Talk:2008 Namdaemun fire

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Should Namdaemun fire be redirected to here?

Should Namdaemun fire be redirected to here? Or it there any notable fire that occurred on the Namdaemun besides the 2008 one? -- 202.40.137.199 (talk) 05:04, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There was no fire like this time. After it was built by king Tae-jo, it was maintained for 600years. Maybe 'Namdaemun fire' must be redirected to this article. --J.S.VHAN 16:20, 7 August 2008 (KST)

Do we even need to have the year in the title? As 반재서 stated, there is no other Namdaemun fire, so we don't need to differentiate. Is there a wiki policy that demands the year be stated? Other articles like Beijing Television Cultural Center fire, Daegu subway fire, and King's Cross fire don't include the year. Heroeswithmetaphors (talk) 07:08, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The gate was burnt down by the Japanese, I believe, during their invasion in the 1590s. The history of that gate is confusing, though. I was living in Seoul at the time of the fire. Before the fire, the local museums and history books made it sound like the gate had been semi-destroyed/burnt down and rebuilt several times, but after the fire local Korean news sources suddenly starting saying it was the original gate that had been there since the 1300s and had survived all the wars/invasions. I'm rather confused now what to believe, especially considering these differing histories both come from Korean sources. However, newspapers in South Korea (and this is just my opinion) seem to have a tendency to stretch the facts a bit, and I'd just note that all the references about the gate being the oldest wooden building in Seoul all come from news articles, not history books. I do wonder if the gate being "renovated" several times (as some of the articles say) is actually a honorable euphemism for it being destroyed. Either way, if the gate was destroyed previously, it would have been in connection with another event (the 1590s Japanese invasions, the Korean War), and so information about the gate would probably go in that article (or the Namdaemun article) and not have its own article, so a redirect here for "Namdaemun fire" makes sense. If the article were to be moved (which it seemed Heroeswithmetaphors was considering), instead of just moving the article to "Namdaemun fire", it might be better to move it to "Namedaemun arson" to be more specific. Otebig (talk) 13:51, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

This article should, I think, be merged into Namdaemun. However, I won't tag it while it's featured on the home page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:46, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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