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Death July 30, 2022 Natural Causes https://www.thegamer.com/nichelle-nichols-passes-away-star-trek-uhura/ Achturas1970 (talk) 19:07, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:12, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Add date of death: July 31st 2022 LouisEricSimard (talk) 19:11, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done: Her death on 30 July 2022 is already reported in the article. General Ization ^Talk 19:17, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Death

https://www.thegamer.com/nichelle-nichols-passes-away-star-trek-uhura/ 75.69.93.186 (talk) 19:06, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Announced on Facebook

Sunday, 31 July 2022
Friends, Fans, Colleagues, World I regret to inform you that a great light in the firmament no longer shines for us as it has for so many years. Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes and passed away. Her light however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy, learn from, and draw inspiration. Hers was a life well lived and as such a model for us all. I, and the rest of our family, would appreciate your patience and forbearance as we grieve her loss until we can recover sufficiently to speak further. Her services will be for family members and the closest of her friends and we request that her and our privacy be respected. Live Long and Prosper, Kyle Johnson
For Media inquiries only, please contact 424-441-9275

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialNichelleNichols

Waiting for secondary source.

David Crayford ☎ 19:15, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's in The Independent

Nichelle Nichols: Pioneering ‘Star Trek’ actress dies at 89

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nichelle-nichols-star-trek-actress-dead-b2135196.html

David Crayford ☎ 19:21, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The infobox says she was active until 2019. Please correct to 2020 as that's when her final film role was listed. Actually, she apparently was still attending cons and active on social media as recently as a few weeks ago, so possibly 2022 might be the correct date. 70.73.90.119 (talk) 21:05, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: The release date of a work to which she was a contributor does not indicate that she was active as recently as that date. In fact, some of her performances (especially voice work) may be contained in works that will be released after her death. Per the article, she retired from convention appearances as early as 2018 after her diagnosis of dementia. Activity on social media is not what Years active refers to. We will need you to cite a reliable source clearly showing activity in the pursuits for which she is notable after 2019 to change the dates that appear in the article. General Ization ^Talk 21:11, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Racial fairness

I just read that Nichelle Nichols passed away and read her bio. Truly sad and she was an incredible actress and lovely lady.

I also noticed that the term 'Black' was used several times and it was capitalized. That's totally fine and not an issue. But the issue is that whenever the term 'white' is used, it's never capitalized. And in all fairness that is inherently wrong.

I have seen this throughout Wikipedia. Do you all as Wikipedia moderators feel that it's okay and fine to say that Black people are more important than White people? It seems so. I thought you all were above that. Sigh...

Actually neither word should be capitalized unless used as part of a proper noun or the beginning of a sentence. 2601:2C6:C100:E50:393B:EA40:2946:4835 (talk) 22:14, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Black and White, when used to refer to a race or culture as opposed to a simple adjective to describe the literal color of something, should capitalized. That many articles here do not yet consistently follow this convention is not a reason to not follow it here. General Ization ^Talk 00:17, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is AP standard, among other places: https://apnews.com/article/archive-race-and-ethnicity-9105661462 . No idea about Wiki standards, but the article explains why it's not racist, nor violation of conventional grammar rules. 2407:7000:89F5:2700:21DF:17A5:7727:4AA9 (talk) 02:54, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please add a link to President Biden's statement on her passing in the Recognition section

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/31/statement-of-president-joe-biden-on-the-passing-of-nichelle-nichols/ 71.11.8.34 (talk) 03:48, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Recognition section reflects various honors she received during her career. It is not an appropriate place to include postmortem tributes, and in fact we rarely include those in any Wikipedia article. While it is nice and appropriate that President Biden noted her passing, there is nothing factual in the White House statement that is not already contained in this article. General Ization ^Talk 03:58, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Interracial kiss?

How is it interracial when both actors are human? 208.69.184.59 (talk) 06:07, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]