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looks good! I missed that you cited the article in addition to the news site, that's my bad. ALT2 is all set, congrats! Fritzmann (message me) 23:05, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

His article mentions that his father’s ancestors came from Albi, which, combined with his surname, would seem to tag him as a likely direct descendant of António. However, this would by WP:SYNTH unless we can find a reliable source explicitly connecting the two. Be on the lookout for one.LonelyBoy2012 (talk) 01:52, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Whoa! Interesting connection. Love Chick's music. toobigtokale (talk) 12:31, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's some funkiness with dates; why do Weststeijn and Gesterkamp say 6 July for their arrival in the Netherlands, and Carletti 7 July? The two scholars give two citations for the claim, but don't explain the discrepency further.

Also I just caught this interesting detail in their paper: Other archival sources suggest that another Korean was present in Zeeland slightly later: a Dutch merchant in Japan, Jacques Specx, had as his servant ‘een Coreer, die voor een bootsgesel met de Japansche vaert ende voor desen met eenich Hollants schip in Zeeland gheweest’. Cornelis van Neyenrode to J.P. Coen, 17 February 1628, in: Coolhaas 1919, vol. 7, part 2, 1226-1227 (and cf. 1257); according to Chi & Walraven 2003, 40-41, this man may have been Rubens’s model. May do something with this info later. 104.232.119.107 (talk) 19:50, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This review is transcluded from Talk:António Corea/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Seefooddiet (talk · contribs) 00:49, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Borsoka (talk · contribs) 03:24, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it well written?

   A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:

   B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:

2. Is it verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check?

   A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:

   B. Reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose):

   C. It contains no original research:

   D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:

   B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):

4. Is it neutral?

   It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:

5. Is it stable?

   It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:

6. Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?

   A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:

   B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Image review

• File:Francesco Carletti.png: source is missing at Commons; a licensing problem is mentioned at Commons.
• File:Peter Paul Rubens - Man in Korean Costume, about 1617.jpg: US PD tag is needed at Commons. Borsoka (talk) 03:34, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Removed first image. Added US-PD tag. seefooddiet (talk) 03:37, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Source review

• A primary source, Carletti is extensively cited. Why do you think this approach is fully in line with relevant policy. It says that "Primary sources that have been reputably published may be used in Wikipedia, but only with care, because it is easy to misuse them." Borsoka (talk) 03:34, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think there's significant reason to believe the source is reporting unreliable information. The primary source has pretty detailed information that I found difficult to find in other sources. The one contentious point of information is on the nature of the interaction with the Dutch mariners; I attribute the perspective inline to Carletti, but am willing to listen to feedback on how to adjust further. If you think I should bring in more third-party sources for this I can do that in the course of this review promptly. seefooddiet (talk) 03:42, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I think reliable secondary (and to a lesser extent tertiary) sources are needed. We cannot publish in WP his detailed biography based on a primary source. Borsoka (talk) 04:16, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for delay. I did more searching for academic sources in Korean and English but had a hard time finding more (particularly more recent ones) that have that level of detail. So just stripped out most of Carletti's writings. Let me know if should be further adjusted. seefooddiet (talk) 19:42, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Borsoka: pinging seefooddiet (talk) 18:44, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please quote the texts from the cited works verifying the following statements? Borsoka (talk) 02:00, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• During the journey, Carletti and Corea were taken hostage by Dutch sailors at the island of Saint Helena.
  • After the Portuguese ship was attacked and captured by a Dutch ship in Saint Helena, Carletti had to renegotiate his journey to Europe — a trip that resulted in the Dutch confiscating all of his goods and forcing him to leave his servants behind. According to Carletti, his Korean servant tricked the Dutchmen from Zeeland into taking him aboard their ship bound for Middelburg. In order not to be left in Saint Helena, the Korean hung on his neck Carletti’s necklaces of the crucified Christ and Ecce Homo, and then plunged into the sea. Thinking the necklaces valuable, the Dutchmen took the Korean servant aboard their ship, bound for Europe. seefooddiet (talk) 06:12, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Since the early 20th century, a number of theories about Corea have been repeated by media and academic sources. However, these are now considered unsupported by the known sparse evidence on Corea.
  • This is a summary of what's in the body, there's no one source for this. seefooddiet (talk) 06:12, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Do you say reference 10 does not verify the two statements? Borsoka (talk) 01:16, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    It kinda does, but it doesn't necessarily cover all the details of the debunking. The article also predates the 2016 paper by Weststejin and Gesterkamp, which I'd argue is a firmer debunking of the Man in Korean Costume theory. There's also not necessarily a single quote in that article that debunks everything at the same time, it more covers each theory and debunks them one at a time, so would be difficult to give you quotes. I could try to translate them but it'd be whole paragraphs seefooddiet (talk) 01:52, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• In early November 1992, the South Korean Ministry of Culture invited some of Corea's supposed descendants (including one man also named António Corea, who was head of a Korean cultural society in Italy), as well as the mayor of Albi, to visit Korea.
  • 그 절정은 92년 11월 초에 있었던 문화부의 안토니오 코레아 후손 초청 행사다... 〈임진왜란 당시 왜적에게 끌려가 노예로 팔려 이탈리아 남부에 정착한 조선인 안토니오 코레아 씨의 후손으로 추정되는 이탈리아의 한국문화협회 회장 안토니오 코레아(51) 씨와 코레아 집성촌인 알비시(市)의 두란테 주세포(45) 시장이 문화부의 초청으로 3일 내한한다.
  • My translation: ...The climax of the event is the Ministry of Culture's invitation to descendants of Antonio Correa in early November 1992... "President of a Korean cultural association António Corea (51), a descendant of the Korean António Corea that was enslaved by the Japanese during the Japanese invasions, and Mayor Durante Jussep of Albi (45), will visit Korea on the 3rd at the invitation of the Ministry of Culture. seefooddiet (talk) 06:12, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

