Talk:Interstellar war

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[edit] Three seperate things

I've just been redirected from intergalactic war, to a page about interstellar war that has a section about interplanetary war. These are three different things and I think they deserve their own articles.

[edit] POV statement

"Extermination (our own or that of an alien civilization at our hands) is a more likely possibility than a war in the traditional sense."

What is the support/reasoning for this statement? It seems arguable either way.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.49.26.116 (talk • contribs) 21:27, November 8, 2005

  1. As second sentence states, it is difficult to imagine a traditional war being logistically possible between stars.
  2. That two species would make contact at the levels of technology sufficiently equivalent to allow for a war is unlikely. Much more probably, one would be vastly more advanced than the other. See, for instance, the third of Clarke's laws Marskell 11:05, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
Comment: All of this is entirely POV and speculative anyway. I suggest the comment be removed entirely as it is unverifiable. - Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] :: AfD? 11:24, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
We'd be left with a dicdef. The notion is hypothetical--any caveat to it is necessarily hypothetical as well. Marskell 11:31, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
If it can't be described without POV / speculation in terms without becoming a dicdef, that probably tells you the topic is not encyclopaedic :-) - Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C] (W) AfD? 18:36, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
The statement should be either removed or cited. See Wikipedia:Citing sources. —Lowellian (reply) 12:19, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Retitle as "Interstellar war (fiction)"

This article should be retitled "Interstellar war (fiction)", since it only covers fiction.Philcha 16:56, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Since interstellar war as far as we know only exists in fiction, this would be redundant. Noclevername 23:39, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Western view, what about others?

I was about to add this:

in the Soviet sphere, stories of this sort were generally banned, as the assumption that a capitalist society could successfully colonize space went against Party doctrine.

...when I realized I had no citation. What in fact was the situation on the other side of the globe during the cold war (and before, and after)? What's the state of such stories now? ---Noclevername 23:37, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Diversify the topics

This article only seems to cover interstellar war in popular culture. While it is true that we do not have contact with any extraterrestrial civilizations, let alone wage war with them, perhaps the article could speculate about such a conflict. Fusion7 17:26, 25 July 2007 (UTC)