaewon [Talk] 21:08, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I've never had a problem cross-referencing its articles and it seems to be true to that "About Us" page Asdklf; (talk) 06:00, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How about...

  • joynews.inews.com
  • thegamenews.com
  • newsen.com
  • chosun.com
  • gamemeca.com

I was wondering about these as I've seen them on numerous pages. Mikepellerintalk 07:08, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, newsen.com and chosun.com is news site, which chosun.com is site of Chosun Ilbo. — Revi 05:32, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Korea.com and Mwave forums

I think Korea.com needs to be removed from the reliable sources list because they have user-uploaded content. Anyone can upload a story to their site, and I was unable to distinguish fan-uploaded stories from ones written by the staff. There may not even be any of the latter. I think it should be added to the unreliable list for this reason. Also, there is a forum (called "Let's Talk") at Mwave (http://mwave.interest.me/forum/theme), and it should also be specified as not a reliable source. I've seen editors try to pass off things from the forums as RS on articles. Also, a few more non-reliable sources I've been seeing lately:

  • unitedkpop.com - a fanblog
  • seoulbeats.com - a fanblog
  • last.fm - I don't even know how to classify this...
  • hwaiting.jp - Japanese fan bog
  • kstyle.com - Japanese fan blog
  • jpopasia.com - fan blog
  • ningen.com - fan blog
  • Yahoo! News - I don't know if reliability varies between different countries' editions - does anyone know? The USA edition is definitely not reliable as half the articles are actually advertisements for weight loss scams and such.

Please let me know what you all think of these items. Thanks! Shinyang-i (talk) 03:58, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Another one I've seen used recently is Tokyo Hive, the Japanese edition of Allkpop. Sure enough, "tokyohive is a celebrity gossip site which publishes rumors and conjecture in addition to accurately reported facts."
Yahoo! News is a news aggregator just like Naver News and Nate News, so you have to look at the source to know if it's reliable or not. Kstyle is also a news aggregator, not a fan blog. --Random86 (talk) 04:21, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
On second look, Kstyle has their own articles as well. The writers use real names and the website is connected to Line Corporation. --Random86 (talk) 04:49, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the clarification on Kstyle. I think most editors don't know how to look at the original source to evaluate individual story reliability, which is a huge problem. To me, those should be on the unreliable list since they don't take responsibility for what they print, just reprint others' stories. What do you think? And do you believe the changes I listed above should be taken? (Tokyohive is a definite non-reliable, glad you pointed it out!) Shinyang-i (talk) 06:09, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think Yahoo should go on the unreliable list because much of their content is from Reuters, AP, etc. It really depends on the source. Yahoo isn't a source in and of itself. I agree with you about the fan blogs, Korea.com and Mwave forums. I don't know anything about last.fm; what was it used for? --Random86 (talk) 23:26, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
last.fm is like a place where you can listen to music. User-uploaded, I think. And apparently users can also add profiles for the performers, which I have actually seen used as sources. Yeah, Yahoo is tough to deal with. Case-by-case basis is best then, probably. Shinyang-i (talk) 01:19, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion kind of dried up, but based on what's been said, I think there is consensus(?) to do the following:

  • Amend RS list's Mnet Mwave entry with a note about the forums not being a RS.
  • Move Korea.com from the RS to the non-RS list, since user-uploaded material is indistinguishable from staff-posted material.
  • Add the following to the non-RS list:
  • unitedkpop.com
  • seoulbeats.com
  • last.fm
  • hwaiting.jp
  • ningen.com
  • tokyohive.com
  • jpopasia.com
  • anything at wordpress.com (can't believe this has to be said, but articles are full of them)

We'll take no action about Yahoo! News or kstyle.com (thanks, revi, for the additional info on the latter site; I looked further and concur; it's a Japanese version of Naver, basically). If the above list doesn't look right, speak up! :) Shinyang-i (talk) 04:51, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Korea.com is pretty much like akp and soompi but worse, because they don't credit the original article they took the news from. --Teemeah 편지 (letter) 16:06, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and made all the proposed. I didn't link to the sites since I didn't see the point in helping guide users to bad sources. :P Shinyang-i (talk) 19:25, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Osen

