i will say this again it says the spanish empire meet the criteria to be called a superpower if the term existed back then which it did not the term superpower was coined after wwii to refer to the u s soviet union and the u k not past superpowers the great powers page talks about past superpowers and it would be much better suited there that way the same thing is not talked about in the same articles and what is with you with the spanish empire the french empire at it's height was just as powerful as the spanish empire so why isn't it listed it meet all of the criteria for being a superpower but it is not here because there are too many former superpowers and listing just a select few is pov that is why the great powers page exists to talk about past and present great powers superpowers the spanish empire is not listed on the great powers page so why don't you add it instead of trying to add it to this page where it does not belong also just because you find a source for something it doesn't mean that it is encyclopedic just because something says if the term existed back them doesn't mean that it belongs here user daniel chiswick april