Talk:Compton Swap Meet

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Short description: Swap meet in Compton, California

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A fact from Compton Swap Meet appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 February 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a North Korean refugee became the "godfather of gangsta rap" by selling records at the Compton Swap Meet?

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The result was: promoted by Bunnypranav talk 13:20, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a North Korean refugee became the "godfather of gangsta rap" by selling records at the Compton Swap Meet?

Source: [1] Wan Joon Kim didn't intend to become the godfather of gangsta rap; in the beginning, his son Kirk says, he just wanted to support his family. Kim escaped North Korea on a fishing boat, [...]

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Moved to mainspace by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 26 past nominations.

— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 01:25, 12 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

New enough (created Jan 12). Long enough (4,712 characters). Contains a dozen refs mostly from major media outlets, two scholarly articles. The hook is short enough and interesting and is supported by an NPR article, but there's a small inconsistency in whether Wan Joon Kim was an immigrant or a refugee. The article does not call him a refugee, but the hook does. This needs to be addressed. QPQ done. Sadly no images. --Երևանցի ^talk 16:27, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- The article says that he "fled the country" (as the source says he "escaped North Korea"), which I would consider to mean the same thing as being a refugee. However, I'd be fine with changing the phrasing in the hook:

ALT0a: ... that a North Korean immigrant became the "godfather of gangsta rap" by selling records at the Compton Swap Meet?

— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 18:40, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That makes sense. I guess escaped/fled the country does equal to being a refugee, especially considering it's North Korea. I'm okay with both refugee and immigrant. --Երևանցի ^talk 08:28, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]