Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yook Sungjae

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The result was redirect to BtoB (band). (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 05:52, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yook Sungjae

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The subject of this article seems to get most of his notoriety through his band BtoB, not on his own account. If so, that does not warrant a separate article and a redirect to BtoB will be sufficient. Beside that, the article is poorly sourced and his filmography is rather fluffy and totally unsourced (if relevant at all) The Banner talk 12:02, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:20, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Korea-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:20, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to BtoB (band), as per the guidelines: "Note that members of notable bands are redirected to the band's article, not given individual articles, unless they have demonstrated individual notability for activity independent of the band, such as solo releases." Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 01:05, 11 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:53, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to BtoB. I don't speak Korean, but sources definitely exist. The issue is that my translations of [1] are awful and that I can't seem to find news articles about the individual rather than the band. (This said, the kowp version of the article doesn't have sources either.) He has some kind of celebrity with a 20k-follower fansite Twitter account and a 242k-follower personal account (though that isn't coverage in reliable sources, it also doesn't even point to individual news articles). It's normal to merge to the parent topic when there are no available sources, as this is a fine redirect term. But, in the future, when outright deletion is not a plausible outcome and redirecting is reasonable, discuss it on the talk page and go for it boldly. AfD is only for deletion discussions where an article might be feasibly deleted altogether. Please ping me if non-English or offline sources are found. czar ♔ 04:43, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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