I often end up on that page because translated articles for me have often lead back there but I have no clue it it's reliable. Anyone else know?Peachywink (talk) 02:20, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure, but it looks reliable to me. It's apparently one of the entertainment news sites of Money Today, which is a national newspaper. --Random86 (talk) 02:25, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
That's good to know since I definitely did use them as a reference a few times. lol Peachywink (talk) 02:54, 17 February 2015
I have mixed feelings about it. It's enough for our purposes, I think. It sometimes has a lot of "wp:fart" material, but I don't think it's particularly un-reliable. Shinyang-i (talk) 02:56, 17 February 2015 (UTC)(UTC)[reply]
Okay, also I found a source i've never seen before on an a-pink article and am unsure of. it's starNnews. Peachywink (talk) 03:03, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
StarNnews, according to their Korean language version belongs to the Hankyung. I don't think we need to invalidate every entertainment news site just because they report entertainment. Where else do we want to get entertainment related news from? :) Teemeah 편지 (letter) 11:57, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yes of course but I don't know Korean and mostly use google translate to judge if an article is about the topic I need it to be so when I can't find a sites "about us" section I need a little help making sure it's not a gossip site or something else unreliable. The other reason I post about them here is so that if they are good they can be added to the list since that is what helped me out so much when I needed better references.  :) Peachywink (talk) 13:03, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
StarN News should be fine. I've used it before. They report on a lot of trivial things, so keep that in mind. That applies to a lot of the entertainment-focused sites though. Just because something was reported on doesn't make it suitable for inclusion on Wikipedia. :) (Another one I've used a few times is Star News) --Random86 (talk) 21:04, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Entertainment news ought to have gossip or trivial things reported from time to time, whether it comes from a reliable site or not. I say just use our judgment and determine whether we can make that news become notable and relevant somehow. Trivial matter, in relation to a series of related events, can still become notable right?--TerryAlex (talk) 22:53, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

When I said trivial, I was thinking of things like this. I can't think of a reason why that would ever be relevant. :) --Random86 (talk) 21:55, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oh that would definitely be trivial :D I never even attempt to click on those links just by looking at the articles' titles [:p]--TerryAlex (talk) 22:37, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Vote on adding Osen, StarN news and more

So here hare the ones I think should be added to the reliable list: Osen,StarN news, Star News and for the unreliable list I want to add ygunited and oh!kpop both of which are blog style sites that repost from other sites like allkpop. Peachywink (talk) 21:18, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If we're going to add OSEN, StarN News and Star News, we should probably add Newsen and TenAsia. A lot of Mwave's articles are translations from Newsen, and TenAsia is also connected to Korea Economic Daily. Another one we should add is K-Pop Herald, the entertainment site of Korea Herald. Others I see a lot are Asia Economy Daily and TV Report; anyone know anything about those? --Random86 (talk) 22:09, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I agree to adding all the ones you mentioned as well, except I can't find anything saying Tenasia is connected to Korean Economic Daily but if that is true then I think it's also acceptable even though it's a blog. Peachywink (talk) 00:20, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I use Osen, Newsen, StarNews and Asiae very often. And Mwave and Kpopherald, to me, are like the "better" alternatives of Allkpop and Soompi.--TerryAlex (talk) 00:30, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Peachywink, Tenasia is under the domain hankyung.com, which is Korea Economic Daily (Hanguk Gyeongje, or Hankyung for short). I didn't realize it was a blog, but that doesn't necessarily mean we can't use it. --Random86 (talk) 00:52, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think it's necessary to include all the Korean sites on the lists. Nearly all editors use English ones and only link to the Korean ones if Allkpop or whoever have credited them. They probably aren't going to go to those sites to search for info directly. And if they are, they're relying on a very terrible translation through Google or such, which isn't a reliable way to get info and can actually cause many problems (google doesn't translate numbers correctly, for instance. 60만 becomes 60 million). There are so so so many group/company-specific fansites (like the yg one), it's impossible to list them all - I don't get why people can't understand that fansites automatically are not reliable. But maybe we can do a collapsible list of some of them. 10Asia used to generate a lot of English content, and it's still there if you search for it - lots of interviews, very useful. Someone once said kpopstarz is reliable because they list real names for their staff, but I still think it's unreliable and we have no way of knowing if that's really who they are or if they have those faces for appearances, and why would that make them reliable anyway? Being a middle-aged white woman (the supposed head of the site) doesn't somehow automatically mean you run a reliable news site on Korean pop. My two cents - don't bother listing all the Korean-language sites and yes add ohkpop to unreliable. Shinyang-i (talk) 02:59, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Kpopstarz to me is the third (and actually worse) version of Allkpop and Soompi. Anyways, I actually don't see why we can't add some of the Korean sites to the list, because for whatever reason we get those news links from, whether an English translation or if we search for them ourselves, they are still being used as references.--TerryAlex (talk) 07:31, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Was there ever an agreement about these sites (especially Tenasia)? I see a lot of info I could use on them, but don't want to cite unreliable sources. It kind of defeats the purpose of a source. Katzenlibrary (talk) 15:18, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you can use TenAsia and the Korean sites mentioned here. I think it would be a good idea to add some of them to the list. Random86 (talk) 19:09, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Added Kpop Herald, Newsen, OSEN, StarN, StarNews, and TenAsia to the reliable sources list. Didn't see a consensus on the other sites mentioned here so I left them be for now.Katzenlibrary (talk) 21:41, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

