Talk:Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service

Law enforcement in Ghana

This sudden page move caught me by surprise. It is solely about the position of the Inspector General of Police in Ghana. Why the move? Wouldn't a new article be more appropriate? Or wouldn't placing it in a law enforcement type category have been sufficient? What does the article say generally about law enforcement in Ghana? As the article stands now, the heading to me is inappropriate.--Natsubee 09:31, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for writing, I hope this will help explain.

1. It's a matter of putting the cart before the horse. Many of the articles on African topics are written ex nihilo, they would maybe make sense to someone right on the ground there, but seem to spring out of nothing and don't help readers on the other side of the planet. It would be like having a list of the mayors of Accra, with no article on Accra or its significance. If one was a student (many of our users are), one might think Accra was an animal, or a musical instrument, or a planet. There needs to be a foundation before such lists are stand-alone.
2. Just the list as it is provides no context, this is a step towards expansion into a proper article with a natural beginning and follow-through.
3. Wikipedia's instructions do say to "be bold", and in this case, there being no parent article, this is a natural to become the one from which others spring as need be.
4. There is an existing and expanding series national articles on "Law enforcement in x country", there is not one on the Inspector General of Police. For someone who _wants_ to find specifically about Ghana, having it uniformly named and categorized with others makes it easier to find and gives the information better exposure.
5. You have done a great deal of work and research, and I want to help you keep it; the article does not describe why "the most senior Police Officer in Ghana" is important by itself, and Wikipedia is starting to delete things some users see and tag as non-notable.
6. I'm just trying to help get the African articles in better condition, I don't want it to lag behind other parts of the world. The USA gets plenty of coverage. Let's make the Ghanaian articles something people really want to know about.

I hope this helps. Thanks again, and going to bed, Chris 10:28, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

ps, if you really do object, we can move it back. Chris 10:33, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I started the article on the lines of Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis which does not link directly to Law enforcement in the United Kingdom and others. I think it is more meaningful to do a separate article on Law enforcement in Ghana? If this article is not useful, it can be proposed for deletion. On the other hand, if it is useful but requires context, by all means point that out or research the article or even start a stub. You must bear in mind that internet access in some parts of Africa is not as universal as it is in other parts of the world so contributions on some topics are not going to be as rapid as others. You may find that with some of these articles, it is easier to "put the cart before the horse" as you yourself put it.--Natsubee 11:04, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I have moved the page back to its original place hoping that the article Law enforcement in Ghana can then take its rightful place when ready.--Natsubee 02:34, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Unreferenced bios for the IGPs

Many of the biographies for the old IGPs are referenced by a single dead link: http://www.ghanapolice.info/igps.htm . Is there other sourcing for these people? I suggest not, in which case the articles on them should be converted into redirects to this article? (I'm simply a passing wikignome who caught sight of this problem. Thanks.) – S. Rich (talk) 16:32, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

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