Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timeline of social developments

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Timeline of social developments
It seems like a good idea at first glance, however this is basically already covered in another broader timeline. -- Riffsyphon1024 04:23, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * The problem with most of the wikipedia timelines is that they are too specific. There has to be some kind of generic line where all can intersect.  Civil rights issues, Gay rights issues, women's rights issues, event simple things like attitude changes are social not cultural ones.  For example:  In 1936, King Edward was forced to abdicate precisely because he was marrying a commoner and a divorcee.  Charles the present Prince of Wales, a divorcd, is about to marry a divorcee and the issues that forced one king only 60 or 70 years ago to abdicate no longer seem to apply, since it is very likely that Charles will inherit the throne without much opposition based on this issue alone.  That is a significant social development. the kind that this page could track.  There are others whether one looks at censor ship policy or civil rights issues they all pertain to siginificant social change one this page can track.  AT present I am not aware of a broader timeline where all these issues connect and I have the List of themed timelines on my favourites -- at least not one that covers all these specific issues. -- [User: Kskooper 10:48 pm Feb 19,2005 (UTC0]
 * edit history attributes this comment to anon user:216.36.144.188. There is no User:Kskooper
 * del. Vague. Almost everything is "social development" (putting Prince of Wales marriage and bird flu on one and the same list is a really fascinating idea, though :-) Mikkalai 05:57, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Then this article needs to either merge with or become List of all human history. -- Riffsyphon1024 06:00, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Concur, delete. Radiant! 09:11, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)

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