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Right. Where do we start? Trip: The Light Fantastic 17:50, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Great power and comment on the proposed improvement of the article (which will make it better but smaller, like the Hyperpower article). Nobleeagle (Talk) 04:52, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
There doesn't seem to be a project for international relations and this seems to be too specific to get much interest. Any chance that we could change this to Wikipedia:WikiProject International relations and hopefully get a broader base of support? gren グレン 17:15, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
The Great power article is in the middle of drastic editing. OR is going, proper sourcing is finally being added. What we need to do, though, is keep a vigilant eye on things to make sure that the page stays properly sourced. This means clamping down on unsourced statements, but it also means rigorous examination of all sources which editors introduce into the article. Ensuring reputability of sourcing (as per WP:V) should be our key objective.
Xdamr talk 02:45, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Brazil as an emerging superpower is up for deletion. give your views. Nobleeagle [TALK] [C] 08:05, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
I found this article which has some information which may be able to be squeezed into the European Union as an emerging superpower and India as an emerging superpower articles. Nobleeagle [TALK] [C] 07:09, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
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Is up for deletion, see here and express your views. Nobleeagle [TALK] [C] 08:02, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 23:21, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone believe it's worth expanding this into an International relations theory WikiProject, there's so much more we can do now that I think about it, if we encompass more articles and have more users. Nobleeagle [TALK] [C] 22:49, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Uncle G 20:09, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Curently only has one source. Huge potential for controversy here. Might be OR. See List of countries ordered by its military power. Kevlar67 22:25, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Now that the emerging superpower articles have been deleted, we have a chance to start again in a more organized way, to deal with recent geopolitics. This is a vital topic, but one that is especially prone to OR, so as much as possible should be cleared here first before added to articles. Any suggestions? Kevlar67 20:39, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Whereas editors on articles like Great Power, Energy Superpower, and Superpower seem relatively responsive to the need to have actual sources instead of original research, editors on regional power seem to be completely impervious to the idea that they might actually need sources for their article, rather than just completely making things up. Can I get some help over there?— Perceval 00:59, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
The article has since been started again from scratch. OR material has been removed, and loads of references added. Willy turner 04:36, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
This is a very interesting idea for a WikiProject and, even though you've made it clear that it is still in its early stages, I've got a question: are you planning to extend your scope beyond the modern state of play to international relations between states in the past? Geopolitics has always fascinated me, but particularly how it changes over time. This was one of my motivations for getting WP Former Countries back up and running. A lot work has already been done on this, but it is pretty scattered. - 52 Pickup 17:32, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I really can't tell whether this project's scope overlaps with WP:WPFR, but I think it would be great if we can pool our resources together. (see thread). Any ideas?-- Ed ¿Cómo estás? 04:19, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I think we should change potential superpowers to the name rising powers. One, the countries of Russia, Brazil, India, China, Turkey, and South Africa and organizations like the EU have been described as rising powers. Plus, the term rising powers have been used much more then potential/emerging great/superpower. Plus, there's been a wide history of powers rising, and how other countries acted towards them, whether it was working with or against them. Not too mention, there have been lots of academics who try to term the rising powers as BRIC, G8+5, etc. Like I said, we should change it to rising powers, give a history of rising powers (like Japan, or pre-WWII Germany), and add countries such as Brazil to the list, what do you guys think?. Deavenger ( talk) 05:48, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Hmm I'm fairly neutral about changing it, although I also think "emerging power" is more common than "rising power". I guess the advantage would be that it takes away some of the controversy that surrounds the term "superpower". The disadvantage would seem to be that it makes the article broader: more countries would probably fall under the "emerging" category than "potential superpower" category. Countries like Nigeria or Indonesia for example. TastyCakes ( talk) 14:19, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
I think that the term 'Rising Powers' could be a good thing - we have less pages floating around about all the Potentials - but it might cause some hassles. Unless we clearly define it - it should be common sense though, really, that we're talking about countries rising to Great/Superpower levels of influence - we might have more than the countries that should be discussed in there. We might have some African countries that are becoming more influential and important, but aren't rising as Global Powers. So changing it to 'Rising Powers' is okay, but perhaps 'Rising World Powers' or something similar. And now I'm just rambling, so I'll stop Comics ( talk) 07:39, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi there everyone, just to let you all know for future reference, I am migrating my G. R. Allison account to MrGRA ( talk). G. R. Allison ( talk) 08:29, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
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Where is the dispute? Blue-water navy
What is the dispute? The article is a description of what a blue water navy is followed by a listing of current blue water navies. The issue centres around the removal of a section called "Navies with limited expeditionary capabilities". It is the opinion of myself and another user that this section is original research as all sources given do not contain anything that cites the navies listed in the section as having limited expeditionary capabilities (limited consensus was reached as to the removal of the section). Personally I believe that such a section, properly sourced or not, does not belong in a description of what constitutes a blue water navy as it is a breeding ground for nationalist edits. A single user now disagrees with that reasoning and reverts any attempt to remove it.
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Thanks for any help. G.R. Allison ( talk) 17:46, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Anyone interested in updating the United Nations Development Group article? Other dictionaries are better ( talk) 09:08, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Once again there's an issue with the great power article and once again we have an annon IP editor (who I suspect is an "old friend" - I'm sure you know who I speak of) who is being ridiculous. Can other editors help sort things out/get the article protected again? David ( talk) 16:09, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
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I don't know whether this article falls under this WikiProject, but I am asking for help. (Seems to me the opposite of a superpower is a pariah state - opposite ends of the same scale?) I think it can be greatly improved, but it just recently emerged from an AfD discussion with no consensus. I believe it just needs content help. Please have a look at the article, decide if it falls under this WikiProject, and even if it doesn't, please see if you can give it a helping hand. Thanks! Dcs002 ( talk) 12:21, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
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