-Beging again. How about we just add a note that no fansite articles are allowed such as the girls generation site? I agree It should be obvious but fans will really stretch what qualifies as an acceptable source. Also that makes sense about the Korean sites, but a collapse down list would be helpful for future referencing needs. I would hope people use caution when choosing the articles to include from those sites. Majority of mine I actually had English translation for from a naver site that listed where the original articles came from. But I do also think Google translate can give you an idea of what an article is really about. Such as a lengthy article featuring a picture from Got7's web drama was actually more focused on the rise of web-dramas in general so it wasn't useful. But then again I am practically fluent in Google translate at this point so maybe I get more out of it then most. lol Peachywink (talk) 05:31, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think fansites can be linked in a couple of instances such as magazine interview translation, in the case a direct Korean link is not available ( for readability purposes, I know that is what I do). but not for regular news, obviously.--TerryAlex (talk) 06:18, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Tenasia is not a blog per se. Blog format doesn't mean it's a personal blog. CNN has blog format pages, so do other major news outlets. Tenasia conducts personal face to face interviews with Korean celebrities and famous personalities. Fansites should only be linked when the original IS available. I did that on a couple of cases to provide the translation to Tenasia interviews and in-depth articles. I usually put them between html small tags as (translation) or use the translation parameter of cite web. Teemeah 편지 (letter) 11:56, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well, for a couple of magazine translation out there, where a direct Korean link might not be available, but you can provide the name of the magazine and which issue (date/year) it was, I think it should be alright too.--TerryAlex (talk) 17:21, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Kpop planet

Unfortunatly it seems that site might have been shut down which is unfortunate since it was an english language kpop site run by a newspaper. Currently trying to contact someone about it to see if it might just be down but it looks like they closed it.Peachywink (talk) 14:10, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What's the URL? Shinyang-i (talk) 05:28, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
http://kpoppla.net/ --EliOrni (talk) 09:21, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Nice site, ha ha. Which newspaper was running it? The fact the webhost/server info is all in English makes me wonder, because Korean websites pretty much always use Korean webhosts, AFAIK, and I can't fathom any non-Korean or non-Japanese newspaper having enough kpop news of its own to merit a website. Whois searches turn up no info on the domain at all, which is just weird. Found their twitter, where they claim to be "professional" and in Seoul but ... uh... Is this the place that hosts a whole bunch of English-subbed kpop videos on youtube and claims to be legit but has no website and never identifies themselves? People can claim anything on the internet... Shinyang-i (talk) 21:32, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It was supposed to be Kyunghyang Shinmun that it was connected to but there is no mention of it on the newspapers main pages...I asked someone about it before I think. They had a fairly long supposedly exclusive interview with the group I was looking for sources for. Some new stuff, some I had seen elsewhere but more detailed since it was the members answering questions. I remember the article gavea real persons name not just a username for the writer and it seemed legit...but if it wasn't I'm better without it stinking up my other sources.Peachywink (talk) 02:25, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ahhh I have a vague recollection of that now. I looked at the Whois record for the domain name again (I must have made a typo last time) and its nameservers are KHAN.COM, pretty definitive proof it was run by Kyunghyang Shinmun. You might be able to find some content by mucking through here, but all pages may not be intact. Good luck! Shinyang-i (talk) 03:23, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I found it, Is it okay for me to use the web archive as a source? Also thank you.Peachywink (talk) 05:07, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely. In fact it's recommended to create archives for any/all of your references. I do it. On the citation template dropdown in your editing window, use "cite web" and then click the button to show more fields. Fill the top part in as if you were using the original site (KPop Planet and KH Shinmun and all that), and then in the bottom half there are places to put the archive URL and the date it was created. Holler if you have problems. The archives are really pretty invaluable to kpop prior to 2010, including all the music charts. :) Shinyang-i (talk) 05:30, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi all! I may suggest that we remove KPOP planet from the list of reliable sources, because the URL doesn't work anymore or the site has been shut down. I think our list of reliable sources (and unreliable ones too) should stick to active links or print articles (if possible). Thanks! Tibbydibby (talk) 23:39, 28 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I'm going to disagree simply because there are wiki pages that use archived pages of articles that Kpop planet had. And during the time it was operational it was linked to a real newspaper in Korea giving it credibility. At most I say take it off the list but don't add to unreliable sources. Or at the least, simply add a note on it saying the site was shut down. Peachywink (talk) 00:34, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Peachywink+1 Teemeah 편지 (letter) 07:13, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Peachywink:: I definitely agree that it shouldn't go under "unreliable sources". But as I suggested, let's just take it off the list. Or at least make a footnote, as you suggested, that the site is now defunct as it doesn't work anymore. Tibbydibby (talk) 22:56, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Teemeah:: Not that many people come here now-a-days. So I don't know if we can have a vote but I would be fine with either option since I realize not every reliable source gets listed here and this is more of a helpful guide. Peachywink (talk) 02:54, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think we need to vote, I think we now all agree we can make a note that the page no longer works but can still be used from archives. Teemeah 편지 (letter) 11:40, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

More reliable sources

This is few newspaper sources that I have usually used in my articles because I thought it is reliable. What do you think about it?

