Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Internet generation

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus. - Mailer Diablo 22:53, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Internet generation

Internet created long before this generation, thus not Internet generation, not factual, already covered by Generation Y (more reasons). Also, prod removed without explanation by someone using an IP address (70.124.132.176) with many complaints of vandalism on his/her talk page. That person has also been temporarily blocked before. The user that removed the prod notice also tried to remove the information on Generation Y that showed how this age group was already covered by another generation (see revisions). -AlexJohnc3 My Talk Page 20:04, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, article cites sources for the use of this term. I don't think the article is claiming that the Internet didn't exist until then, just that Internet use hadn't entered the mainstream until then. Recury 20:24, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment The Internet came into use widely before the "Internet generation". The generation this page refers to is already Generation Y. -AlexJohnc3 My Talk Page 20:27, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

• It "refers to a group of people who spent their formative years in an age of the birth and rise of the Internet." The media isn't restricted to one silly, arbitrary grouping of people as a "generation." They can do as many as they want. Recury 20:40, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment I know that it doesn't have to be limited ot one, but it doesn't seem like this is very much in use, especially since there is already the Generation Y. Could you explain why, other than one article using the phrase "Internet generation" in its title 1 this is at all noteable? There's also the question of the titles that don't have sources (such as the "MyPod Generation". It seems as though this article is just a sterotype made by a few media outlets about the fact that children grew up with the Internet at this period in time. -AlexJohnc3 My Talk Page 20:50, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, the generation described is in fact the first one to have the internet as a common experience. When the internet was created physically is not relevant. Also, the article's cited. Gazpacho 21:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per above Computerjoe's talk 21:21, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, I am writing an article on Internet generational differences and found the references in this article very useful. I would not have thought to search under 'generation Y' for my purposes, but this article exactly fit the bill. Generation Y does not have the same connotations of Internet use. My general view is that if there is a cultural concept that some people (media, others) refer to as the 'Internet Generation', there should be definitions of it available. The term exists; it is used. If it shouldn't be defined on Wikipedia, where should it be defined? A Google search on 'Internet generation' turns up many business sites--there needs to be a broader perspective on the concept than this, and Wikipedia seems like the place for it. I'm glad I found this entry, and I hope it is not deleted. -- Susan Herring, 1:21, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment If it isn't going to be deleted could we at least remove the information about the "MySpace" generation and other "alternative" generations? They seem pretty unnecessary and sterotypical of children from "the Internet generation" (thus not NPOV). If we were to remove all of that I would be fine with keeping it I guess. -AlexJohnc3 My Talk Page 00:40, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge. Based on alex's last comment, I suggest that he merge useful material to Generation Y and then redirect. Gazpacho 01:48, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Also, I didn't write the "Load of Crap" thing incase you thought I did without noticing that Boochan wrote it. It's hard for me to tell if you're being sarcastic about merging it, especially since I'm really tired right now. -AlexJohnc3 My Talk Page 03:23, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

It's not sarcasm. Sorry about the misreading. Gazpacho 18:46, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete An illigitimate demographic term promoted by the use of trademarked products --Mincetro 06:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment None fo the references on the article pages are actual publications, just sparing website articles. This is completely original research --Mincetro 06:08, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete No basis for anything that is written there...who exactly adopted that this time period is the "Internet Generation", I hadn't even heard of it untill now and I was born in 88. Delete it enough said! Insaneassassin247 21:58, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I think this should be kept seperate from Generation Y, they are not one in the same..as the Internet Generation only includes a segment of the Generation Y inclusion (those in their early and mid-20s, and teens as of 2006). I don't think there's any such thing as an "illigitimate" demographic term, If the term is being used and is even worth discussing, then it is worth keeping especially for research.
• Keep I admit this article needs some work doing to it, but it's definitely worth keeping. Korinkami 14:13, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Same reasons as proposal creator. Julz
• Strong Keep it is a sub-generation worthy of its own article. There is still so much to add to this article if given the chance. Piecraft 23:08, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.