Talk:Sphere of influence

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The phrase "sphere of influence' has an actual history in diplomacy, easily Googled for anyone who'd like to make a start on describing the changing meanings, context and career of this diplomatic concept . Wetman 07:28, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

My hope is that some day, someone (maybe me), would improve this article. Johan Magnus 15:12, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)hh

I note that "sphere of influence" is a term used in management and leadership discussions in a similar sense. A personal sphere of influence is the people / systems / area over which one has influence. Jackvinson 19:18, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

What is the origin of the term? Why not 'circle of influence' given that it could be drawn on a 2D map?--Jack Upland 09:38, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

I suggest stay with sphere for now that ecology is becoming so dominant. Land air and water impacts by an entity. I wonder if the term "sphere with trails" would be more in order.Greg0658 (talk) 14:01, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Map

This map does not give essential information, e.g. what year etc. The borders of China must be made more clear. Does anyone can improve this map? Thanks, --Scriberius (talk) 09:35, 28 November 2007 (UTC) P.S. For those who understand German, see de:WP:KW#Karte_der_politischen_Einflussbereiche for a discussion about this map.

Japan seems to be red, why is the korean peninsula red too? I would recomend that for powers where the country is visible on the map they have the same colour,

The Empire of Japan included all the red areas. See Taiwan under Japanese rule and Korea under Japanese rule.Heroeswithmetaphors (talk) 12:20, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ambigution?

This topic seems to have a couple aspects to it. Maybe they should get separated out. The traditional imperial definition probably should be on a separate page from its meanings in modern shopping and management.