Kenny (talk) 13:29, 10 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Kenny htv:, honestly speaking, from my experience, I say that regardless of whether a news site has been determined to be reliable or not, just use our judgment and determine whether we can make that news become notable and relevant somehow. :)--TerryAlex (talk) 17:20, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Allkpop and soompi

Sites like these that report news from korean sources should be included into the reliable sources.The English wikipedia recommends the use of english language sites and since what those sites do alot of the time is translate stuff from korean sources they should be included.As to storys that are obviously translated but not sourced that may be excluded.Stuff like gossip and rumours should not be used and be specified on the page specified.Akp has gossip on a seperate category so its easy to distinguish.Junkoo (talk) 19:34, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Junkoo: we have already discussed akp, soompi and the rest and decided that their articles were too opinionated, many times sensationalist and a lot of times they don't give their original sources. AKP is especially notorious for taking a couple of comments from Korean FORUMS and write articles like "Korean netizens express hate against XY" or "Koreans think.......", based on the opinion of one or two Korean commenters on a forum. Kpop fans take these at face value, but we are an encyclopedia. AKP and in general, kpop blog site articles have to be seriously filtered down to a couple necessary ones that we can trust as reliable. Fortunately, we don't have to rely on AKP and Soompi anymore, because there are a BUNCH of English language reliable sources available (Kpopherald, Mwave, BNT etc.). And no, it is not easy to distinguish gossip on AKP because despite the category, anything they write might or might not be entirely true or distorted. Allkpop is the worst kind of source you can imagine for Wikipedia. Also, we have found a bunch of times that AKP mistranslates articles from Korean sources. They employ regular bloggers to write articles. Nothing ensures quality. it's like you would start a blog at wordpress transating Korean news. No difference in quality. Teemeah 편지 (letter) 21:40, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well thanks for replying but considering it took someone months to be bothered to even read the talk page im not interested anymore i see no point in discussing something that contradicts itself by the end.Junkoo (talk) 23:10, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Teemeah: I mentioned this to another user that I disgree with the dismissal of Soompi being used as an Eng trans source. There are ocassions where no english articles whatsoever are available from accepted sites like TKH or YHN (I trawl the sites daily sometimes for news) and Soompi is the only english translation available. I mean no disrespect to TPTB but I believe it's wholly inaccurate to regard Soompi in the same light as AKP. Perhaps in the past there may have been articles that decried their being considered a viable news source but I can attest to the fact that at least as regards BTS their reporting is solid and has been solid for quite some time. Can this stance not be reconsidered for BTS news at least? Carlobunnie (talk) 19:21, 12 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Just to point out, sources can be in any language, they don’t need to be in English. It can’t be reconsidered for one group only, articles need to be treated equally and not with one rule for one and another for the rest. I think User:Abdotorg has bettter understanding of Korean, perharpse if you’re struggling to find a source you could ask them for some help? Alexanderlee (talk) 19:48, 12 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Soompi can actually be helpful sometimes - if you scroll down to the bottom of an article there is occasionally a source listed. Abdotorg (talk) 20:00, 12 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not struggling to find sources lol. I already answered you about the one rule for all thing so i won't repeat that here. My query was simply that when there's a lack of ENG sources on an ENG page entry but soompi's eng trans matches the kor articles why not allow it? Kor sources are my first go to, if there's an eng trans source I add it after. I still disagree but I'm in the minority. Thanks for at least listening I guess. Can whoever was part of the original discussion take Soompi back under consideration? That "too opinionated" consensus was back in 2012/2014 and Soompi's writing/reporting surely has changed since then. Carlobunnie (talk) 20:40, 12 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Carlobunnie: in these cases what I usually do is that I link the Korean source in {{cite web}} and add the soompi translation link in small letters saying "(translation)". The first and foremost source should NOT be soompi, unless you are using the soompi link to indicate source for example for a review opinion or something like that. If soompi does not give the original Korean source, DON'T USE SOOMPI as a source. If there are no sources other than soompi or akp or other kpop mass blogs available for a topic, don't write that information into Wikipedia. Wait until a serious source covers it. If no serious source covers it, then it is probably not notable or relevant enough to be in Wikipedia anyways. The problem with most kpop article editors here is that they want to include every single information about an idol/band in Wikipedia, from the color of their underwear to the breakfast they had yesterday. Please try to think from an encyclopedic point of view. If an information is not sourcable from serious newspapers, it's either gossip or does not meet notability criteria. Wikipedia should not be considered as an extension of fan blogs. Thank you. Teemeah 편지 (letter) 08:30, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Teemeah: Your first sentence is all I wanted/needed to know. Again, I was never asking that soompi be allowed as a FIRST source for anything. As regards AKP, to me that site does not exist so it was never in question. Thankfully my mind doesn't operate like "most kpop article editors" as I'm only concerned with presenting stats/facts/achievements/accomplishments which to me is thinking from an encyclopedic pov as that's the info physical ones contain no? I'm assuming your last sentence was more a generalization than directed to me specifically but I still feel I should emphasize I'm not here to make the page in question an 'extension of a fan blog'. The only reason I ever said anything in the first place was because I used soompi once as a secondary eng source (after kor sources) since it was the ONLY eng article that matched more or less all the details mentioned in the kor ones and it was later removed by another user. I didn't pay any mind until another user's edit (he used both akp+soompi) under a diff section got removed with the comment that both were unreliable, which confused me since the article I had used was neither gossip nor irrelevant as you mentioned, but contained notable specifics excluded only in other english articles. I'm not trying to fight with anyone so please don't think so of me for pursuing this, but hopefully it's understood clearly now why I asked/thought it was acceptable, because I keep getting the impression people think I can't differentiate between relevant news and paltry entertainment gossip. As I told Alexanderlee I understand fully now, but atleast I was able to voice my thoughts on a matter I thought should be reconsidered. Thank you for listening. Carlobunnie (talk) 20:22, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Official website

