Talk:Society

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 22:06, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

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• ... that 14th century sociologist Ibn Khaldun described society as having two fundamental forms: nomadic and sedentary? Source: Khaldun, an Arab living in the 14th century, understood society, along with the rest of the universe, as having "meaningful configuration", with its perceived randomness attributable to hidden causes. Khaldun conceptualized social structures as having two fundamental forms: nomadic and sedentary. Nomadic life has high social cohesion (asabijja), which Khaldun argued arose from kinship, shared customs, and a shared need for defense. Sedentary life, in Khaldun's view, was marked by secularization, decreased social cohesion, and increased interest in luxury
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Improved to Good Article status by Of the universe (talk). Self-nominated at 04:24, 7 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Society; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

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• Interesting: - ?

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Recent GA in very good shape, I don't see any issues with sourcing, tone, or copyvio (excluding wikimirrors). The hook is cited and in the article but I think it could be more interesting. Is there anything zestier we can use? BuySomeApples (talk) 05:43, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

As an aside, awesome job getting this to GA! This is a really important topic. BuySomeApples (talk) 05:47, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! How about "Did you know that because human society features far more complex cooperation than bands of other primates, biologists including E.O. Wilson have argued that humans, like ants, are eusocial?" Of the universe (talk) 19:35, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

That's better @Of the universe: but it's a bit wordy and might not be clear to most readers. Is there a way to simplify it and shorten it a bit? BuySomeApples (talk) 02:08, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Not much shorter, but maybe clearer to the casual reader: "Did you know that human society has far more complex cooperation than groups of other primates, leading some biologists to compare human sociability to eusocial insects like ants?" Of the universe (talk) 16:23, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

This article is a cornucopia of DYKable facts – we can do better!

• ALT1c: ...that some biologists, observing society, place humans in the highest sociability category — and others disagree?
• ALT2: ...that the word for society was derived from the Latin noun socius, meaning "friend"?
• ALT3: ...that adults in hunter gatherer societies work three to five hours per day, leading to their designation as the "original affluent society"?
• ALT4: ...that pastoral societies are more likely than hunter gatherer societies to have multiple communities, because they tend to develop in open areas where movement is easy, enabling political integration?
• ALT5: ...that the use of trade in prehistoric society is thought to have given humans an evolutionary advantage over Neanderthals?
• ALT6: ...that human societies with strong norms against violence have reduced the homicide rate from 2% of deaths (in prehistoric society) to 0.01%?

Take your pick! {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 17:10, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! That's very helpful! Yeah, let's go with ALT4 -- Of the universe (talk) 22:20, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Approving all ALTs because they're cited, interesting and in the article (thank you @Sdkb:! AGF on ALT4 because I can't access the book right now. BuySomeApples (talk) 23:25, 8 February 2024

I have a question @Sdkb: should this article get approved, when would it appear on the Main Page? — Alex26337 (talk) 06:24, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

It varies, but typically between a week and a month. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 06:34, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Merge historial proposal

Should I merge the histories of the redirected and redirecting articles? Gianturco gusano (talk) 15:17, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

No, because WP:Parallel histories. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:51, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Social (disambiguation) merge suggestion

Re the suggestion to merge Social (disambiguation) to this one.

• Oppose. While the entries in the first two sections are questionable - some could be See also perhaps, and the rest removed - the titles in the Arts and Other sections are valid matching search terms.Laterthanyouthink (talk) 22:59, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

  Yeah, the lists at society (disambiguation) and social (disambiguation) are both non-trivial, and the two words differ by 2-3 characters, so I don't see how navigation would be made more efficient by making both contingents of readers have to read a single more complex list. --Joy (talk) 08:49, 6 April 2026 (UTC)