Talk:Global Empires

POV, cleanup and expand
This is a poor article. In its previous version it was completly Spanish POV centered. It still needs corrections (cleanup) and expasion. The Ogre 17:23, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Exactly. It went from Spanish POV to British POV! What are the authorities? Well I think the point about this little article is the listing of its object of interest and remaining consistent with other articles on superpowers, hyperpowers, global empire.

Fellows - this silly little article called Global Empires (as distinct from: Global Empire) is not only redundant but suffers terrible POV trouble - first spanish and now British hyper-jingoism - with the absurd claim that 19th century Britain was a "hyperpower" - thereby ignoring the hyperpower criteria that Britain would have to be able to resist any possible combination of powers of that period. Anyone who knows anything about the post Napoleonic 19th century big power politics (Concert of Europe, balance of powers diplomacy before WW1, etc, the "great game" in Central Asia, the late 19th century imperial race for African territory (in which the French did rather well - to their 20th and 21st century distress!) annihilation of British armies in Argentina and twice in Afghanistan, and a draw in the War of 1812 against a still relatively weak USA, and the need to combine with France in the Crimean War) knows what bilge that is, worthy of only the trashiest populist empire histories. Britain in its imperial heyday was unquestionably the leading superpower, but was never the hyperpower that post-Soviet USA is currently. '''This article, Global Empires, is redundant, and should be abolished. Queries for Global Empires should be redirected to Global Empire'''. Robert (AWCM) 22-12-2005

Merger with Global Empires
Given that Robert (AWCM) has a good point, I've added a merger tag to the page. I'll watch it for a while, and if noone objects, I'll wipe this page clean and make it redirect to the Global Empires. If anyone opposes, speak now or forever hold your peace. Ikh (talk) 13:25, 21 January 2006 (UTC)