Talk:Superpower/Archive 7

message: Under the 'The Cold War era' section, the USSR and US comparison chart has incorect info under the Demographic section. The population of the USA was not "over 300 million" during the Cold War. Seince that is incorrect, I suggest someone also check to make sure the USSR population is correct as well. I suggest using a range from 1946 population to 1990 or 1991 (wichever was the final collapse of the Soviet Union), such as (just an example, this is not correct) 175 million - 350 million.
Thanks,
68.57.110.172 05:07, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorect Facts 

message: I think that the population,and other atributes of USA should remain those at the time of the collapse of ussr.Not updated.--Pixel ;-) 17:37, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed--Nixer 01:16, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Cold War era 

message: I think that Japan as second largest economy should be mentioned as potential superpower.--Staberinde 16:25, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Please present sources, also, with its subdued military after World War II, I doubt it can possess the power projection that the United States presents. Nobleeagle  [TALK] [C] 03:25, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: China and India(and EU) also doesn't possess the power projection that the United States presents, still they are mentioned in article as potential superpowers.--Staberinde 15:12, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I doubt in the future it can possesss the power projection the US presents, also because its possible projection would have to be in the same region as the US itself. Please provide sources. Nobleeagle  [TALK] [C] 04:57, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

text: Japan has absolutely no hard power as it is a pacifist nation and has been since WWII. This is a requirement for being a superpower; to what extent is arguable, but it is a requirement and Japan does not fulfil it. Also, dense or not dense, a country with a territory the size of Japan's can never be a superpower without accruing more territory. 88.104.235.182 18:49, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

text: My point wasn't compareing Japan and USA. I compared Japan to China, India and EU which are all mentioned in article as potential superpowers. In my opinion Japanese potential is comparable to potential of those countries. That doesn't mean that Japan certainly will become a superpower but also nobody can be sure that India or EU become a superpowers. They all have a potential to become one, so why are EU and India mentioned in article and Japan isn't?--Staberinde 10:23, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  We had Japan mentioned on here at one point, along with Russia and Brazil.  If you bring back Japan you have to do it because other sources say Japan is a potential superpower not because if think it could be.  That's the difference between a good article and original research.  Our job is not to examine the evidence and decide who is or isn't a superpower.  Our job is to report what other sources say.  Kevlar67 01:37, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Japan 

message: This article has two French inter-wiki link.  One of them is garbage.  But when I go to delete it, I can't kind it in the code.  I think I'm loosing it!  Help.  Kevlar67 02:58, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I see the problem, the  template is also giving us the French International relations theory template when we put it on this article. I fixed it. Nobleeagle  [TALK] [C] 03:38, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weird problem