Talk:10/40 window

message: Any new/current discussion should be added here. Of special interest: improving the wording and/or tightening up the "lead" to improve the rating.
As far as I can tell, the article is now class "B". Mr Pete (talk) 13:11, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Discussion 

message: These edits are repeatedly made. They are all incorrect. Please re-read the material below as well as the archived discussion.
* Italy, Spain and Ethiopia are not in the Window. North and South Korea are in the Window. Gibraltar and Macau were not considered independent nations at the time.
* Current economic status of China, Israel, Oil nations, etc is immaterial. The study was done in 1990, based on 1980's data.
* Be cautious when introducing heavily religious elements to the article. The analysis was a scientific correlation study based on widely recognized data. The implications of that study for various groups, whether missionaries or others, are really a separate topic.
Mr Pete (talk) 22:11, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most Frequent Article Edit Errors 

message: === Origin/coining of the term 10/40 Window. ===
The term cannot have been coined in 1990 by Luis Bush, because the term appears in the book The Coming Revolution in World Missions by K. P. Yohannan published in 1986. I don't know who coined this term, but it is goes back to 1986 at least. Xtian1977 (talk) 22:28, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Resolved Disputes 

message: The term cannot have been coined in 1990 by Luis Bush, because the term appears in the book The Coming Revolution in World Missions by K. P. Yohannan published in 1986. I don't know who coined this term, but it is goes back to 1986 at least. Xtian1977 (talk) 22:28, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin/coining of the term ''10/40 Window.'' 

message: Portugal is included, I noticed, yet from a geographical standpoint, Portugal is west of the Prime Meridian, as is Great Britain. So, is this 10/40 geographical primarily or what?Jlujan69 (talk) 01:07, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eastern hemisphere only? 

message: This entire section is purely meaningless drivel. It belongs on a missions website, not an encyclopedia. I propose eliminating the section because there is no way to salvage it.--68.40.223.225 (talk) 17:25, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree; I went ahead and cut it. Auntie E. (talk) 05:19, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Significance in Evangelical Christianity section 

message: (Several dead links repaired) Mr Pete (talk) 13:48, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead link 

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message: This:  this "Despite the technicaJ explanations and elaborate coding rubric, the underlying framework reflects the persistence of scientific racism and discredited anthropological classification systems. As a result, one theologian laments that the 10/40 Window concept and people group research are based on outdated anthropology, poor quality geography and questionable theology, and comments that this combination has become "another colonial burden that has to be borne" (Rynkiewich 2007, 225)." and this. Doug Weller talk 18:06, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting quote, yet provided (even in the original) without factual basis. (Example: "poor quality geography" is claimed, based on an assumption that the Mercator projection was used. That's both false and obviously immaterial. Geography doesn't depend on the projection used to display a map. One can easily create a GIS feature with lines on 10 and 40 degrees north latitude and project it with any projection at all. :-D ) Mr Pete (talk) Mr Pete (talk) 21:39, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

text: For the second link, one must consider whether the author did any research on the subject. "...as a compelling rhetorical vision for some American evangelicals" presumes a very Western emphasis. What I can obtain in a few seconds of searching: the various "Praying Through the Window" month-long event involved tens of millions of people from dozens of nations (102 nations recorded for PTW2). Given that the church is largely rooted in the "global south", it's hard to imagine a less American effort. When I get a few more Round Tuits, I'll work on finding specific sources for more detail if possible. Mr Pete (talk) 21:58, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: The Boko Haram terrorist group is a response to Christian evangelization in the 10/40 window. How can it be effectively added to this article? Jasonagastrich (talk) 20:44, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: That sounds quite simplistic... AnonMoos (talk) 01:38, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: You'd need sources making that statement. Doug Weller talk 15:57, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

text: Here's a resource with several theories on this group's history. None of them appear to have any connection to the topic of this WP page. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/explaining-the-emergence-of-boko-haram/ Mr Pete (talk) 22:04, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
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