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added link to indepth article about almarick

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2020-06-30/how-great-power-falls-apart How great powers fall apart

Moscowdreams (talk) 02:14, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 2 September 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Not moved/withdrawn (closed by non-admin page mover) -- Calidum 20:04, 1 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Predictions of the collapse of the Soviet Union → Predictions of the dissolution of the Soviet Union – Consistency with Dissolution of the Soviet Union. Charles Essie (talk) 22:51, 2 September 2021 (UTC)— Relisting. Havelock Jones (talk) 10:34, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion: "Collapse" is a more easily understood word that appears to mean the same thing, and I strongly suspect it is more commonly used in sources about this topic. By contrast, "dissolution" is a very obscure word that a lot of people couldn't confidently define. Every fluent English speaker could rapidly and confidently tell you what a "collapse" is. How about renaming the other article instead? —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 16:39, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. "Dissolution" and "Collapse" are not synonyms, with dissolution in this context meaning "separation into component parts". Not all predictions of Soviet Collapse entailed such a dissolution, and to rename the article in this manner would thus result in the title being too narrow for the content of the article. As such, I have to oppose this move. BilledMammal (talk) 08:28, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good point. Request withdrawn. Charles Essie (talk) 17:44, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Horsechestnut (talk) 19:46, 26 February 2025 (UTC)== Addition of Astrology Prediction ==[reply]

I have tentatively added the astrological prediction from Liz Greene to the end of the predictions section.