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Generation 9/11 was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 28 December 2010 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Generation Z. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.
The contents of the Generation Alpha page were merged into Generation Z on 28 January 2016. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page.
I see paragraphs of female gen z interests like fanfiction but where is opium? Ken Carson? Nettspend? Phonk? Gym culture?? This page makes me and my generation as a whole feel underrepresented on this website and I find it quite demeaning… I would gladly edit these facts in with citations and sources however the page is protected 2A01:B340:63:BE47:E08B:C750:95C4:99C7 (talk) 18:00, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
None of the 'interests' that you've mentioned above pertain to the majority of Generation Z. In fact, much of what you mentioned sounds like it is an interest of a small fraction of Generation Z.
It isn't arbitrary. Majority of sources that quote the term "Generation Z" in 2024 use a starting date of 1997. Yes, there are some sources that use the start years of 1995, or 1996, but they are not widely used. That is why the word "generally" is included above.
Those two sources you've provided are either a year old (C-Span) while the other one (Mark McCrindle) has not been updated since 2020. Look at the infographic chart, it states the smart speakers are "new".
As mentioned above, even though there are occasional sources that use 1995 or 1996 it does not mean that it's a widely considered or accepted viewpoint. You're ignoring that the word "generally" is used in the header, and there are also still mentions of earlier start years under the Date and age range portion of the Wikipedia article.