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Article reads like a college term paper; does not have an encyclopedic tone to it. While writing, the editor should remember to structure the statements in a manner s/he 'd expect to read a similar article in an encyclopedia. Mercy11 ( talk) 23:17, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia style is defined by the wp:MoS. I haven't seeing anything there providing for a specialized style to Reagan or his Era articles. Your argument won't be defensible. Mercy11 ( talk) 06:26, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Does the Popular Culture section really belong here? It has for more to do with the Cold War than with Reagan or his policies. I think there's probably content that could work here, but I don't think Tom Clancy really qualifies. David A Spitzley ( talk) 20:47, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
Wikipedia articles on "Periods in United States history" seems to list the Reagan Era as the last (and thus current) era. Most other eras listed are stated as lasting between 10 to 20 years with some lasting shorter and none longer (except for a catch-all "Colonial Period" for the pre-US times). To claim that a Reagan Era is still ongoing after nearly 40 years seems very inconsistent and judged by a different standard. Now; I do not doubt that Reaganian thought still influences the United States to this day, particularly economically. But that alone is not enough to be considered not to have moved on. Civil rights were won and have not been lost again - and race is still an issue, most recently with police shootings - but that does not mean we are still in the Civil Rights Era. And WW2 has not restarted, but that does not mean we are still in the Post-War Era as defined here.
Apart from the economic side of things, there was no great shift in thinking on how the US was placed in the world from the "Civil Rights Era" to the "Reagan Era". The US still saw itself as a defender of freedom and opposed to communism. That is quite unlike the "End of History" period of the 90's where there was a general sense that "Freedom had prevailed [permanently]" or the post 9/11 "War on Terror" where US voters shifted from being generally quite skeptical of government power to a greater willingness to give the state leeway in taking actions deemed necessary to prevent future terror attacks.
It is also quite obvious that there has been a substantial shift away from the social conservatism of the 1980's. Single parenthood, divorce, same-sex marriage and attitudes towards LGBT people has changed dramatically; especially in the years between 2000 and today. Expressly religious arguments will not win voters over the way they did.
I would also argue that the more recent election of Trump may signify a shift towards a loss of faith in the ability to "win" international trade and increased isolationism, but it is still too early to say if this will represent a permanent shift in American thinking. Introduction of tariffs on various goods (especially from China) is very different from the trade policies of Ronald Reagan.
So all in all, it seems more than a little inconsistent and (perhaps most relevant here) not well argued that we should still consider ourselves to live in the Reagan Era. Spearman ( talk) 20:15, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
This article seems outdated, I do not see a single reference from after 2016. Furthermore, isn't most of this supported by Wilentz's book which is WP:PRIMARY? - Indefensible ( talk) 22:46, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved. ( non-admin closure) ‡ The Night Watch ω (talk) 23:41, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
Reagan Era → Reagan era – Consistency with other eras such as Victorian era and Meiji era. Interstellarity ( talk) 22:22, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
Done
Dr. Vogel (
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23:54, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
It refers in this account to Franklyn D Roosevelt’s New Deal, how it profoundly affected the country in the 4 decades‘preceding’ it. Should say following it. 82.20.140.22 ( talk) 20:32, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
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Article reads like a college term paper; does not have an encyclopedic tone to it. While writing, the editor should remember to structure the statements in a manner s/he 'd expect to read a similar article in an encyclopedia. Mercy11 ( talk) 23:17, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia style is defined by the wp:MoS. I haven't seeing anything there providing for a specialized style to Reagan or his Era articles. Your argument won't be defensible. Mercy11 ( talk) 06:26, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Does the Popular Culture section really belong here? It has for more to do with the Cold War than with Reagan or his policies. I think there's probably content that could work here, but I don't think Tom Clancy really qualifies. David A Spitzley ( talk) 20:47, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
Wikipedia articles on "Periods in United States history" seems to list the Reagan Era as the last (and thus current) era. Most other eras listed are stated as lasting between 10 to 20 years with some lasting shorter and none longer (except for a catch-all "Colonial Period" for the pre-US times). To claim that a Reagan Era is still ongoing after nearly 40 years seems very inconsistent and judged by a different standard. Now; I do not doubt that Reaganian thought still influences the United States to this day, particularly economically. But that alone is not enough to be considered not to have moved on. Civil rights were won and have not been lost again - and race is still an issue, most recently with police shootings - but that does not mean we are still in the Civil Rights Era. And WW2 has not restarted, but that does not mean we are still in the Post-War Era as defined here.
Apart from the economic side of things, there was no great shift in thinking on how the US was placed in the world from the "Civil Rights Era" to the "Reagan Era". The US still saw itself as a defender of freedom and opposed to communism. That is quite unlike the "End of History" period of the 90's where there was a general sense that "Freedom had prevailed [permanently]" or the post 9/11 "War on Terror" where US voters shifted from being generally quite skeptical of government power to a greater willingness to give the state leeway in taking actions deemed necessary to prevent future terror attacks.
It is also quite obvious that there has been a substantial shift away from the social conservatism of the 1980's. Single parenthood, divorce, same-sex marriage and attitudes towards LGBT people has changed dramatically; especially in the years between 2000 and today. Expressly religious arguments will not win voters over the way they did.
I would also argue that the more recent election of Trump may signify a shift towards a loss of faith in the ability to "win" international trade and increased isolationism, but it is still too early to say if this will represent a permanent shift in American thinking. Introduction of tariffs on various goods (especially from China) is very different from the trade policies of Ronald Reagan.
So all in all, it seems more than a little inconsistent and (perhaps most relevant here) not well argued that we should still consider ourselves to live in the Reagan Era. Spearman ( talk) 20:15, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
This article seems outdated, I do not see a single reference from after 2016. Furthermore, isn't most of this supported by Wilentz's book which is WP:PRIMARY? - Indefensible ( talk) 22:46, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved. ( non-admin closure) ‡ The Night Watch ω (talk) 23:41, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
Reagan Era → Reagan era – Consistency with other eras such as Victorian era and Meiji era. Interstellarity ( talk) 22:22, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
Done
Dr. Vogel (
talk)
23:54, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
It refers in this account to Franklyn D Roosevelt’s New Deal, how it profoundly affected the country in the 4 decades‘preceding’ it. Should say following it. 82.20.140.22 ( talk) 20:32, 22 July 2023 (UTC)