Talk:Jo Myong Ae/GA1

GA review

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Nominator: Jishara (talk · contribs) 18:18, 1 October 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: Vestrian24Bio (talk · contribs) 09:18, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

Hi! I will be reviewing this article for WP:GARC, expect the initial remarks soon! Vestrian24Bio 10:30, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

Comments

Jo Myong Ae (as of this rev)

• Add an appropriate ENGVAR template to the page.
• Add the {{Use dmy dates}} / {{Use mdy dates}} template as well.
• Are Seoul News (ref 10), 시사저널 (ref 11), and Newsen (ref 12) reliable sources...?
• Is Tongil News a reliable site..?
• |work= or |website= parameters should be defined in English for refs 2 and 11.
• Wordings such as "vigorously disputed" and "pro-[...]" doesn't sound like WP:NPOV; rewrite those bits...
• Who is Park Chae-seo, and why his statements are reliable...?

Vestrian24Bio 10:30, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

@Jishara: that's all I got, ping me when you're done addressing these.. Vestrian24Bio 10:30, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

@Vestrian24Bio: Tongil News is definitely biased but also has a solid reputation for factchecking, as such I'm using it with attribution and noting - do you happen to have a suggestion for rewording the pro-North Korea note? Seoul Shinbun is a long-standing and reliable newspaper which is reliable for anything but Gangbuk District and local governmental entities in Seoul per WikiProject Korea because of a whole scandal where they were seeking bribes from local small governmental entities, so I think it's fine for this use on international things. Sisa (the one in korean)'s (!) tag is there on WikiProject Korea because of a scandal with how it did Samsung in 2006, everything else is apparently fine, and the Sisa article is not about Samsung and from the late 2010s. According to WikiProject Korea Newsen is only rated MREL because it needs more discussion, and the article is a critical review of a show so I think that should be fine. Replaced Vigorously Disputed. Park Chae-seo is sorta an insider to the whole affair? There's a New York Times profile on him that clarifies a bit, but he was the most prominent and most effective, by far, South Korean spy on North Korea for a while. He was also vital to Myong-ae's presence in the 2005 commercial (he arranged it). As such, I think he should be fine for use with attribution here. Added the two templates, and put both websites in English. Jishara (please ping upon response) (talk) 12:17, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

Source spot-check

• Initial check: pass. Vestrian24Bio 06:29, 10 October 2026 (UTC)
• Proper check: This table lists 4 random passages from throughout the article (19.0% of 21 total passages).

  These passages contain 4 inline citations (19.0% of 21 in the article). Reference numbers refer to this revision. Generated with the Veracity user script. Vestrian24Bio 10:30, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

Reference #	Letter	Source	Archive	Status	Notes
Biography
According to North Korean defector and actress Ri Kyung, Jo went on to attend the Pyongyang University of Music and Dance for its eight-year program, where she was seen as studious and hard-working.
2		nocutnews.co.kr
She soon gained further attention by modeling for the website and advertisements of the Pyongyang-based Korea Pugang Corporation.
5		joongang.co.kr
In 2007, she was cast in Sayeuksin, the first television show collaboration between North Korea and South Korea, themed around historical Korean culture.
12		newsen.com
She was selected to attract attention to the show, as a well-known star from North Korea.
14		world.kbs.co.kr

• Source spot-check: pass. Vestrian24Bio 06:29, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

Final review

• GPTZero is 100% confident, this is human-written. Vestrian24Bio 10:30, 9 October 2026 (UTC)
• EARWIG shows 5.7% - violation unlikely. Vestrian24Bio 10:30, 9 October 2026 (UTC)
• According to link-dispenser (permalink),
  • 14 refs need archive URLs.
  • 1 ref that might be down, doesn't have archive URL.

  Vestrian24Bio 10:30, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

• Media usage: none. Vestrian24Bio 10:30, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

All else good, passing for GA. Vestrian24Bio 06:30, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

Good Article review progress box

Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

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