Template talk:Generational cohorts

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I changed "Baby Boomer #1" to "Baby Boomers" and "Baby Boomer #2" to "Generation Jones". If you look through recent books on generations, you'll see that this Boomers/Jonesers model is typically replacing the Boomer#1/Boomer#2 model. I didn't change the years for these two cohorts because they are close to (albeit not exactly) what is generally used these days. 21st century Susan 00:41, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

There aren't even "External References" for this box. Shouldn't we really be citing some recognized authority in the field rather than making up our own to include or exclude the editor? Student7 13:04, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Have fun with revert wars! Is anybody using any documentation whatever?Student7 12:44, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi, this was initially intended to cover generations that were global due to globalisation. It was based on Demographics#Generational_cohorts, which when I last looked at it was semi-global; i.e. it covered countries that have been in semi-sync; nations that have been involved in the "first world". However, I now see that section on Demographics is titled "U.S. ..." and so I now also doubt whether this can be keep from being U.S. centric. Maybe I just need to accept that Generation X or Y never happened where I lived, or perhaps just accept that I am part of the extended American family. *grumble happily* John Vandenberg 13:00, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Span of generations is 18 years, isn't it?

If the Baby boomers span 18 years, why do Gen X and Gen Y comprise 14 and 10 years, respectively? Wouldn't the year termini be as follows:

Start Group
1946 Baby boom
1965 Gen X
1983 gen Y
2001 Gen ?
2019 Not born yet

Also, what do we call the 2001 Generation? Bob  uriel8  (talk) 16:48, 2 April 2007 (UTC)