Response to 2026-03-24 decline
Thank you for taking the time to review the draft.
I've gone through it again and tried to address the issues raised:
- LLM hallucination / unverifiable citations: I removed the six academic sources that were previously included, after confirming that they do not mention OTCAN. The current version relies only on Korean press coverage (Korea JoongAng Daily, Yonhap News Agency, Hankyung Job & Joy, and The-K Magazine), which I checked directly.
- Close paraphrasing: I compared the text more carefully with the 2016 Korea JoongAng Daily article and rewrote parts that were too close, especially the founding section. I tried to keep the facts while changing the structure and wording.
- Unencyclopedic tone: I reduced some of the more promotional or structured sections (such as mission-style descriptions and the corporate donations list), and aimed for a more neutral, narrative style overall.
- CS1 errors: Citations have been reformatted using consistent {{cite news}} templates, with matching URLs and access dates.
- Founder name: I've updated the name to "Cho Yun-chan", which is the spelling used by the subject. The earlier source used a different romanization.
I am a declared conflict-of-interest editor (Clifford Nolan), and I've tried to keep the draft strictly aligned with what the cited sources support. There may still be areas that could be improved, so I'd appreciate another review when you have time. Clifford Nolan (talk) 03:44, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
Update: revised prose and expanded, verified sourcing
The earlier submission was declined over a concern that the draft read as if it had been generated by a language model. I have tried to address that directly, alongside strengthening the sourcing.
- Prose: I have revised the article into a plain, neutral encyclopedic style, removed essay-like and promotional phrasing, and kept every statement tied closely to what the cited sources actually say (for example, attributing self-reported figures with "according to OTCAN").
- Sourcing: I added several sources that I checked directly. These include two scholarly and institutional sources that discuss OTCAN by name — a 2016 case study in the Journal of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (Kim and Kim), which describes OTCAN's founding and mail-in model, and a 2023 city report on urban sharing in Seoul from the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University — as well as Korean press coverage spanning 2011 to 2024 (Kyunghyang Shinmun, Hankyung, and Geumgang Ilbo). I confirmed that each source actually mentions OTCAN by reading the full text, and every citation now has a working URL.
- I deliberately left out several other sources I came across, because I could not confirm that they mention OTCAN or could not locate the original article. I would rather keep the draft strictly to what I could verify.
I am a declared conflict-of-interest editor (Clifford Nolan), and I would welcome another review when you have time. Clifford Nolan (talk) 13:25, 28 May 2026 (UTC)
COI edit request: add VRT-confirmed image to Activities (relevance check)
Disclosure: I have a conflict of interest (affiliated with OTCAN; COI declared on the article).
Request: please assess whether to add the following image to the Activities section. [[File:OTCAN_Haiti_2018.jpg|thumb|Children in Haiti with clothing donated through OTCAN, 2018]] VRT-confirmed (ticket #2026032410003497, CC BY-SA 4.0). Note: the body does not currently name Haiti; the image illustrates OTCAN's overseas clothing-donation activity. I leave it to your judgment whether it is relevant enough to include.
Thank you. Clifford Nolan (talk) 03:23, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
Approved Spintendo 15:31, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
