Talk:18th century
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[edit] Changes
Until the 16th century, starting from the beginning of Wikipedian time, there is no section about the "Five overall largest mass killings". It's removal is for several reasons. First of all, there is a specific format for all these year and century pages, which this violates. Secondly, it is a stupid concept that sounds like it was written by some sort of man-ape who stole a real human's keyboard and had a slight knowledge of the English language. Thirdly, the page it links to confesses that there is no amount of truth in these wild estimates. It is also a pretty amateurish page to begin with. So. I deleted it and I hope that whoever keeps reediting in mistakes will leave it alone this time. Also, the separation of “Artists,” “Scientists,” and “Infamous people” was so wholly unneeded and inaccurate that I removed it and placed them in alphabetical order. If you feel the need to change this, please do so all the way back and try not to have three or four completely different centurial templates because you know more about them. I will be completing the 19th and 20th centuries shortly, in order to make the centuries consistent with each other. --[[User:TheGrza|TheGrza]] 02:50, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Romanticsm navigation panel
I am removing the Romanticsm nav panel for the second time. Most of the links in the panel lead to articles relevant to the 19th century. - Brunnock 11:45, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Overview
I see many problems with the overview:
- The Nation-state article says that nation states originated in the 19th century.
- The French Revolution was not a peasant revolt.
- I'm not sure what is meant by the "power of theology", but the Church was threatened by the Reformation in the 16th century.
- I don't understand the statement "The rise of nations like Austria, Russia, and Prussia began to shift the balance of power away from the west and create new competition in Europe other than France, England, and Spain.". England did not "lose power". The Spanish Armada was defeated in the 16th century. France went through a revolution and soon conquered most of Europe. Russia usurped territory from Sweden and the Ottoman Empire, not England, France or Spain.
- The only notable European colony established during the 18th century that I can think of was in Sydney. Europe lost many colonies during this century.
- China underwent a huge expansion in territory during the 18th century.
- The overview is not part of the timeline standard.
If no one can give a good reason for keeping it, then I'll probably just delete the overview.
--Brunnock 15:32, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Significant Persons
Under Significant Persons, it says this: Qianlong Emperor, China
And I think there should be some description of his rank, if anyone knows what I mean. --Tummel 15:06, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- His rank was: "Emperor". It is written there. Most people know what this means, and the rest can read the article.--Ioannes Pragensis 09:37, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
