Talk:Boston Korea

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:47, 24 September 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that the founder of Boston Korea at first wrote, edited, designed, and delivered the newspaper himself, on routes running from Boston to New Hampshire?

• Source: https://sites.bu.edu/koreandiaspora/institutions/boston-korea-newspaper/

• • ALT1: ... that Boston Korea has reportedly been the only Korean-language print newspaper published in the Boston area since its founding in 2005? Source: https://www.okpedia.kr/Contents/ContentsView?contentsId=GC95103982&localCode=naw&nodeId=G4%2F3
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  • Comment: Self-nomination, my first DYK. Disclosure: I am the newspaper's editor-in-chief and created the article through AfC with a declared conflict of interest.

Created by Chang at Boston Korea (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Chang at Boston Korea (talk) 13:53, 26 August 2026 (UTC).

• Page was new enough at time of nomination, and is long enough. WP:EARWIG says copyright violation is unlikely. QPQ is not required. The hook is verified in the source and the cited sources seem reliable. I will note that the Wikipedia article calls the founder "Myongsool Chang" while the cited source calls him "Jang Myeong Sul", but I know that romanizations of Korean names are often inconsistent. The conflict of interest was disclosed and went through AFC properly, so that's fine. Looks good to go to me. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 01:35, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Edit request: NBC-sourced additions and images

I am the editor-in-chief of Boston Korea (disclosed COI; the article was created through AfC). Requesting the following changes. Items 1 and 2 are supported by the NBC News feature already cited in the article (ref name "nbc"). The images in items 3 to 5 are on Commons: the logo is {{PD-textlogo}}, and the two photographs are my own work released under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. In the lead, after "...as the region's largest Korean-language newspaper", add: ", and by NBC News as the city's last remaining Korean-language newspaper."

2. At the end of the first History paragraph, add: "In 2007 the paper merged with Boston Korean, an online classifieds and community forum popular with Korean international students in the area; the following year it moved into a larger office and hired its first full-time reporter."

3. Add the logo to the infobox: | logo = Boston Korea logo.jpg

4. In the Coverage section, add the office photo:

The newspaper's offices on Harvard Avenue in Allston

5. In the Coverage section, add the distribution photo:

Copies of the paper on a distribution rack at H Mart in Burlington

Thank you. Chang at Boston Korea (talk) 21:29, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Adding one more item to this request, with independent sources:

6. Add a new section before "See also":

== Awards and recognition ==

In 2021, founder and editor-in-chief Myongsool Chang received a Presidential Commendation from the South Korean government for services to the overseas Korean community, announced on the 15th World Korean Day. In 2024, Boston Korea was among the local news organizations selected in the first national open call of Press Forward, a philanthropic initiative supporting local news, chosen for its work closing coverage gaps for underserved communities.

Thank you. Chang at Boston Korea (talk) 01:51, 28 August 2026 (UTC)

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@Chang at Boston Korea: Implemented the requests. Thank you for formatting the request well, writing neutrally, and for being very transparent with us, much appreciated. grapesurgeon (talk) 12:18, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much for implementing these, and for your kind words. I will continue to follow the COI process for any future changes. Much appreciated! Chang at Boston Korea (talk) 01:16, 31 August 2026 (UTC)