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Change to Washington County, North Carolina#Demographics

Hello Disco, In regard to your change. The heading should not be designated as "racial composition" since Hispanics are not a race. That is why I leave the explanation "Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race." in the heading. I am seeing a lot of editors who are assuming it means race and are making edits as such messing up the data i.e. racial data would include Latinos in each of the categories). It is best to keep it unhidden so as to avoid such unintentional but incorrect edits. cheers Patapsco913 (talk) 23:05, 20 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I added a chart showing the true racial composition (which some well-meaning people will adjust the racial and ethnic chart as such). Patapsco913 (talk) 23:21, 20 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted your edit for failure to engage. You are the first person in my 11 years of editing to archive a comment on their talk page rather than respond? Patapsco913 (talk) 01:21, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies, I didn't think there was anything left to discuss but I can see it was an oversight on my behalf.

If you think the two charts are necessary, then they should stay, but I'm concerned about two things. In a section for the 2020 census, why is the 2010 column visible first? 2020 is the most recent count, so it should be first in the column. Lastly, I don't understand why the note can't be a hidden one? It is unsightly and takes up a lot of space in the chart. I can't comment on editor behavior but they shouldn't be editing official data from the 2020 census, but, even if they still did, they should also be able to see a hidden efn note (in source mode at least).

I also noticed that there is a slight typo in the note you've written. Usually, "US" is usually written as "U.S." and the word "Census" isn't capitalized unless it is written as the full name (United States Census Bureau).

Again, sorry for the issue. Thanks and have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 01:42, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]