Question: Is an official website (of a movie, a drama or a television show) considered as a reliable source? Kenny htv (talk) 17:48, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Generally yes, though be careful about using them as they are considered primary sources. It is better to base articles on reliable secondary sources. Evaders99 (talk) 03:31, 24 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
So if a character is depicted on the drama's official website, but the viewers said that it was not existed in the aired episodes. I'm determined to keep it because it's on the official website, but others (only the IPs) removed it because it wasn't in the drama even though they didn't provide any reliable source. When I reverted their edits too many times, I received a message by another editor to remind me about edit warring. So what can I do in this case? Keep or remove that character on English wiki page? (the Korean wiki page still keep it) Kenny htv (talk) 22:11, 24 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Mmm that's a hard one, not knowing the specific details of this show. Essentially you're in a content dispute - you have a source that says its true versus IPs saying otherwise. As you provided the source, they have to provide a reliable source proving otherwise. You should state your case in the article's Talk page to be sure, but consensus among anonymous IPs could prove difficult. Link us to the article, let some other editors weigh in, and you'll probably get more suggestions how to deal with this. Evaders99 (talk) 06:49, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Here the article, Doctor Crush. Take a look at it if you have the time. You can easily see in the edit history of the page. The character was removed for the first time on August 1, 2016, to now. My source for that character: Official website >>> 병원 사람들 >>> page 3/3 Kenny htv (talk) 11:22, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Kenny htv: If the character has no actor associated it is likely it was decided not to use the character in the drama. The Korean website says "미정" which means "tentative" or "undecided". I dont think a character that did not appear in a show has anything to do in the character list... Teemeah 편지 (letter) 07:22, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I'm trying to work on cleaning up articles such as 2017 in South Korean music and the other years (I've already removed artists without an article from the debuting and disbanding sections, as well as completely removing joining/departing sections) - can music.naver.com be used as a source for listings? Alexanderlee (talk) 21:28, 28 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest that rather than using Naver Music; which in my opinion is almost like using iTunes as a ref; that you use news or entertainment articles either from Naver or other publishers such as Ten Asia. Abdotorg (talk) 21:52, 28 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Out of curiosity, what's wrong with using these as a reference for release date and titles of an album/single? Alexanderlee (talk) 19:08, 29 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

melOn

Is MelOn accepted as a reliable source? I feel that MelOn will be a reliable source for Korean Music because it is an official South Korean online music store. CodingNewb (talk) 16:55, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Which portion of the site you want to cite? I have no idea, besides the song metadata. Also, Melon being market-dominating status doesn't grant reliability, imo. — regards, Revi 18:23, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

kdramastars.com

Is this a reliable source? I don't see it on either list but I see it fairy often in articles. Alexanderlee (talk) 21:01, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to be related to Kpopstarz - I will add it to partially reliable with the same connotations. Abdotorg (talk) 21:07, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Im not sure what to do with Kpopstarz, they look reliable and unreliable at the same time, the website is not as bad as Allkpop or Koreaboo, but is obviously worse than Korea Herald or something like that, so its hard to say if its reliable or not. And it looks like they have removed "About us" section now, previously they had a whole bunch of people listed as their staff writters and editors, now they have nothing. Snowflake91 (talk) 21:25, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The article titles on both kpopstarz and kdramastars are very clickbaity which in my opinion takes away all sense of reliability - I would happily move them into the unreliable section, since the about us is also completely gone. Abdotorg (talk) 18:01, 8 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Korea Exposé

LINK: https://www.koreaexpose.com/

I think it's a unreliable source in my opinion, but what do you guys think?

