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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 02:02, 28 June 2017 (UTC) reply

Kim Ji-hoo

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He's not a noticeable person. Also he has not a notable career as an actor and model. Beside, He did not commit suicide because he was gay. -- Kanghuitari ( talk) 13:24, 28 May 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 13:51, 28 May 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Korea-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 13:51, 28 May 2017 (UTC) reply

• Keep multiple sources referenced Ji-Hoo, and not being "the best" at one's profession doesn't automatically make you non-notable. If it were only a handful of sources from the same period then sure delete it, but this person is notable, and the reason for their suicide being incorrectly referenced in the article doesn't make the entire article automatically invalid. Donald Trung ( talk) 14:43, 28 May 2017 (UTC) reply

Don't you think one event applies here? MrBrug ( talk) 14:50, 28 May 2017 (UTC) reply

So perhaps part of an (incredibly depressing) list of celebrity suicides in South Korean and/or list of LGBT suicides in South Korea. MrBrug ( talk) 14:57, 28 May 2017 (UTC) reply

I see what you're getting at, and with this link to Bing News I also seem to get various other people with the same name, but if you search the Korean language news sites there's more about his early life prior to his suicide, and I've seen plenty of articles with almost no Anglophone sources to cite. Donald Trung ( talk) 16:18, 28 May 2017 (UTC) reply

Ah maybe we have a WP:BIAS problem here and one event doesn't apply. Hopefully some Korean sources will be added, do you know any good ones? MrBrug ( talk) 15:27, 29 May 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of South Korea-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 04:11, 29 May 2017 (UTC) reply

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• Delete After searching for his career in both English and Korean, I am not finding anything other than television appearances mentioned at the time of his death in 2008. Two of the three current page citations (which also need fixing as they are dead links) are from Fridae, a questionable social media site. The 3rd citation, the Korea Times article [1] lists an "apparent suicide" and a vague suicide note not confirming the reason. Whatever the cause of the suicide, which got some attention referencing his being gay, or attached with a list of other celebrity suicides......I agree that his notability is only related to the one event. Media coverage was not significant and his notability was temporary.

As to any bias....I can add that the nominating editor Kanghuitari is South Korean and has contributed many South Korean articles and those related to gay subjects in South Korea, albeit without strong English skills. I trust that if there were more articles verifying Kim Ji-hoo, he would not have nominated it for deletion.-- Bonnielou2013 ( talk) 05:33, 30 May 2017 (UTC) reply

• Weak keep. He was notable to get an entry in Harris M. Lentz III (17 April 2009). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2008: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. pp. 235–. ISBN  978-0-7864-5384-9.. I'd hesitate to delete it before getting an input from a Korean speaker for sources possibly available at [2], for example; mention in "association between Media Reporting and a Lower Suicide Rate in 2012" for example suggests there may be some scholarly analysis. -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:52, 31 May 2017 (UTC) reply

• Delete Doesn't seem particularly notable and can't find any reliable sources outside the WP:BLP1E, since he's unlikely to get WP:SUSTAINED coverage due his death, this is delete. - GretLomborg ( talk) 03:39, 16 June 2017 (UTC) reply

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