Talk:Generation Alpha

Vandalism

Page got vandalized. I don’t know how to revert to previous version. Robertrtk (talk) 22:11, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Fixed. Dan Bloch (talk) 22:36, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Shouldn’t the shortened version be spelt with the letter

Generation X and Gen X.

Millenial, Generation Y, and Gen Y.

Generation Z or Gen Z.

So shouldn’t it be Generation Alpha or Gen Α α 2604:3D09:1F80:CA00:602A:5268:4F01:13A3 (talk) 18:08, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Because rolling over to Greek Letters when you run out of English letters is pretty common for this sort of thing. The Upcoming/Just Started generation of Generation Beta would be Gen 142.59.71.36 (talk) 18:31, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia reports existing usage, it doesn't prescribe usage, and people don't usually refer to Gen Alpha as Gen A. Dan Bloch (talk) 18:57, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

I mean they do refer to it as that, I'm pronouncing it Alpha when I read it single letter, not A(Aye).

If we were to do that it would probably be the lower case despite that breaking tradition because I think that's what people recognize. Just pointing out all the previous ones were just the letter and we weren't writing it phoenetically (It's not Generation Ex, Generation Wi, or Generation Zee) 2604:3D09:1F80:CA00:B9C6:B709:21A4:6ADC (talk) 07:07, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Feel free to find reliable sources where the Greek letter is shown to be usually used by people in general, rather than anecdotes. From what I've tried to find so far, "gen alpha" is being used in news articles -- probably because the writers and readership are both accustomed to the Latin alphabet, and because A (latin A) and Α (greek Alpha) look identical. A Wikipedia talk page is not the best place to ask for the usage to be changed - for that, feel free to write to the editors of the publications where you see the usage you disagree with. Komonzia (talk) 18:03, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

My source here is more about being in line with the previous 3 Generations than common usage I guess.

We didn't write Gen Ex, Gen Wy, and Gen Zee. So why Gen Alfa or Beta?

Gen X

Gen Y

Gen Z

Gen Α

Gen Β

Gen Γ

Gen Δ

Checks out to me.

(Also any verbal usage is impossible to say one way or the other. Are they saying the letter or spelling it phonetically, no difference in verbal. The difference between Gen X and Gen Ex or Gen Α and Gen Alpha is written only) 2604:3D09:1F80:CA00:7932:8A3D:C29E:B6AB (talk) 20:26, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Actually on that matter the Latin Alphabet stands out as all the articles all just named the letter character while the Cryllic and Greek ones are written phonetically. It's not like you can't write them phonetically, Ay, Bee, Cee, Dee, Ee, Ef, Gee, Eich, Ei, Jay, Kay, El, Em, En, Oh, Pee, Qu, Ar, Es, Tee, Yu, Vee, Double Yu, Ex, Wy, and Zee/Zed. 2604:3D09:1F80:CA00:7932:8A3D:C29E:B6AB (talk) 20:31, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Wait we DO do that for the non-English letters you see in Middle English and a couple Germanic languages? I see Thorn/þorn and Eth/Eð on their articles

Ok now I'm ticked at this 2604:3D09:1F80:CA00:7932:8A3D:C29E:B6AB (talk) 20:39, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Screen time sources are bad

94 and 95 links to press articles and not to the actual sources. Forbes has a dead link to its source. The VICE source is https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/research/report/2020_zero_to_eight_census_final_web.pdf

I did not searched the Forbes' source, but source from VICE says 77% have access and the average screen time is from 40mn to +3h, depending on the age range. The current state of the section is badly sourced at best, misleading at worst. 2A01:E0A:226:BA00:A042:F90B:67BA:A953 (talk) 18:39, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 July 2024

Change 2010 to 2012. That is in most places. SillMozes (talk) 16:58, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. There are existing sources for both years, so unless a very strong consensus says 2012 we probably need to mention both per WP:DUE. Jamedeus (talk) 17:43, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

The end of the alphas

Hello! I’d request that the end of gen a could be stated as 2028 not 2025, the reason for this that this answer is not logical. If gen alpha starts in 2013 it would end in 2028 due to the fact a generation is fifteen years long.

information sources:

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Generation_timeline.svg?lang=en-simple
• Draft:Generation Beta
• https://www.beresfordresearch.com/age-range-by-generation/

Theonethat (talk) 15:54, 31 July 2024 (UTC)