Tibbydibby (talk) 06:26, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

After reading a few articles, I found no errors. From the standpoint of Koreans, I got the impression that it was like a foreign news article that solved Korean issues well in English. The author seems to be Korean, but on the contrary, there were many articles from a fresh perspective that were difficult to see in Korea. In addition, there was a consistent signature of individual reporters in every article. I don't think it's the best, but it's not the worst. in this regards.--Jeong Seo Yoon (talk) 08:10, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Who determined SBS PopAsia to be unreliable and why?

SBS PopAsia is a radio and occasional TV program run by Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), a public broadcaster in Australia. Just because "blog" is in the title of some PopAsia URLs, does not instantly make it unreliable. They also have reporters/presenters who were involved with the K-pop world and still are, like Kevin Kim, who was part of ZE:A. Their writers would be just as reliable as other writers for SBS, which is considered reliable by Wikipedia at large last time I checked. Who determined SBS PopAsia to be unreliable and when was this? Ss112 12:57, 22 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ss112: After looking through the article history I see it was added to the list by @Abdotorg: but no discussion took place and no explanation was given Alexanderlee (talk) 13:25, 22 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ss112:: Looking at the articles, I can see why SBS PopAsia is placed as an unreliable source. Most of their articles' sources are taken from unreliable sources themselves. For example, for this article, it gets its source from a personal account Twitter page. Then, we can look at this article where it gets its source from Soompi, one of the unreliable sources in WP:KO/RS. Heolkpop (talk) 15:48, 22 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Heolkpop: I believe there are articles on there that don't cite unreliable sources or Twitter, but rather report on K-pop news themselves. Billboard and MTV along with a host of other news outlets frequently report on rumours that have surfaced on Twitter, but those are still considered reliable. Ss112 16:57, 22 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Ss112: I am not sure the real reason why, but for me, I always prefer to use Korean sources. If a news article of those sites provides a Korean source, then it is preferred to use that Korean source. Soompi always does this. That Twitter page, which SBS PopAsia used, also provides Korean sources. Heolkpop (talk) 17:44, 22 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm reviving this discussion, as it hasn't reached consensus and I agree with Ss112. I'd very much support moving SBS PopAsia to the reliable sources section. Not only are its authors qualified as listed above, SBS has information on who is running the organization [35] and a rather extensive editorial policy [36] which is enough to convince me that, even if Soompi is listed as a source of information, the content is at least vetted and verified. WP:KO/RS labels it as a "K-Pop site" but it rather is SBS' Asian (not just K-Pop) pop culture media hub. (And while I do agree that often times reliable publications refer to Korean ones for information, Heolkpop, often times they also cite tweets are their sources of information.) Abdotorg, I'm curious to know why you chose to list it as unreliable and Alexanderlee, you commented on here already so I'd love to know your thoughts as well. Redalert2fan, ChromeGames923, ChoHyeri, Evaders99, Fiipchip, Snowflake91, CherryPie94 you've all helped maintain this page (thank you!) so I'd appreciate your thoughts as well. DanielleTH (Say hi!) 01:46, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@DanielleTH: I see that SBS does have an editorial policy, but I am still reluctant to support listing them as a reliable source. The articles generally do not list specific authors, but this is more of a minor concern. I feel that the biggest issue is still that SBS' articles often use unreliable sources. To me, it does not make much sense to say that Soompi articles are not reliable, while SBS articles that pull information from Soompi are reliable. At the same time, many SBS articles do indeed seem to be news oriented and not just gossip. As a result, I would say that although SBS may sometimes be reliable, there are often better sources out there. If SBS lists a source for its article, I would recommend following that source (for example, to Naver, which itself aggregates articles from various Korean sources, so then the original article can be located). I am also interested in hearing others' opinions on this, since the reliability might vary by article. ChromeGames923 (talk) 04:53, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I’d suggest doing the same as suggested above. I often use soompi to search for information and then check their sources listed (if provided), so using SBS to find alternative sources could be helpful. I agree it’s a little counterproductive to say one source is unreliable, but then use another source which uses the unreliable source as it’s own source. Alexanderlee (talk) 08:21, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I don't have much more to add looking at whats above, seems right. If we can't be sure that everything is reliable we should not move it to the reliable section. However if a good portion of the content is proven to be reliable it could be an option to remove it from the unreliable section but not add it to reliable. Of course then every addition should be checked and it might be more difficult to explain to "new and/or outside" editors why their source is not acceptable. Following the sources that SBS listed seems the best option. Redalert2fan (talk) 09:39, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Just because SBS is a reliable news outlet it doesnt mean that their K-pop blog section is reliable as well. Look at this article, you get that typical soompi or allkpop quality like "Get ready EXO-Ls!" and "Are you excited to hear Chen's solo music?", "Check it out below!" etc., while the authors are not even listed, I wouldnt be surprised if this blog section of SBS is edited by the same people that writes news for allkpop or soompi. If SBS popblog is reliable, then soompi and kpopstarz.com should be reliable as well. And look at that "about SBS PopAsia HQ", is this all they can write about themselves? Snowflake91 (talk) 12:27, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I greatly disagree with comparing the three. SBS has evidence of journalistic standards that neither of the other sites do, and comes from a significantly more reliable company. Soompi and kpopstarz are sites that were made by fans and written by them, not started by a major broadcasting company. I don't mind excluding it from the reliable list but to say that these sits likely have the same writers with no evidence doesn't prove anything. Especially since, this isn't the blog section of SBS, it's part of their programming where there is a television and radio component that broadcasts on SBS. As said above, having "blog" in the URL doesn't automatically make it unreliable.
Also, if there are concerns with being selective on what is reliable and what is not if news sites are behaving similarly, where does this put Billboard? They cite Soompi fairly frequently. They have also cited AllKpop and tabloid sites like Metro. DanielleTH (Say hi!) 16:51, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DramaFever

