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This article covers naming conventions generally followed by editors of Misplaced Pages articles on Korean subjects. None of these rules are cast in stone, and not all contributors follow exactly the same standard, although we are gradually arriving at a general concensus. If you have any ideas, suggestions, objections, or comments, please feel free to participate in the ongoing discussion on this article's Talk page. If the concensus changes and this page has not been updated, please update the affected rules below.
Summary of conventions
- Personal names: put the family name first; use a hyphen if commonly used by the person in question. Right now, the consensus is to follow the spelling of the name most commonly found in English, even if it does not conform to a standard romanization (thus, Kim Il-sung and Syngman Rhee instead of "Kim Il-sŏng" and "I Seungman"), but see also the discussion on the Talk page.
- Romanization: we use the Revised Romanization of Korean for South Korean/Korean topics; we use McCune-Reischauer for North Korean topics
- There is no agreement on how exactly to add the Hangeul and Hanja.
- For rulers use this format: King/Queen X (the Great) of Y
- The use of East Sea / Sea of Japan is disputed.
- The historical periods are: Goguryeo (고구려); Balhae (or Barhae) (발해); Three Kingdoms (삼국시대); Goryeo (고려); Joseon (조선)
- The Three Kingdoms are transcribed as: Silla, Goguryeo, Baekje.