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. The consensus is to Delete this article. But if an editor wants to work on this in Draft space, let me know or contact WP:REFUND. Know that any article deleted through an AFD must go through AFC and not be moved directly into main space. And, of course, any editor may create a Redirect from this page title to a target article. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:39, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Generation Beta (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Non-notable neologism with non-serious coverage in sources. Wikipedia is supposed to describe trends in society, not create them. However, this page is the first Google result for Generation Beta and will therefore cause a kind of citogenesis event. Also per WP:Crystal ball. Kk.urban (talk) 02:40, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. Kk.urban (talk) 02:40, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge any relevant mention (if any refs are worthy) into Generation Alpha and redirect. Too soon to merit a standalone article. --Ouro (blah blah) 06:28, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  A better merge target may be Generation#Western world. –Novem Linguae (talk) 19:48, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Ooh good one. I therefore support merge with Generation#Western world per Novem Linguae. --Ouro (blah blah) 07:12, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: TOOSOON I think. Most of what I find is PR items (but I'm not sure why exactly...). The few articles here that use the term show it hasn't really caught on yet. It doesn't even appear to start until next year. Oaktree b (talk) 14:56, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: Per WP:TOOSOON and WP:CRYSTALBALL StreetcarEnjoyer (talk) 21:23, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: Too soon, and being the first google result for "Generation Beta", it doesn't have enough information. Mseingth2133444 (Did I mess up? Let me know here) 00:19, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  But make the redirect not point to Gen Alpha. Mseingth2133444 (Did I mess up? Let me know here) 00:20, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Or draftify if has not been such already and won't be indexed by Google Mseingth2133444 (Did I mess up? Let me know here) 23:20, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  @Mseingth2133444 Drafts are deleted after six months without editing. I don't think this article should exist in six months, either. Kk.urban (talk) 19:57, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Agreed. Delete then. Mseingth2133444 (Did I mess up? Let me know here) 02:07, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - way too soon. We are even debating known future events, like the 2034 Winter Olympics. Bearian (talk) 15:18, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - per OP and everyone else. The citogenesis argument is especially on-target. Dan Bloch (talk) 23:36, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: But if it is deleted, how do we prevent it from coming back immediately? It's already been draftified once. Dan Bloch (talk) 23:36, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  If the recreation is close to the current text, it will qualify for WP:G4. –Novem Linguae (talk) 23:43, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Draftify: While it's TOOSOON, it does have room for improvement. It was moved to the draftspace and then someone moved it back to the mainspace. I was primarily working on this article when it was still a draft. It might be ultimately better to move it as I will be working on it. -- Wesoree ^{(talk·contribs)} 18:37, 29 February 2024 (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.