Is DramaFever news reliable? https://www.dramafever.com/news/1

I have seen it being linked but was unsure about it. Also, is it allowed to source HanCinema drama/film page to actor pages to prove they acted in the work? Or should we include news articles instead of linking to databases? ~~ CherryPie94 🍒🥧 (talk) 06:58, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

CherryPie94The DramaFever page and all its content has been removed since last year, so now all items that are with DramaFever likns have to be changed. And HanCinema is cataloged as a reliable source so it is good to use it to prove that the actors were in a certain production--AnbyG (talk) 08:43, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Are these sources consider reliable

Hello all, I am new to the Korea reliable sources topic. I would like to ask for opinion if the following websites are consider reliable or unreliable as I do not see them in the wiki page for reliable sources. Kindly assist in updating if possible as I'm in the progress of update/cleaning up a wikipage. Thank you.

http://www.sedaily.com/ (Seoul Economy) Language in Korean
http://www.travelnbike.com/ Language in Korean
http://news1.kr Language in Korean
http://star.mk.co.kr/ Language in Korean
http://www.kookje.co.kr/ Language in Korean
http://biztribune.co.kr/ Language in Korean
http://inkinews.com/ Language in English
Fiipchip (talk) 07:42, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Reviewed all and added to the list - please feel free to edit if you feel the descriptions should be altered. Abdotorg (talk) 11:59, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Abdotorg: Thank you for the fast review. Fiipchip (talk) 12:03, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Inki news seems unreliable to me, looks like the site is run by one single person who translates stuff from Korean, see this. Snowflake91 (talk) 12:11, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, sorry must have let that one slip by - will move it right now, definitely looks rather bloggy. Abdotorg (talk) 12:13, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Abdotorg: & @Snowflake91: Thank you to the both of you for the time. I have another question regarding unreliable url sources. If I would like to hide the unreliable url from the wikipage for the time being, is there a html code for it? My reason is if that unreliable sources becomes reliable in the future, I will be able to show the url again. Kindly advise if you know. Thank you all again. Fiipchip (talk) 12:55, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Fiipchip: Hide code can be seen inside the nowiki: <!--hidden--> . Abdotorg (talk) 14:44, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Abdotorg:Thank you again for the guidance. It works well on my modification. Have a good week ahead. Fiipchip (talk) 15:50, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Possible Unreliable Source

I'd like to suggest that Korea Portal (http://en.koreaportal.com, and its corresponding Korean website, http://koreaportal.com) be listed as an unreliable source. The website frequently publishes rumors and other unconfirmed information. This can be discovered just by viewing the homepage but I'll list a few examples of the rumor-based articles (as well as the unsourced speculation that appears in the article content). Recent examples include an article reporting on hearsay posted to an online forum about BTS' RM, speculation that Black Pink's Rosé will be releasing a solo performance based solely on a vague Instagram caption, and an article claiming that Momoland's Nancy is "jealous of Black Pink" after speculating that she "glared" at them on a music show, among other incredulous topics. DanielleTH (Say hi!) 01:52, 20 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I will second. Articles don't seem to be sourced anywhere else, the English site seems to be based in New York and the Korean site in LA. Authors don't seem to have any examples of journalist credentials. So I'd put them closer to every other English-language Kpop site. Evaders99 (talk) 03:04, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Metro (UK site)

This one is a lot less obvious than previous websites so I'd really appreciate input from other editors here!

