Talk:Jerry Rawlings

message: Instead of waiting for correcting this article, why not delete it as it's obvious that it's only pure propaganda?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.217.239.104 (talk) 17:45, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism 

message: This whole thing looks like it was written by literate members of the Jerry Rawlings' fan club. It seems to completely ignore nearly every non-positive thing about this guy. 
Bob
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I have edited the - even for me - glaring typo's, weasel words and POV in the 'Criticism'-section. I also have serious doubts if the previous editor has any sources to go with his impromptu expansion of that section, but I don't feel qualified to delete those points. maarten 08:50, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Did another cleanup. Not much of an improvement in the course of a year, I'll try to add sourced material and remove unsourced claims. maarten 09:20, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

text: I recall from news reports at the time that the Rawlings regime was regarded as particularly bloodthirsty and violent. This article doesn't imply any criticism of him at all!Royalcourtier (talk) 07:27, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Biased?

message: I've edited the initial use of Rawlings rank to its full form as it now does not require the reader to be familiar with air force rank abbreviations.  However, it seems questionable as to whether it should be included in the opening line at all.  By convention in the RAF, officers who retire in the rank of flight lieutenant cease to be entitled to use the rank as do all officers below the rank of squadron leader.  It may be that the Ghana Air Force has not adopted this convention and googling "Jerry Rawlings" reveals that many sites use his rank title.  Perhaps someone with authoratitive knowledge of Ghanaian military customs can help. Greenshed 16:48, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd suggest keeping reference to Flight Lieutenant as Rawlings was known by that title. MLA 14:49, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Flight Lieutenant

message: I intend to delete all the unsourced information in this article soon. Fair warning. ——Martinphi    ☎ Ψ Φ—— 03:14, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Intent to delete

message: "He has enjoyed a love affair with the West who have overlooked his many flaws because he embraced democracy in the later part of his reign."  This is clearly opinionated, and needs to be deleted.
i can't belive there is no independent body that can write a bio on rawlings. please reserve the opinionated stuff for your blog.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Africanmind (talk • contribs) 20:01, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another quote 

message: First, let me get this out of the way; though he is far from perfect, I admire Rawlings. That said, I was surprised at how poorly written this article was; furthermore, the "Achievements" section reads like a CV.  I don't want to diminish his achievements, but I'd love to see this article developed into a clear and fair biography. I'm far from an expert on the recent history of Ghana, but I'd be willing to assist editors who are more well-versed in this area to develop this article. OhNoitsJamie Talk 01:12, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

message: Just the tone of this:
Mr Rawlings was not different from Idi Amin. He killed anybody who did not support him and his party. Rawlings murdered both Governmental Officials, Lawyers and Musicians. During the time of his power, Many Musicians, Lawyers, Journalist and Judges were in exile and uptil now not willing to return to Ghana. President Rawlings was not a patriotic person to his country, but one who needed power to rule as an ambition.
Says it all.  Someone who knows about this man's biography/Ghanian politics needs to clean this up.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.233.212 (talk) 17:12, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not an expert, but this is clearly biased 

message: I've nominated the article for professional attention as although the intro is relatively factual and balanced, the bulk of the text is distinctly weaselish - both pro and against. Considering the controversy surrounding Rawlings, perhaps this article should be restricted edit-wise when it's been cleaned up
87.194.56.53 (talk) 19:31, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Nominated for attention

message: I went ahead and removed that completely unsourced and perhaps bias section. Here it is for the record in case anyone comes up with sources: Phil5329 (talk) 19:17, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Achievements section

message: The section name doesn't seem very balanced. After all he's never been indicted for a crime and while he's clearly ordered extra-judicial killings, but he's always been open about the fact and did so for stated reasons. Calling, in African dictatorial terms, just over three hundred executions of officials suspected of corruption or who were deemed a threat to the state is pretty small beer? Equally there's no mention made of the anti-corruption reasoning behind it.. JamieHughes (talk) 22:43, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the section does needs improving with regards to neutrality, as you rightly put it, he has never been found culpable of the executions in any court. What I don't agree is what you said just over three hundred executions of officials suspected of corruption or who were deemed a threat to the state is pretty small beer?.
—Sadat (Masssly)❤Talk☮C☺Email☯ 08:28, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV "Atrocities" Section?

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Several African sources claim that the "short illness" that killed him was covid:
https://nairametrics.com/2020/11/12/former-ghanaian-president-jerry-rawlings-dies-from-covid-19-complications/
https://www.arise.tv/ghanas-president-pays-courtesy-visit-to-jerry-rawlings-wife/
https://taarifa.rw/former-president-of-ghana-jerry-rawlings-succumbs-to-covid-19/
https://ab-tc.com/confirmed-former-jerry-john-rawlings-died-of-covid-19/
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/rest-of-africa/jerry-rawlings-ghana-former-president-dies-3020074
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/world-54920769
I would say this is worth mentioning in the death section. --Pesqara (talk) 23:23, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Cause of death is still a question mark, in my view.  I do have question though:  is it worth it to include some of the obituaries in the world press? and/or articles from academics? AbrewaAccraLady (talk) 17:17, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Covid