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Lunisolar/Gregorian Dates
[edit]Since articles on pre-1895 Korean history get relatively low views, this may not be the most urgent of all issues. However, if any major advancements are to be made is that area of Korean history I think date conversion is something we should probably have a discussion about.
See User:00101984hjw/Korean Calendar Conversion -- 00101984hjw (talk) 03:45, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Semi-related thought: is it appropriate to use Western month names for lunar calendar months? Like 8th month of 1850 -> "August 1850"? This is done a lot and I feel like it's inaccurate and misleading; do the Korean calendar months even have the same number of days as the Western months? seefooddiet (talk) 08:35, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- A direct translation of "8th month of 1850" to "August 1850" is most likely an inaccurate translation of unconverted lunisolar to Gregorian.
- I'm pretty sure Korean lunisolar calendar months (or Chinese Chongzhen at least) have 12 months in a normal year and a leap month every two or three years. Since dates within the 13th month is usually translated into January of the next year when converted into Gregorian the wording itself shouldn't be a problem. But again, "8th month of 1850" most likely refers to a lunisolar date and not a Gregorian one. -- 00101984hjw (talk) 21:52, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- I think we should discourage the use of Gregorian month names for Korean calendar. Need to look up what academia does for them. seefooddiet (talk) 23:08, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Ideally all Korean Calendar months should be converted to Gregorian per WP:JG anyways. Might be worth changing the guidelines to discourage use of western month names in Korean lunisolar so the two can be distinguished at the very least. -- 00101984hjw (talk) 02:28, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I think in some cases it'd be worth showing both calendar dates so can dictate style for Korean dates seefooddiet (talk) 02:36, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Ideally all Korean Calendar months should be converted to Gregorian per WP:JG anyways. Might be worth changing the guidelines to discourage use of western month names in Korean lunisolar so the two can be distinguished at the very least. -- 00101984hjw (talk) 02:28, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I think we should discourage the use of Gregorian month names for Korean calendar. Need to look up what academia does for them. seefooddiet (talk) 23:08, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Sunghoon#Requested move 6 January 2025
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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Sunghoon#Requested move 6 January 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. RachelTensions (talk) 03:03, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Article bounty
[edit]Hi, see Wikipedia:Reward board#Top importance WikiProject Korea articles.
I'm offering a $150+ reward for any time you improve a top-importance WikiProject Korea article to WP:GOODARTICLE status (some restrictions, see that post and below). Reward may change; I'll name a price if you name the topic. E.g. something like Sejong the Great I'd pay hundreds of dollars at least.
You should send me a private email (use the mail this user function) or post on my talk page ideally before you begin work on the topic at all. This is to avoid you feeling disappointed if I decline the request. If you are in the middle of working on an article, post ASAP and I may still reward you after you get to GA.
Reasons I may decline: 1. article is already reasonable quality 2. is likely to be improved within few years 3. is not Korea-specific enough (namely Hibiscus syriacus). My goal is to incentivize work on topics that are less likely to be improved but are important enough. I'll be fair about everything; if you make a clear reasonable effort and promote to GA you'll probably get rewarded. seefooddiet (talk) 10:24, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- The reason I exclude North Korea topics is because a lot of people are interested in it already. It gets proportionately much better coverage than many South Korean or pre-division Korean history topics. seefooddiet (talk) 12:56, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Seoul Capital Area#Requested move 29 December 2024
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Seoul Capital Area#Requested move 29 December 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TheInfernoX (talk) 09:56, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Squid Game season 2#Requested move 9 January 2025
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Squid Game season 2#Requested move 9 January 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 𝙳.𝟷𝟾𝚝𝚑 (𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔) 12:34, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
Assistance request for Yeonguijeong list
[edit]I'm currently trying to finish the unfinished (and erroneous) list on Yeonguijeong (the Chief State Councilor of the Joseon state) on User:00101984hjw/sandbox. However, the list is huge, with over 170 total individual officeholders serving over a period of almost 500 years. While any form of constructive edits or suggestions for improval will be greatly appreciated I'd like to ask help with these two things specifically:
1. Portraits. While very few royal portraits of Joseon-era monarchs (or historic Korean monarchs in general) exist to this day (many were lost in the 1954 Busan Yongdusan fires), apparently a lot of portraits of high-ranking officeholders and scholars still do exist. I'd really appreciate if someone could find portraits of any of these figures on the list who don't currently have a portrait on commons.
2. References & Dates. While primary sources (most notably the Veritable Records) detail on exact dates these figures were appointed and discharged from office these dates use a separate calendar system from Gregorian (see WP:JG and User:00101984hjw/Korean Calendar Conversion). While Namuwiki has Gregorian dates for most of these figures the website itself is a WP:UCG which should not be used as a cited source per WP:KO/RS. Therefore, if there are any secondary sources which provide exact Gregorian dates of any of these figures' date of appointment or resignation I'd be very grateful if anyone could find them. -- 00101984hjw (talk) 04:39, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Update on date issue: it appears that (at least according to what I've researched for the past few days) that the lunisolar dates provided on the sillok.history.go.kr website use a consistent calendar which can be accurately converted into Gregorian using online converter tools (https://astro.kasi.re.kr/life/pageView/8). That being said I'll just go ahead and use the tools for date conversion for now. It provides both Julian and Gregorian. -- 00101984hjw (talk) 21:17, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
Please find and add sources to this stub. It's been unsourced for 15 years. Bearian (talk) 01:48, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Kim Yoon-ah#Requested move 12 January 2025
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Kim Yoon-ah#Requested move 12 January 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. RachelTensions (talk) 19:47, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Tony Ahn#Requested move 11 January 2025
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Tony Ahn#Requested move 11 January 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. RachelTensions (talk) 02:33, 18 January 2025 (UTC)