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I was born in 1964. My both of my Grandfathers fought in World War II, my parents were born in the generation that was part of the boom of babies born during or just after World War II - Baby Boomers. I am most definitely NOT in the same generation as my parents, I am of the generation that followed the Boomers.

The first time I heard the term "Generation X" was about 1983 or '84 and I was in college. I was absolutely a member of the group that was being referred to. I doubt you'll find many people born in 1964 (or '63 or '62 for that matter) who will claim membership in the Baby Boomers.

I think that almost all sources on the topic prior to the mid 90's will prove this definition. Here are two from this WIKI's own sources:

https://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2008/01/generation_x.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20041024071508/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100500 2601:182:B81:2EF0:5D26:924D:EECC:D223 (talk) 15:08, 27 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I am sympathetic to 1960-1964, as their first opportunity to vote was in the 1980 Carter/Reagan election, and Reagan did color the generation to be more conservative than Boomers or Millennials. But that is WP:OR.

The biggest hurdle is redefining Boomers to be other than 1946-1964, the range firmly held by the vast majority of sources.

The article presently does go through in some depth the etymology and evolution of the term. At most, a phrase of that could be copied up into the lead.

Another possibility would be to draw an analogy to Xennials (aka Star Wars generation -- born 1977-1983 coinciding with the release of the Original Trilogy) and create a new section that describes the cultural overlap between younger Boomers and GenX. But again, that would require finding some WP:RS to avoid WP:OR. Michaelmalak (talk) 15:58, 27 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I discovered the phenomenon I was describing has already been given a name, Generation Jones. So I created a new sub-section.

Generation Jones has its own article, and was originally defined as "as those born from 1954 to 1965 in the U.S.". Dimadick (talk) 21:34, 28 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Rightfully redirects here; the expression should be mentioned somewhere on the page. Drsruli (talk) 20:29, 13 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It's mentioned, though not prominently, in the Terminology and etymology section. Dan Bloch (talk) 20:38, 13 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ah, I had missed it. Drsruli (talk) 01:53, 17 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why is this Generations Sidebar

Part of a series on
Social generations of the Western world
Lost Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby boomers Generation X Millennials Generation Z Generation Alpha
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not visible in the mobile version? Espoo (talk) 11:20, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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ADD LINK TO MILLENIAL WIKIPEDIA PAGE (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials) TO MILLENIAL COHORT REFERENCE IN FIRST PARAGRAPH OF GENERATION X PAGE HMLandry (talk) 18:50, 18 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Not done: The Millennials article is already linked in the first sentence. Squeakachu (talk) 19:17, 18 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There are evidence from multiple other strong sources saying the Generation X cohort were born between 1965 and 1983. I have those sources listed in my documents on Work 365, but before using them on Wikipedia there needs to be consensus because there is major controversy over the end date of the Generation X cohorts' birth dates. Can we have discussions about whether to include sources like that here on this Wikipedia, please everybody? I need consensus prior to including controversial references here on EnWiki. Angela Kate Maureen Pears 15:34, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Note that that would shorten the Millennial generation to just 13 years (1983 to 1996). I think it would be appropriate if there are sources that establish socioeconomic reasons why 1980-1983 are more similar to 1965-1980 than to 1983-1996 to include this in the "Cusps" section of the article. Michaelmalak (talk) 16:20, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]