• Carletti briefly wrote of this in his travelogue My Voyage Around the World: ... Could you add a reference to a secondary/tertiary source?
  • Done seefooddiet (talk) 05:35, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Carletti went to Paris, Lyon, Turin, Milan, Bologna, then finally arrived in Florence on 12 July 1606. Could you add a reference to a secondary/tertiary source?
  • Couldn't find non-primary source for this info, so just deleted. seefooddiet (talk) 05:35, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Which source verifies note "a"?
  • Ditto with above seefooddiet (talk) 05:35, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Why does the subsection about his alleged descendants preceede the possible details of his life?
  • Reordered seefooddiet (talk) 05:35, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Anunchi Ita is quite obviously not an Italian name. Perhaps Annunziata?
  • Speculating that "Anunchi" was transliterated from some other language to Korean and then to English, and orig spelling is lost. I can't find orig spelling. I just removed the spelling altogether from this article and replaced with "Italian woman". seefooddiet (talk) 05:35, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• ...a Corea Square... Why do you use the indefinite article?
  • I removed the indefinite article. I used it originally because the given source doesn't specify when the "Corea Square" was established. I think it's reasonably common for people to describe bits of trivia like this using an indefinite article, but not too important here I think. seefooddiet (talk) 05:35, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Introduce MBC.
  • Done seefooddiet (talk) 05:35, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Introduce Kwak Cha-seop.
  • Done seefooddiet (talk) 05:35, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Introduce Kim Seong-u.
  • Done seefooddiet (talk) 05:35, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• ... Corea is the subject... Why simple present instead of past perfect?
  • Done seefooddiet (talk) 05:35, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Introduce Kwak Cha-seop.
  • Done seefooddiet (talk) 05:35, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Introduce Weststeijn and Gesterkamp.
  • Done seefooddiet (talk) 05:35, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Borsoka (talk) 03:39, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• @Borsoka: Adding subbullets seefooddiet (talk) 05:31, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also managed to find a recent scholarly article and added some more details to the article. seefooddiet (talk) 08:41, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Borsoka: pinging, been a while seefooddiet (talk) 19:00, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Sorry, I have been thinking of the best approach. My problem is that core information about António Corea is based solely on a primary source. I think this is not fully in line with GA2c, so I seek a second opinion. Borsoka (talk) 04:51, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  @Borsoka: peeking in to add a second opinion. There are 2.5 primary sources, so it's not at all problematic, especially because the most important section is biography, which uses 6 different sources. I think the section with the theories is less contentious. To summarize, everything seems to be in really good shape! LastJabberwocky (talk) 08:45, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you fory your second opinion. I will continue the review taking into account your message. Borsoka (talk) 08:51, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  @Borsoka Hello, could we wrap this up? seefooddiet (talk) 07:53, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, of course. I will complete the review in a couple of days. Borsoka (talk) 08:31, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• ...tens of thousands of Korean slaves were taken from Korea to Japan... I assume they were not slaves in Korea, but were enslaved. If I am right, please rephrase the sentenc. Add a link to Slavery in Japan.
  • Done. seefooddiet (talk) 16:27, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• I would place the quote and its introduction at the end of section "Biography", to add a whole summary of Antonio's life.
  • Done. seefooddiet (talk) 16:27, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Since the early 20th century, a number of theories about Corea have been repeated by media and academic sources that are now considered unsupported by the known sparse evidence on Corea. Split the sentence into two.
  • Done. seefooddiet (talk) 16:27, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Introduce Catanzaro as an Italian city/town.
  • Done. seefooddiet (talk) 16:27, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• ..., perhaps from when Albi was under Spanish rule Rephrase. A link?
  • Done. seefooddiet (talk) 16:27, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• ...named Man in Korean Costume [ko] (also Korean Man) by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens Rephrase.
  • Adjusted slightly seefooddiet (talk) 16:27, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• ...are not known with certainty Delete "with certainty".
  • Done seefooddiet (talk) 16:27, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Kwak Cha-seop wrote in his 2004 book about this theory, and... Simplify the text.
  • Done seefooddiet (talk) 16:27, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• ..., and the scholars were able to deduce information about Yppong meeting Dutch sailors in Asia then visiting the Netherlands for several months Delete.
  • Done seefooddiet (talk) 16:27, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• I would radically (by 15-20%) shorten the lead.
  • Done seefooddiet (talk) 16:27, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Borsoka (talk) 10:19, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I think it could be mentioned in a short sentence in the lead that he was subject to films, books in Korea. Borsoka (talk) 02:00, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Done seefooddiet (talk) 03:07, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for this interesting article. I think if you could find more secondary academic sources this could be developed into an FA. For me, sourcing is still an issue, but not for a GA, so I pass the article. Borsoka (talk) 14:26, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]