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Royal Order of the Elephant of Godenu

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The subject doesn't appear to have significant coverage in reliable sources. The references presently being used don't establish notability. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Royal Order of the Lion of Godenu for a related nomination. toweli (talk) 01:24, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Royal Order of the Lion of Godenu

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The subject doesn't appear to have significant coverage in reliable sources. The references presently being used don't establish notability. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Royal Order of the Elephant of Godenu for a related nomination. toweli (talk) 01:23, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Leaning Merge with Godenu. If this is notable, then there should be news/media stories about individuals who have been awarded this honor, or even obituaries mentioning it. A search of Google news and Bing news did not show any. If anyone knows of any Ghanan newspapers with such articles, that might change things. Darkfrog24 (talk) 19:02, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Togbe Osei III

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I wasn't able to find significant coverage of the subject in reliable sources, and many of the references presently used are non-RS, unfit for a BLP. toweli (talk) 17:03, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Support per nomination. There's nothing to suggest Osei III is notable D1551D3N7 (talk) 19:11, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No WP:SIGCOV to prove notability. Prof.PMarini (talk) 23:56, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Céphas Bansah

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Lacks notability, reliable sources. Page was probably created in relation to Royal Humanitarian Order of the Kingdom of Gbi Traditional Area Hohoe which was deleted in this Afd. Seems to be another one of those fake titles selling businesses.

Account that started the page was blocked for being a promotion only account and other CoI editors are in the edit history. D1551D3N7 (talk) 22:12, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Ghana and Germany. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:45, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Pass WP:GNG as a notable subject. He has been given significant coverage by plenty of German sources: documentary film King Bansah and His Daughter, Der Spiegel, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Das Parlament, The Local, Die Rheinpfalz, Mannheimer Morgen, Lausitzer Rundschau, Deutsche Handwerks Zeitung, and Goethe-Institut

-StellarHalo (talk) 00:03, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Obeng II

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The page is self-promotional, made by individuals with a CoI. They have a website at royalhousemim.org for selling titles and Order memberships and whatnot but the house and orders are only of interest to fantasists.

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Speedy Delete. No significant coverage to prove notability. The sources cited on the current article are either self-published, or citations that contain invalid links: at least two were for fundraisers, one was of a book totally unrelated to the article, one says Arlington Herald on the title, but is a self-published WordPress site, among other WordPress sites on the references. Prof.PMarini (talk) 13:30, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nomination. Purely promotional and not remotely supported by any credible reliable sources. At least two of the sources cited (royalhousemim.org and augustansociety.org) may well merit adding to our blacklist. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:21, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ghana-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 19:06, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Literally no sourcing found for this individual; article appears connected to the recent Byzantine prince article that was deleted, which is a huge red flag. Sourcing used now in the article is not helpful Oaktree b (talk) 12:16, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: No socks have appeared yet, I wonder if we've seen them all already. Oaktree b (talk) 12:18, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Puffery bearing a striking resemblance to the old Maltese nobility nonsense. Utter failure of the GNG and WP:PROMO. Ravenswing 13:30, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Pure puffery. FYI, I nominated a connected web of articles related to the Most Honourable Order of Omukama Chwa II Kabalega, an award Obeng II received and very much in the same vein as this article, but am not sure if they need to be bundled, or sent to AfD, or what. --Greens vs. Blacks (talk) 15:18, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Augustan Society, which also seems connected, or at least frequently used as a questionable source. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:37, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Royal Jubilee Medal 2022

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Non notable award without reliable sources. Page was started by a user with CoI issues elsewhere. The other major editor is blocked for wiki abuse D1551D3N7 (talk) 16:53, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Enterprise Group (Ghana)

