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Gordie Howe immigrant?[edit]

I'm not sure of Gordie Howe's citizenship status, but I think he might be a "Canadian", as opposed to an "immigrant".—Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmshepherd (talk • contribs) 8 March 2006

A fundamental problem here[edit]

The first sentence of the Characteristics section says "The Silent Generation were children of the Great Depression". No qualification. No wording that says "...or soon after", or anything like that. That's obviously at conflict with other parts of the article. There is currently a discussion at the article on Joe Biden on whether HIS article should say he is a member of the silent generation. The confusion in this article isn't helping. HiLo48 (talk) 21:42, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

geographical scope[edit]

Is this term applicable to just the US and Australia? The article is unclear on what countries the term is applied to.Kdammers (talk) 03:19, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's not used in Australia. The article makes that clear. My impression is that it's purely an American thing. The lead needs to be clearer about that. HiLo48 (talk) 07:40, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You're right. I had originally written just the US and then too quickly checked for any other country being mentioned at all without noting the actual use. In any case, as you wrote, the article's introduction should make clear the exact geographical scope (e.g., what about Canada?). ( But where is a citable source that specifies this? ) Kdammers (talk) 02:50, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Missing generation?[edit]

So my mother, born in 1943, is "The Silent Generation", but I, being born when she was 24, in 1968, am "Generation X" -- missing out the "Baby Boomer" generation? How does that work? I'm literally the generation following hers. This system is faulty. 2.31.164.121 (talk) 12:17, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The current generational terminology, I believe, is trying to find the mean of a similar age group of people who happened to go through a shared experience (60s, post-9/11, etc...), as well as collecting data about certain age groups. In your instance, it overlaps; your mother being born at the tail end of the "Silent Generation". The same instance happens for a child born to 40+ year old parents, thereby skipping a generation (which lasts around 20-25 years). These kinds of issues are expected and quite normal, as the current generational gaps/terminology are not entirely perfect but it's useful labels. Yourlocallordandsavior (talk) 21:41, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]