Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/President-elect of Ghana


 * 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 merge to President of Ghana. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 23:42, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

President-elect of Ghana

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Similar to WP:CRUFT, and WP:1R. --Nev&eacute;–selbert 23:22, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect to President of Ghana. There's simply not enough for a stand-alone article. There is a President-elect of the United States, as well as for several other countries. With the exception of the US, they appear to be simply redirects to their respective president articles, and I think the US article should be merged/redirected to United States presidential transition. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:09, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. North America1000 03:46, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. North America1000 03:46, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ghana-related deletion discussions. North America1000 03:46, 13 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep No policy/guideline reason for deletion has been given. Per WP:POLITICIAN, those elected to national office are presumed to be notable. Ramaksoud2000 (Talk to me) 04:39, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
 * President-elect is a pseudo-office, not a politician, so that policy does not apply. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:29, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
 * The guideline includes people who had been elected to the Presidency, but not yet assumed it. Presumably, an article about all of those people would be notable. Nevertheless, those seeking to delete content must provide a policy/guideline reason, and nobody has done so. Ramaksoud2000 (Talk to me) 13:45, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
 * The office is "president", not "president-elect" — the latter is not an office in and of itself, but merely means that the person has won election to the office of president and merely not been sworn in as the actual president yet. So it's simply not a concept that requires a separate article from the concept of "president of Ghana". Bearcat (talk) 17:46, 15 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep No valid reason has been given for the article to be deleted. And the article complies with the guidelines of writing an article. The fact is the position exists and comes into effect when a presidential candidate is elected. In this case it was Nana Akuffo Addo till 7th January 2017. To counter the argument that there is not enough for a stand alone article, why should that be a reason to delete the article. This article contains adequate information about the President elect of Ghana. And by the way, if there isnt enough information, isn't the whole point of Wikipedia that people can create,edit and add more information to articles? Sankento123 (talk) 21:05, 13 January 2017 (CET)
 * Any thoughts on merging the article contents to President of Ghana?--Nev&eacute;–selbert 02:38, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect to President of Ghana. "President-elect" is not an "office" in and of itself, but merely means that the person is temporarily inside the transition period between one's election to the office of president and one's actual swearing-in as president — so it is not a concept that requires a separate article from the main one on the office itself. Every political position that exists at all has a temporary transition period during which a person has won the election but doesn't actually hold the office yet — and it's simply not useful for us to maintain parallel sets of articles for "office" and "office-elect" for every office. Bearcat (talk) 17:44, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect/Merge Bearcat convinced me. Ramaksoud2000 (Talk to me) 19:46, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect/Merge Much better than to delete. Sankento123 (Talk to me) 17:23, 16 January 2017 (CET)
 * , would you mind crossing your keep vote with  and , as not to confuse the eventual closer of this discussion?--Nev&eacute;–selbert 17:25, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect /Merge Much better than to delete. Sankento123 (Talk to me) 08:51, 17 January 2017 (CET)
 * Merge into President of Ghana. NasssaNser (talk/edits) 06:12, 19 January 2017 (UTC)


 * 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.