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Replace “communism” with “sovietism” 2A05:F6C2:760C:0:DDC1:B4BF:F578:4C42 (talk) 12:29, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Sovietism" is an uncommon word (there isn't even a Wikipedia article by that name) and can be seen as being overly specific to the Soviet Union itself and not applicable to the larger Eastern Bloc that is the topic of that sentence. Michaelmalak (talk) 13:29, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, how about "communist regimes in Europe"? The problem with using "communism" is that there never was communism - that would need eg. the abolishment of money, which never happened. Also, communist parties still exist and rule in some (mostly Asian) countries. 2A00:1028:96C3:6152:0:0:0:1 (talk) 02:26, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Asked ChatGPT [[1]] for help and made an edit Michaelmalak (talk) 21:07, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Years are incorrect

The article currently says: "The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) defines the years for Gen X as between 1964 and 1979." The Social Security Administration actually says it's 1965-1980 on its website https://www.ssa.gov/open/data/EOY-Generational-Data.html. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.44.187.103 (talk)

The claimed years did indeed appear to be incorrect. I've updated the page. Dan Bloch (talk) 03:11, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Video Games

There lacks a Video Games section in Arts and culture, this is important because Generation X is the first generation to grow up with video games and they play them often when they were younger, particularly arcade games, such as Space Invaders, Galaga, Asteroids, and Pac-Man. GuyUser81 (talk) 23:51, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This page is riden with fake propaganda

This page is ridled with fake political propaganda. It states the early 80s recession to be caused by the Reagan administration policies but in fact the crisis predates Reagan, and those policies intended to address the crisis, and they worked well. Unemployment fell from 10,2% in 81 to 3% in 83. Most problems wwere already solved by 89 when Reagan stepped down. It was an international crisis not related to any administration in particular. Most of the causes emerged from the 70s oil crisis and the Iranian revolution. 79.169.14.123 (talk) 18:47, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

53% increase in college enrollment should be 114%

Data supplied: 5.7 million inreased to 12.2 million. 122/57=2.14, an increase of 114%. 100.34.87.67 (talk) 00:42, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]