Talk:1900s

message: Since when was the 20th Century as a whole ever referred to as the 1900s?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.171.163.185 (talk) 13:32, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The 20th century began on January 1st of 1901 and ended with December the 31st of Y2K. The 1900s, by most definitions, began with the year 1900 and ended with the year 1999. 2603:6011:A400:259:15F0:B290:6096:7CA8 (talk) 01:32, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The 1900's refers to the years 1900-1909, it's literally in the first sentence of this article. 51.9.106.150 (talk) 10:32, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  20th Century? 

message: I tried to fix it up as much as I could. In my opinion, the Technology section might still need to be shortened a bit. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 18:33, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Great work! 

message: We need to reach a consensus on the final selection of images included in the 1900s montage on the top of the page through a discussion (and not through edit wars) which would include (hopefully) many Wikipedians.
The current montage is composed of the following images:
File:First flight2.jpg
File:William McKinley Assassinat.jpg
File:Sfearthquake2.jpg 
File:Fil-American War Feb 04,1899.jpg 
File:Panama Canal under construction, 1907.jpg
File:MIKASAPAINTING.jpg
Please share your opinion on this matter BELOW supplying reasons for or against the current images included and/or supply alternative suggestions. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 20:03, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The Image Fil-American War Feb 04,1899.jpg needs to be replaced - it is a non-free image of a 1899 event. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 20:41, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a heavy bias to United States in this selection. How about Modernism, the funeral of Queen Victoria, Comet Halley, Fauvism, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Second Anglo-Boer War, Russo-Japanese War, 1905 Russian Revolution, colonialism as per Congo Free State, the Porfiriato for starters. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 01:19, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The selection of notable events in the montage 

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message: 1st January 1901 to 31st December 1910 is the first decade of the 20th century. The 1900s presumably include 1900, even though it is in the 19th century? -- most confusing!! Rwood128 (talk) 11:29, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  First decade 

message: This page shows that Bulgaria declared it's independence on October 5, 1908, as does "The Twentieth Century: An Almanac".  However, the Bulgaria page in Wikipedia shows September 22, 1908 as the date Bulgaria declared independence.  Does anyone have the correct, verifiable date?  Or is there something different that happened on both dates regarding Bulgarian independence?Jtyroler (talk) 19:43, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bulgarian Independence 

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message: A new article titled "Aughts" could be created using pieces of 1900s (decade) and 2000s (decade), which I've cobbled together a candidate for at User:RobLa/sandbox/Aughts.  "Aughts" is one possible general term for the first decade of every century (e.g. 1800s (decade), 1700s (decade), etc).  The naming problem is a topic that has gathered mainstream attention through the years (as noted in the citations for User:RobLa/sandbox/Aughts), and the redirect currently at the top of this article is a bit confusing to navigate. Any problem with renaming User:RobLa/sandbox/Aughts to Aughts? -- RobLa (talk) 15:28, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I moved User:RobLa/sandbox/Aughts to Aughts earlier today. -- RobLa (talk) 00:07, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Separate "Aughts" article rather than a redirect 

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message: I find many of the decade montages ignorant of much of the world. I would recommend adding an image of Atrocities in the Congo Free State for three reasons: It was a horrible and noteworthy period in itself, it brings representation to Africa, and it brings representation to western colonialism. I think this is more significant to humanity than the assassination of William McKinley or the San Francisco earthquake, so maybe it could replace one of them? 05:30, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm definitely on board with replacing the assassination of William McKinley with imagery about some wider event. It makes sense that we keep the focus off individuals and more on wider events. For that matter, we might also want to replace the 1906 San Francisco earthquake with a bigger event, like the Chinese famine of 1906–1907, or the 1908 Messina earthquake if we want to keep the focus on earthquakes. Koopinator (talk) 07:01, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

text: I have now added a new montage incorporating the Atrocities in the Congo Free State and the 1908 Messina earthquake. Now we've lessened the montage's Americentrism in exchange for focus on important events elsewhere. Koopinator (talk) 07:29, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks great, thanks! —Lights and freedom (talk ~ contribs) 07:38, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

text: Hello, I appreciate that there is an image that brings representation to Africa and Colonialism. However, my child (who is not used to gore/gruesome images) was browsing through the "decades in history" for a school project and is now slightly traumatized & having nightmares. I worry that that particular image might be too gruesome for such a popular page. Would it be possible to find a less gruesome image to represent colonialism? ABetterTomorrow101 (talk) 23:47, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately, history simply is gruesome sometimes. I'm sorry your son is slightly traumatized, but atrocities in the Congo Free State were large and systemic, and the image helps capture the brutality that was going on in Africa at the time. I am afraid that any more mild image would serve to downplay the situation. See WP:NOTCENSORED. Koopinator (talk) 12:08, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add image of [[Atrocities in the Congo Free State]] to the montage? 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: Moved. (closed by non-admin page mover)  Silikonz💬 20:30, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Note: pages with content, such as :1900s, are ineligible to be new titles in move requests unless they, too, are dispositioned. :1900s →  was added to this request to satisfy that requirement. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'er there 18:15, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 22 February 2023 

message: The 1900s" usually denotes a century long period, starting with the year 1900 and ending with 1999. The "19 - Aughts" is far more specific to a decade. 2603:6011:A400:259:E072:4AB0:8E6C:CD23 (talk) 23:51, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: We had a discussion about this a few months ago (right above this thread). The 1900s as a decade is somewhat more common than the 1900s as a century. Koopinator (talk) 12:28, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Depending on where you look. 2603:6011:A400:259:3065:D186:D5EA:9CAF (talk) 14:23, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Which happens to be our reader base, where over 70% of people are looking for the decade. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 11:54, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The 1900s" usually denotes a century long period 

message: It appears an RFC on collages on Wikiproject years will be interpreted to also ban collages in decade articles. Users here may wish to participate. Koopinator (talk) 07:35, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collage