Talk:21st century#2100

Currently the article lists the starting year of the century as 2000, right next to a comment stating that the starting year is 2001. Either the comment should be removed or the article should be changed to reflect the comment. Thoughts on which one? Thattransgirl (talk) 12:57, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

:Hi {{u|Thattransgirl}}, I have found some lengthy discussions about this on talk pages in the past, e.g. at Talk:20th_century/Archive_3#Dates. However the manual of style gives a simple answer:

:{{tq|Treat the 1st century AD as years 1–100, the 17th century as 1601–1700, and the second millennium as 1001–2000; similarly, the 1st century BC/BCE was 100–1 BC/BCE, the 17th century BC/BCE was 1700–1601 BC/BCE, and the second millennium 2000–1001 BC/BCE}}.

:Thanks to {{u|Gap9551}} - who reverted the IP-edit - the article follows the MOS again. If thinking about changing from 2001 to 2000, then I'd think would be best to start a discussion on the MOS talk page because dozens if not hundreds of articles would be affected. – NJD-DE (talk) 15:05, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

::A related issue which I have noticed in some century articles and century timeline articles is that the lists of events by year are grouped into 0-to-9 decades which, of course, do not fit neatly into 01-to-00 centuries, and consequently in some cases the wrong -00 year is included and the correct one is not included. Has this been discussed previously? --Blurryman (talk) 22:54, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

:::I would just change the headers from (for example) "20th century" to "1900s". --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 16:48, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

:I could agree with you too. ArtForDecades610 (talk) 22:26, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

I think one of the defining developments in the 21st century is the rise of mass surveillance. There were the global surveillance revelations by Edward Snowden, and now there is the NSO Group's Pegasus scandal. Someone's ought to add this information to the article. (And if you do, thank you!) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.64.76.29 (talk) 03:03, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

:Governmental surveillance has a long history, but the ease of modern surveillance is a significant byproduct of the information age. I'm not sure Snowden deserves a mention here, but a section on the expansion of surveillance should mention the Five Eyes to give appropriate context. Biasedeyes (talk) 07:10, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

why are events delineated by date in this article? I would like to change the history section for this entry into a narrative-based format. after all, this enry does cover the entire 21st century. Sm8900 (talk) 18:34, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

:An old request but I whole-heartedly agree. The events section as it stands should not be a timeline (already covered in Timeline of the 21st century and respective years article such as 2022) but rather a general overview of trends and major events. The same could be said about many of the other sections as well but this is the most egregious in both substance and length. Editors should take inspiration on deciding what is notable enough for inclusion from the 20th century article. Yeoutie (talk) 09:34, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

::Maybe when we get into 2040 or 2050, we would have too many events here and people from the future would look back onto the general trends and the events of our early 21st century, maybe... Just a random Wikipedian^(talk) 15:49, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

::Yep, I agree. The current format is too lengthy to have a full read, and also, it is very inconsistent with the information given. A narrative based format would be a lot better EarthDude (talk) 15:57, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

The protein structure analysis provided by AlphaFold is going to be one of the most important discoveries in the 21st century. If you run the process "backwards" you can design custom proteins: https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/beyond-alphafold-ai-excels-creating-new-proteins 81.197.190.113 (talk) 10:42, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

This page is getting a severe remodel. It's broken, the lists are patchy and incomplete, and it doesn't define the century like it should. The first image literally says "fuck you Nazis", when it should be something else. Get ready to see these dumb, patchy lists eradicated and replaced with real information. DementiaGaming (talk) 02:04, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

What in the world does this image of this protest sign have to do with this article? The "source" linked to it leads to nowhere valuable, instead, it's just another random Wikipedia article. Is this uncensored image appropriate for this article simply talking about the 21st century? There's absolutely no explanation about this image and why it was added to this article meant to be informative and precise. It's concerning and weird.

I think the image should be removed. If not, at least add some explanation as to why it's even in this article meant to be informative and precise. Cavdan2024 (talk) 22:56, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

:I have no problem with an image containing the words "fuck" or "Nazi", if that image is in illustration of some relevant point. I saw no such indication of relevance and removed the image. I have no objection to readding it if it is used to illustrate a point. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 11:19, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

::Thanks. Cavdan2024 (talk) 00:52, 25 June 2025 (UTC)