Wikipedia talk:WikiAfrica

Lack of nation articles
I have the immediate impression that I am in the wrong place; nevertheless, here goes.

I have been gnoming about on the enWikipedia for several years, now, long enough to know that “if one doesn’t see what he/she is looking for, don’t ask why it hasn’t been written/created/corrected, FIX it!” I have drunk the koolaid. As I research, I correct as much as possible. My time and other resources are limited, so I don’t create many articles, and knowing my limits, I seldom express expectations that “someone should create” whichever article I don’t find.

However, I have to say that I am shocked & dismayed that some African sovereign nations have no article!! Togo!! Please tell me that I am just not searching correctly. I tried Google and hit Togo (film) & Togo (dog), but no Togo (nation) !! I know Americans are ethnocentric, and that there is a generalized dearth of knowledge/interest in geography/geopolitics, but there are English-speakers world-wide who use Wikipedia, and it just boggles the mind that Wiki is 20 years old & there are nations with no page. I personally despise people playing the race card, but this walks and quacks like an etho-racial issue.

Now that I’ve made my ugly allegation (I honestly feel shame!), I will copy/paste this to the Teahouse, or somewhere, as this page obviously gets no traffic. Ragity (talk) 11:09, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
 * MY BAD!! Togo (nation) DOES exist (it is a red link here, and won’t get you there, but if “Togo (nation)” is typed into enWP search field, you’ll go straight there.)  The fault was not with enWP but with Google and SEO, which featured the movie and the dog at the top of the ‘hit’ list.  And of course, my own ineptitude: if I had done a better keyword search, I would have saved myself effort and frustration.  I’m tempted to delete this topic, but I suppose it might help someone in future who makes similar errors.  I’ve learned much from talkpages.  Ragity (talk) 20:32, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

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