Talk:Modern world
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Leisure Age
Leisure Age? Sounds intriguing. Somebody should write a page about it --BOARshevik 11:50 September 21, 2003 (UTC)
Earth-shattering
"Earth-shattering changes have occured"? That doesn't sound right. I don't think earth-shattering is an adjective. --64.166.211.212
People
Do Speilberg and Lucas really belong on the same list as Galileo and Einstein? xyzzyva
Hi xyz: Yes they do, in these modern times of mass media and mass (popular entertainment) through the movies and TV,as defining the way modern people are entertained and the "heros" they "choose" from "Star Wars" to "ET" IZAK 06:16, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
After Middle Ages; early modern, contemporary
Am I wrong, or doesn't the Modern World start with the end of the Middle Ages (around 1500)? You then divide it into the early modern world (until roughly, the French Revolution) and the contemporary world (afterwards). David.Monniaux 06:41, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)
various definitions
I imported a definition from the article modern, where "modern age" was redirected to previously. There's another one in modernity. We may need to do some more surgery to eliminate some duplication... --Joy [shallot] 18:24, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The Attention-template
No reason or discussion was given on this page as to why the {{Attention}} template was slapped on this page by User:David.Monniaux. So to bring everyone up to speed and allow other people to comment here, here is a copy of the comments from Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/History:
- Modern world The list of personalities is extremely POV and shows some odd preferences (Lucas and Spielberg may be popular filmmakers, but they will probably be forgotten one century from now, just as we have forgotten many popular artists of the 19th century). David.Monniaux 06:58, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- User:David.Monniaux's argument is not correct for a number of reasons: The article is NOT just about a "list of personalities", it is about an era or age recognized by historians as commencing from the 1750s onwards. Secondly, what is "POV" by listing the MOST prolific mainstream movie directors and producers whose movies have been watched by billions and whose ideas have been absorbed into the mass popular culture of modern times? What logic is it to talk in terms of what will "be forgotten a century from now"? How does User:David.Monniaux know what will be in the future? Finally we are dealing with history and reality as we know it to be in the present, and the article does an excllent job of describing and explaining the Modern world, and those who shaped it, as we know and recognize it now. I am therefore removing it from this list. IZAK 06:36, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Perhaps the proposed merger should be a rearrangement - Modern History up to (say) 1950 and Modern World since then. As I am going to try and rewrite the articles, suggestions welcome - and help on the non-European parts of the world. jackiespeel 4 Feb 2005
Modern history
The result of the VFD debate was redirect to Modern world, rather than merge. If you like to merge the content, check the page history. -- AllyUnion (talk) 13:28, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Europe/North American focus
I can see no mention of any developments in anywhere apart from Europe and North America, except for the mention of Ghandi. How did this article get to this point without anyone thinking "Oh, I wonder what was happening in the rest of the world". Very poor. pomegranate 13:31, Feb 25, 2005 (UTC)