Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dojang
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I've recently added some references to this article (the Korean one that was there before seems to be about a type of a temple, not related to martial arts...). Nonetheless I have major concerns that this is just a WP:POVFORK of better-known dojo; even some of the cited sources note this, as do many other (this is also what I get from my second BEFORE, this time for query "difference between dojang and dojo"). Given that 99% of this article is unreferenced (I just added the sources for the fact that this term is used for the martial arts training hall in Korean context), unless someone thinks this has WP:SIGCOV and merits a stand-alone article, I think per WP:ATD, a merge to dojo might be worth considering. That said, that term is culturally associated with Japan; ideally we need an article for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135904564 (martial arts training facility); but that one sadly does not have an article on any Wikipedia yet, just a Wikidata entry. Anyway, back to deletion rationale: my BEFORE did not concinve me this term (dojang) has stand-alone notability, and the current state of the article merits TNTing due to lack of references (and what would remain after removing all unreferenced content, per WP:V, would meet WP:DICTDEF). Thoughts? Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:38, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Martial arts and Korea. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:38, 2 November 2025 (UTC)