So Metro is a UK tabloid site that seems to publish rumors. I'm suspicious about their reliability, cause though they do cover actual stories that are accurate, and these are fairly frequent, they seem to also publish rumors and unconfirmed facts. Looking at their BTS tag as an example, you can see they published the news about BTS' view record before the numbers were confirmed by YouTube, and wrote about a "bromance" between John Cena and J-Hope. You can also notice that they publish numerous factually accurate stories as well. Much of what they report is published by reliable sources (notably Billboard). Thus, I'm wondering if we should treat it like Soompi -- though factually accurate articles are published, enough rumors are posted as well to make the source unreliable. DanielleTH (Say hi!) 03:15, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Been over a week without anyone contesting the source, so I will add it, please respond if there is an issue. DanielleTH (Say hi!) 01:18, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sinhan Minbo

Hi all,

User Mlee965 recently included Sinhan Minbo as reliable source. Can someone help to verify as it was not discussed on the talk page?Fiipchip (talk) 14:24, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Looks reliable to me. Per its article, it was a very influential Korean newspaper, and appears to operate like a trustworthy paper, including having proper journalists an editors. DanielleTH (Say hi!) 22:48, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Official website (cont.)

Questions:

1/ "Is an artist's page on their management agency's official website considered as a reliable source?" I think the answer is "yes".
2/ " So if that official website is found in the "external links" section, like we can see in a lot of wiki pages about Korean artists, will it be considered as a reliable source or just an external link?" Kenny htv (talk) 22:25, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
If it's cited as a source, it should be made into a citation, even if it's noted as an external link. Though in general using third party sites are preferred over official websites, since some could argue they fall under WP:SPS. Personally though I don't consider them to be such, and I would say they're reliable. Most only mention things like real name, DoB, and possibly place of birth anyways. DanielleTH (Say hi!) 22:55, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Korea Star Daily

Korea Star Daily (https://www.koreastardaily.com/) is a Chinese-language blog-styled K-pop site. It seems like it operates similarly to Allkpop and Koreaboo, and it is as opinionated as those unreliable sources. Therefore, I suggest placing Korea Star Daily as one of the unreliable sources. What do you think? Heolkpop (talk) 13:05, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, it doesn't look professional. --ChoHyeri (talk) 09:24, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Possible reliable sources?

Hello, I have a few sources that we might want to consider being either reliable or unreliable:

Thanks, ChromeGames923 (talk) 01:04, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A bit of a late response but of these do you have specifics ones that are either just reliable or unreliable? Or should we take a look and decide for our own? Redalert2fan (talk) 09:44, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Find out about the news tomato and write down. In South Korea, Tomato Group is a company specializing in investment/ securities, providing investment information through the Internet, mobile and cable securities broadcasting. One of the 14 affiliates of the Tomato Group is News Tomato. Newstomato is a news agency specializing in the economy, dealing with news from the perspective of real economic players such as general investors and small and medium-sized enterprises, moving beyond the bias of large companies and large capital. If you want to utilize information in Newstomato, it is recommended to refer to the direction of information rather than to trust 100%. So I think it's not a bad news source.--Wnghksdl (talk) 08:07, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I think that Sports Seoul is reliable sources. It is real news company and has an article on Korean Wikipedia at ko:스포츠서울 It has news that Korean TV show and Drama and so on. I checked on it. Won96 (talk)

Kprofiles unreliable?

kprofiles (english) seems to be an unreliable site for use as reference on kpop related articles, their "profile/fact" content seems to be completely unsourced or copied from other pages (possibly from Wikipedia) and furthermore includes a lot of trivia. Also runs polls and quizzes. Redalert2fan (talk) 08:58, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have seen some of the other editors remove this site and don't see any objections so I am going ahead and add this one to the unreliable section. Redalert2fan (talk) 10:11, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Although this conversation is pretty much over. As an editor on both Wikipedia and KProfiles, I agree that the site is not always reliable. I personally take the same policies from Wikipedia over to KProfiles when I'm editing. I do know that some people over up information in the comment sections and sometimes its added. KProfiles is a site to learn trivial things about the idols not anything that would really be able to stand on a Wikipedia article because 1, it doesn't give factual things such as "No.1 Billboard Album..." unless up to the editor. and 2, it's a site that has quizzes and polls. I run a new series of Kpop history and facts but that is more to learn about the genre not to take the place for Wikipedia. Please do not source from KProfiles. Ohmyfifthharmony (talk) 11:56, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree that kprofiles seems to be an unreliabe site for use as reference of the articles in Wikipedia. I have visited this site and I found some problems here. First, there was no source of information on the site. Only a short piece of information about idols was listed. Second there were also misinformation in the listed information. When I searched the information on the site through an Internet article, the article said something different from the information in Kprofiles. For this reasons I think kprofiles seems to be unreliable. Byeori Kim (talk) 17:11, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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