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Generation 9/11 was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 28 December 2010 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Generation Z. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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The content of Pluralist Generation was merged into Generation Z on 11 January 2013. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

The content of Generation Alpha was merged into Generation Z on 28 January 2016. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

Section sizes

Section size for Generation Z (50 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	11,775	11,775	308	308
Terminology	9,312	9,312	358	358
Date and age range definitions	19,131	19,131	378	378
Arts and culture	24	47,884	0	2,273
Happiness and personal values	4,651	4,651	431	431
Common culture	6,455	43,209	406	1,842
Nostalgia	11,528	11,528	350	350
Film, television, and music	11,868	11,868	470	470
Reading habits	8,426	8,426	312	312
Fan fiction	4,932	4,932	304	304
Demographics	2,468	17,629	109	985
Africa	2,508	2,508	121	121
Asia	2,374	2,374	171	171
Europe	3,364	3,364	304	304
North America	6,915	6,915	280	280
Economic trends	23	23,548	0	1,333
Consumption	8,368	13,899	463	735
Food and drink choices	3,357	3,357	165	165
Transportation choices	2,174	2,174	107	107
Employment	8,612	8,612	512	512
Housing	1,014	1,014	86	86
Education	19,249	19,249	822	822
Health issues	21	32,237	0	2,348
Mental	5,271	18,375	355	1,257
Sleep deprivation	5,642	5,642	271	271
Cognitive abilities	7,462	7,462	631	631
Physical	7,649	7,649	668	668
Puberty in girls	6,192	6,192	423	423
Political views and participation	41	32,945	0	1,695
Views and votes	20,979	20,979	1,013	1,013
Protests and riots	11,925	11,925	682	682
Religious tendencies	7,591	7,591	372	372
Risky behaviors	23	11,752	0	750
Adolescent pregnancy	2,636	2,636	149	149
Alcoholism and substance use	5,803	5,803	318	318
Youth crime	3,290	3,290	283	283
Family and social life	30	17,826	0	1,140
Upbringing	6,322	6,322	471	471
Friendships and socialization	1,356	1,356	105	105
Romance, marriage, and family	10,118	10,118	564	564
Use of information and communications technologies	10,852	32,242	674	2,147
Digital literacy	3,233	3,233	172	172
Pornography viewing	2,894	2,894	228	228
Use of social media networks	7,745	7,745	405	405
Effects of screen time	7,518	7,518	668	668
See also	521	521	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	30	30	0	0
Further reading	1,552	1,552	0	0
External links	1,993	1,993	0	0
Total	287,243	287,243	14,909	14,909

Semi-protected edit request on 16 December 2025

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Gen Z ended in 2010 not 2012 ~2025-41152-64 (talk) 18:20, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. --pro-anti-air ––>(talk)<–– 19:09, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]