Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Edem Akafia

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 no consensus‎. Sources were requested, and sources were presented, but none of the subsequent input from others addressed those sources. As such, I see no consensus. (non-admin closure) Left guide (talk) 16:53, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Edem Akafia

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Other than press releases masquerading as news stories about his appointment to the Ghana Mines position (you can tell by the very similar wording in all of them), searches did not turn up enough in-depth coverage from independent, reliable sources to show he passes WP:GNG. Disputed redirect without improvement. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 10:32, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Law, and Ghana. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:41, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Ghana Chamber of Mines looking at the sources on Google, I agree these these are really press releases and do not quality as reliable independent sources. Czarking0 (talk) 15:43, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I believe the subject meets WP:GNG and has in-depth coverage . Also concerning the the rationale "Disputed redirect without improvement."The redirect was disputed by me at 10:01 UTC, and the article was nominated for deletion 30 minutes later. I had already begun working on improvements based on nominator's reason in the edit summary. Nominating for deletion at this stage is premature; the article should be improved, not removed. -- Robertjamal12 ~🔔 11:26, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - the timing of the nomination shows the importance of using edit summaries. When the article creator reverted the redirect, they gave no indication that they were working on improving it, or even planning to work on it. If they had, I wouldn't have nominated it at that time. But since it has been nominated, if they do supply the necessary sourcing, I'm sure it will result in a KEEP result. Since the article contains numerous sources which do not go towards notability, I would suggest to the KEEP vote above that they let folks know here what the 3 best in-depth sources from independent, reliable sources are, in order to help editors ascertain notability.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:08, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the clarification and I appreciate your good-faith approach. Just to note: I had intended to use the "undo" option to provide an edit summary, but I mistakenly used rollback, which didn’t allow for that. That was my oversight and I appreciate you pointing it out. While I believe the subject meets GNG, I also acknowledge that the article can and should be further improved. @Onel5969 Please see, [1][2],[3]. , -- Robertjamal12 ~🔔 15:17, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting for more input on the three sources identified above.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Left guide (talk) 12:07, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - an up and coming but run of the mill mid-management business person. We are not LinkedIn. Bearian (talk) 17:21, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment I respectfully disagree with the characterization of the subject as a "run-of-the-mill mid-management business person." The subject has held high-profile national positions, including being the President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, which is one of the country’s most influential industry bodies. I believe the subject passes WP:GNG with SIGCOV ([4], [5], [6] and and deletion would be premature. Best -
Robertjamal12 ~🔔 17:58, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The subject is so not a run of the mill mid-management business person, how can we consider someone who is the President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines to be a mid-manager? The article, surely needs improvements but this isn't a low level / mid level personality. He forms part of coalitions and many others who are leading the charge against illegal mining issues in Ghana. Ampimd (talk) 23:17, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Left guide (talk) 15:30, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Final relist; I still see no consensus. We need participants to directly address the depth and quality of sources identified by Robertjamal12 above, and that has not happened yet.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Left guide (talk) 19:23, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.