User talk:Ashwinragu

Potential Superpower Japan
Your recent Bold edit was Reverted. Per BRD, it's time for us to Discuss this on the talk page. Please don't edit war by reinstating the edit. Let's see if a consensus can form to keep it or an alternate version. Rambling Rambler (talk) 00:17, 5 February 2024 (UTC)


 * I think we are losing some context by taking out Japan's experience. All this talk about potential/future super powers is similar to the talk that took place then in the 80s and 90s. So all I did was put back some context to this page. That section on Japan was already there and has been there for a decade or so before it was removed by you. MBA and Econ classes still teach the Japan example as a case study. I think its appropriate to have that context here. Ashwinragu (talk) 00:25, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Something having been on Wikipedia for a long time isn't a good enough reason for it to be kept, certainly when no one's maintaining it and it's out of date. Much of the section was pure overcitation on recent events, not on former academic discussion around historical superpower status, such as it being a "cultural superpower" (which is a different thing entirely) or evidence such as using an advertorial by a Japanese university as to why Japan is the place to study. Rambling Rambler (talk) 00:38, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The emphasis is not on how long the Japan section has been there. Its been there that long for a reason and that reason is that Japan's experience with its fast growth in the 80s followed by economic stagnation subsequently in the 90s are all still Very relevant.
 * Besides, you and me talking back and forth will not build consensus. I think the section on Japan is still very relevant when talking about "Potential" superpowers. Ashwinragu (talk) 00:47, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Its been there that long for a reason and that reason is that Japan's experience with its fast growth in the 80s followed by economic stagnation subsequently in the 90s are all still Very relevant.
 * It might be relevant in education but wikipedia is not a source of lecture materials, and a country's former brief consideration for superpower status in the 1980s doesn't make it relevant on a list that is about those countries currently considered potential superpowers when there is no serious academic discussion or reporting to support that inclusion. Rambling Rambler (talk) 00:51, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
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Rambling Rambler (talk) 00:56, 5 February 2024 (UTC)