Talk:Chukwuemeka Ujam

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Changes not showing up in a Google search result.

Moved from Wikipedia talk:Reviewing pending changes

I have edited an article about a politician to modify his date of birth but the changes do not appear in a Google search result. Does anyone have on how long it takes for Google to sync new data? Tkinger (talk) 03:58, 29 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Tkinger: It varies, but in my experience a few hours is typical. I think that the "Knowledge graph" may be updated more slowly than the snapshots of articles, since the two are currently out of sync for Chukwuemeka Ujam. In any case, Wikipedia has no influence on how Google updates its search results; you would be better asking their technical support.

Speaking of that Chukwuemeka Ujam, if you add personal information such as dates of birth to an article you need to add a reference to a reliable source that supports the information. Wikipedia has rather strict rules regarding writing about living people, which you can read here.

This whole conversation is rather off-topic for this page (which is about a technical mechanism that enforces vetting of edits to a very small number of Wikipedia articles) so I suggest that we take any further discussion of Chukwuemeka Ujam at your talk page. Best, Wham2001 (talk) 10:45, 29 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Wham2001,

Thanks for your response.

Yes, I did make the change to correct what Chukwuemeka Ujam told me was incorrect DoB on his Wikipedia page. How do I reference him as the source of information? Tkinger (talk) 20:36, 29 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Tkinger: I'm afraid you need a published source, such as a book or newspaper; see here for what sorts of sources are acceptable. Best, Wham2001 (talk) 20:51, 29 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Wham2001,

Can we not use 'Self-published and questionable sources' since Chukwuemeka cannot add a link to confirm his DoB? Tkinger (talk) 21:12, 29 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Tkinger: I have moved the discussion here as a more appropriate place.

To start with you need a published source – somebody telling you something in person is not publication. Secondly, it needs to be verifiable by other editors and readers. It should also be reliable and independent of the article subject, but those are concerns that come later.

If you do not have any sources for the revised date of birth I suggest removing it from the article entirely. Best, Wham2001 (talk) 09:45, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]