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This company does not meet any notability requirement. In the article's current form, all sources are primary and there is nothing out there to indicate notability per before search Ednabrenze (talk) 08:14, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Companies and Ghana. Ednabrenze (talk) 08:14, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete References are purely promotional. Unlikely notability could ever be established. Royal Autumn Crest (talk) 12:04, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The company is a member of the GSE Composite Index, so WP:LISTED probably applies here. A search on a News Ghana returns a few dozen articles about the company. Brandon (talk) 16:57, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The search result you presented all come from a single source which is News Ghana and seems to be unreliable news website. At the bottom of all their articles they ask people to send in their news stories to a Gmail address. Which reliable media organisation uses such an email server? Besides, some of the articles about the subject published by the source (News Ghana) you presented are also attributed to GNA (Ghana News Agency) indicating that the articles are syndicated sponsored posts. Over all, the source you presented is not reliable and lacking in editorial oversight as it seems incapable to source its own news stories. Ednabrenze (talk) 06:45, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You will have to forgive me as I am not an expert on media in Ghana. A similar search on the Daily Graphic (Ghana) returns similar results. Same with Business and Financial Times. Are there specific Ghanaian news sources you'd consider reliable? Brandon (talk) 07:25, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Though the sources are promotional, that does not mean it is notable. You say you did a before search, but somehow when I search it up I am able to find numerous different sources establishing notability. — 48 JCL 23:44, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please present the sources that establish notability. Before search only brings sponsored or paid for articles and those can't be used to prove notability. Please see my response to the claim of " A search on a News Ghana returns a few dozen articles about the company" above. Ednabrenze (talk) 08:36, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 12:37, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep may look not sourced well but it meets Listed rule and I see it does have some sufficient reliable sources. Dirubii Olchoglu (talk) 08:11, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: The people suggesting keep need to explain how it meets the expectations for corporations.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Barkeep49 (talk) 02:04, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. While the vast majority of the third-party content about this company is ineligible to be considered for notability under WP:ORGTRIV, and while WP:LISTED is not a presumption of notability but rather an indication that sources likely exist, I did find a handful of independent, reliable examples of WP:SIGCOV (Modern Ghana here, here, here plus GhanaWeb) that clear the bar of WP:NCORP. Dclemens1971 (talk) 02:07, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This is a company therefore GNG/WP:NCORP requires at least two deep or significant sources with each source containing "Independent Content" showing in-depth information *on the company*. "Independent content", in order to count towards establishing notability, must include original and independent opinion, analysis, investigation, and fact checking that are clearly attributable to a source unaffiliated to the subject. I'm unable to identify any references that meet the criteria for establishing notability. Looking at the sources provided by Dclemens above, this is an article reporting on residents complaints about a totally different company so I doubt if Dclemens even bothered to read this article. This is about the rebranding and name change, totally relies on the company announcements and "launch", no in-depth "Independent Content". This, the third article from Modern Ghana is about the opening of new offices and what was said by the CEO at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, ending with a two sentence description about the company, not in-depth "Independent Content", fails NCORP. Finally, the GhanaWeb article has nothing to do with this company, again begging the question was this article actually read. I'm unable to locate any analyst reports containing sufficient in-depth Independent Content to meet our criteria. Finally, more than one editor has used reasoning that WP:LISTED applies therefore it meets our notability criteria - except LISTED clearly says a listing doesn't mean the company is automatically notable - we still require sourcing that meets our criteria. HighKing⁺⁺ 19:33, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@HighKing I would appreciate it if you would withdraw your comments above, "I doubt if Dclemens even bothered to read this article" and "again begging the question was this article actually read" per WP:AGF. I did indeed read the articles. They are not about a totally different company. The headline in Modern Ghana says: "Ayimensah-Kweiman residents bare teeth at Ken Ofori-Atta's Enterprise Group for snatching land to construct commercial cemetery, mortuary." Ofori-Atta was a director of the Enterprise Group until 2015, according to page 7 of the annual report on the website of the same Enterprise Group that is the subject of this AfD, thus, unless you believe ModernGhana to be an entirely unreliable source, the article is talking about the correct company. The GhanaWeb article also discusses allegations about the influence of the same Enterprise Group (see reference to Ofori-Atta starting in the sixth paragraph). I don't !vote in an AfD unless I have reviewed the sources and done a WP:BEFORE search, and it is not WP:CIVIL for an editor to accuse another of lying about reading the sources. Dclemens1971 (talk) 02:21, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]