Editing Talk:Korean conflict (section)

== Merge proposal ==
[[North Korea–South Korea relations]] → [[Korean conflict]]
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After reviewing the content for both articles, it seems that one is a [[WP:CFORK]] of the other, with many details overlapping, not to mention that the topic covered is nearly identical. A similar example to bring up would be [[Cross-strait relations]] between [[China]] and [[Taiwan]]. Both [[China-Taiwan relations]] and [[Cross-strait conflict]] redirect to the same page.

I recommend [[Korean conflict]] as the title for the merged article. On [https://trends.google.com/explore?q=Korean%2520conflict%2C%2Fm%2F0fbnxb&date=today%201-y&geo=Worldwide&gprop=web| Google Trends], [[Korean conflict]] seems to be somewhat (but not significantly) more popular than [[North Korea–South Korea relations]] in normal conditions. [https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2025-01-01&end=2025-12-31&pages=Korean_conflict%7CNorth_Korea%E2%80%93South_Korea_relations| Pageviews] tells <s>more extreme story and it seems that the article [[North Korea–South Korea relations]] is practically dead in terms of visits when compared to [[Korean conflict]]</s> a similar story. However, I am not sure about using "conflict" to describe general relations; I am only going off what the analytics say.

Edited to correct Pageviews link. [[User:Wasting time is still my passion|Wasting time is still my passion]] ([[User talk:Wasting time is still my passion|talk]]) 13:07, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

:'''Oppose''' there's enough scope that doesn't 100% overlap imo. [[User:Grapesurgeon|grapesurgeon]] ([[User talk:Grapesurgeon|talk]]) 14:32, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
:@[[User:Wasting time is still my passion|Wasting time is still my passion]], you seem to have misspelled the article title in your pageviews search. A corrected link [https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2025-01-01&end=2025-12-31&pages=Korean_conflict%7CNorth_Korea%E2%80%93South_Korea_relations] shows that the pages were about equal in terms of views in recent months. I'd like to raise a different point: Both pages are reasonably large. The "relations" article is 6114 words, while the "conflict" article is 5256 words. If a merge is performed, we must be careful to trim overlapping text and prevent the size increasing drastically in contravention of [[WP:SIZERULE]]. There does seem to be a lot of overlap, though, so a merge may be warranted. '''[[User:Toadspike|<span style="color:#21a81e;font-variant:small-caps">Toadspike</span>]] [[User talk:Toadspike|<span style="color:#21a81e;font-variant:small-caps">[Talk]</span>]]''' 14:43, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
::Thanks for the notice; I felt very confused when I saw the analytics. In that case, I will not advocate for either article being the title, and I would rather lean into using "relations" over "conflict" for the title.
::As for [[WP:SIZERULE]], it is still my understanding that both articles are largely [[WP:RFORK]], so a merger would not result in an article with, say, 10,000+ words. [[User:Wasting time is still my passion|Wasting time is still my passion]] ([[User talk:Wasting time is still my passion|talk]]) 22:46, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

:'''Oppose'''. These two articles do not cover the same topic. North Korea is also in conflict with the USA. This article is centred on military conflict while the [[North Korea–South Korea relations]] article covers diplomacy, cultural exchanges etc. This article was created to amalgamate text from a range of different articles. See above. I think it would be a retrograde step to merge.--[[User:Jack Upland|Jack Upland]] ([[User talk:Jack Upland|talk]]) 00:15, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
::[[North Korea–South Korea relations]] also contains content discussing the US. [[Korean conflict]] includes many details about diplomacy as well. After reading both articles, it seems that there is hardly anything that is covered in only one article but not the other.
::{{excerpt|North Korea–South Korea relations#2019|paragraphs=1|references=no|inline=yes}} [[User:Wasting time is still my passion|Wasting time is still my passion]] ([[User talk:Wasting time is still my passion|talk]]) 00:22, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
:::I think there is considerable differences between the articles, particularly in the middle of both article. Any repetition can be removed by editing.[[User:Jack Upland|Jack Upland]] ([[User talk:Jack Upland|talk]]) 00:57, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
:'''Oppose'''. If any merging should happen, the conflict should be merged into the relations, because the conflict is part of the relations and not the other way around. However, merging these articles would probably result in one too big article, so merging is not a good idea. [[User:Lova Falk|Lova Falk]] ([[User talk:Lova Falk|talk]]) 11:48, 17 March 2026 (UTC)