Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D. K. Kulevome
- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was keep. The argument that the subject held a post that was as influential as that of a cabinet minister is a persuasive one, and has not been rebutted. Vanamonde (Talk) 15:54, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
D. K. Kulevome
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Ambassadors are not inherently notable. No significant coverage to meet
]- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ghana-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 03:47, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
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- Delete - It appears he was only ambassador for under 2 years with no other notable events occurring outside of his ambassadorship. Bensci54 (talk) 17:49, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
- Keep - "Resident Minister to Guinea" was not just a diplomatic post; in Nkrumah's days, it was also considered a ministerial position to a certain extent (check here). Due to Ghana-Guinea relations at the time (check here), the position of Resident Minister to Guinea was an important political post for the Nkrumah government, and for this reason, top political officials of the then CPP government were mostly appointed to this position. More importantly, finding digital sources to support and improve some Ghanaian articles is quite daunting. We must consider that the lack of references in this case may not necessarily equate to a lack of notability. To your point Bensci54, he served in ambassadorial positions for more than two years. He was Ghana's ambassador to Japan in 1966. Another document published in 1969 suggests that he was still Ghana's ambassador to Japan in the aforementioned year. The link has been added to the article (including more references and some more information). It is quite unfortunate that there is a lack of adequate resources for a page I find very important (for diplomacy, Ghana's diplomatic history etc). For this reason, I employ us all to reason with me on how editors in Ghana and Africa can add free knowledge to our beloved freely accessible encyclopaedia (Wikipedia) when there isn't much documentation to cite as references. Many important Ghanaian pages have been deleted due to the lack of references and hasty generalisation without understanding the context. It is quite unfortunate. This is not meant to trivialise the efforts of administrators and editors who work tirelessly to ensure that Wikipedia remains a source of credible information for the general public. This is a call to us editors to empathise with other editors from different geographic locations, understanding their unique needs and challenges. It is a struggle for us. Thanks Kinvidia (talk) 23:49, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
- Keep per Kinvidia, and as the essence of the GNG is verifiability of information worth keeping. Clearly, a narrow deletionist interpretation of the GNG is even more threatening to Ghana's diplomatic history than it is to that of a great power. Moonraker (talk) 03:50, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:00, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
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