Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tween (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 delete. MBisanz ^talk 05:22, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tween (generation)

Seems to be lagely original research. The only source in the article refers to Preadolescence not a generation. neon white talk 21:16, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete although I've heard tween used to refer to people around 10-13, but I don't see anywhere where it is used as a generation. Delete as original research. Tavix (talk) 22:35, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Move to userspace, deleting from article space without prejudice. The article is not simply or intrinsically “original research” — see “So cool! Tweens are emerging generation”] by Sharon Jayson of USA Today, 4 February 2009 — nor does the term or concept appear to be the invention of just ms Jayson. But there isn't presently sufficient evidence of “notability”. The principal author(s) of this article should be encouraged to work on the article in userspace. —SlamDiego_←T 13:38, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Based on the observations below by Mandsford, I amend my position to Delete. —SlamDiego_←T 07:09, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete A misunderstanding from the msnbc.com article cited as a source, isn't surprising, since the author of the USA Today article "So cool! Tweens are emerging generation" apparently doesn't know what the hell she's talking about. One misuse of the word "generation" in McPaper is not the basis for an article. While those children born post-Internet might be classified as a generation by sociologists, they certainly won't be called "tweens". I note that Tween leads to a dab page that includes a redirect to preadolescence, and it wouldn't hurt to make something that shows up like "Tween (stage)" or the like. However, todays tweens, including Malia and Sasha, will, soon enough, become teens, then adults; and today's "preschoolers" will become the next "tweens". Mandsford (talk) 17:07, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I totally agree with that. I think it was a misunderstanding of what the article is saying. Largely due to the title. The article body actually simply explains about Preadolescence. A 'generation of tweens' is just using it as a word to refer to modern tweens as a group. It's not exactly a misuse it's just not intending define a new sociological generation. You could just as easily refer to a 'generation of 11 year olds' a 'generation of twenty-somethings'. I think such a subject would require acedemic sources. --neon white talk 23:21, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Generation Y. Bearian (talk) 00:59, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why, this subject has no relevence to that subject. --neon white talk 04:35, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.