Talk:Digital divide

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From an educational context, regarding the digital divide:

There is digital divide in regard to professional development (focused on the use of technology) for teachers.

There is a digital divide in regard to instructional/educational uses of technology

When considering digital divide, there is an economical aspect that needs to be considered; especially home/personal ownership

There is a digital divide in regard to the support and resources availabe for parents, teachers, and students.

The NCLB Act is helping to close the digital divide in some areas through the standards that were establishe

Banner recommedning more sources

The banner was from 2021and in the mean time additional sources had been added. I added a couple extra myself too. TomRichomme (talk) 15:21, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Proposed structural reorganization

After reading through the article and this talk page (including the archives), it seems like many of the long-standing issues noted here point to the same underlying problem: the scope of "digital divide" has expanded rapidly, but the article structure has not kept pace or accommodated new material well over time.

One possible way to address the to-do list is to start with a structural reorganization that gives the article a clearer high-level shape, while pointing readers to the many related articles that now exist for more detailed coverage. The goal is not to remove perspectives currently in the article, but to make the page easier to navigate and more straightforward for editors to improve over time.

I'm starting this work in a sandbox first:

• User:K8iePhD/Digital_divide_draft

(The sandbox currently includes an intentionally overinclusive "see also" list as a working inventory; this will be trimmed as the structure solidifies.)

At this stage, my focus is on structure only. I will be moving existing material into a more coherent set of headings, grouping related content, and doing extremely light copyediting only where necessary. In this first pass, I'm deliberately not adding new sources or making substantive changes. Once the structure is in better shape, it should be easier to see where trimming, expansion, or updated sourcing would actually help.

If there are concerns about the overall direction of the structure proposed in the sandbox, or strong views about how major sections should be organized, feedback on the sandbox draft would be very welcome. My plan is to migrate changes back to the live article gradually, one major section at a time, with clear edit summaries, once this first pass is complete. After that, I expect there are opportunities to strengthen and update the article using high-quality secondary sources.

K8iePhD (talk) 21:36, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

Requested move 5 April 2026

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 01:14, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

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Digital divide → Digital inequality – Reasons per standard for example here and here Academia intelectual da dona leila (talk) 22:48, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

• Don't capitalize "Inequality", if nothing else. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 02:38, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
• Oppose - Inadequate rationale; neither of the linked documents contain the phase 'Digital inequality'.Dialectric (talk) 10:44, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
• Oppose. No clear rationale given and the two sources linked support the continued use of digital divide. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 23:35, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

  Oppose: It feels inadequate, and it feels like "Digital inequality" is not a common name. ~ŤheŴubṂachine-840≈ 00:46, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

  Indeed! —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 00:03, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose Moving from common name to uncommon name. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 05:28, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.