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history of 20th and 19th century[edit]

what kind of history is history of 20th and 19th century? history has many areas which does these apply to? 124.148.98.104 (talk) 15:34, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming you're talking specifically about Wikipedia, you can get a pretty good sense of what it covers by reviewing 19th century and 20th century, ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:17, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Late modern history may be as specific as one can get. Deor (talk) 16:26, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No I mean the navbox at bottom of articles saying history of 20th and 19th century2001:8003:740C:FC00:DC58:7C19:897:8EB7 (talk) 08:14, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The history of some selected period applies to all areas of history in which there were notable developments in that period. In the 20th century there were notable developments in manufacturing, so the history of the 20th century also applies to manufacturing. In the 19th century there were no notable developments in alchemy, so the history of the 19th century does not apply to alchemy. (It may apply to the historical study of alchemy, though, which is a different area.) --Lambiam 08:53, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, if you believe Lead#Modern era, the alchemists had nothing at all to do with its disappearance... InedibleHulk (talk) 04:48, 17 September 2021 (UTC) — Shhh! --Lambiam 08:30, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Missing important person[edit]

under Comics Studies, you don't include myself 'Jeff McLaughlin' as a person of note in the field however I'm acknowledged as the person who developed and promoted philosophy of comicbooks in the English language. -- 206.123.168.47 (talk) 19:32, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This isn't the proper venue for this discussion. Improvements to the article should be discussed at the article's talk page: here. It's not very active, but the page has a reasonable number of watchers. Assertions should be backed up by reliable sources, so providing links to support your claims will get you further. Matt Deres (talk) 19:42, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Jeff/206.123.168.47 -- you should also examine the WP:COI policy. AnonMoos (talk) 07:21, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

At least Comics studies cites McLaughlin's book. —Tamfang (talk) 02:16, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]