File talk:Conscription map of the world.svg

Lebanon

There is conscription in Lebanon, just as there is in Norway. 1 year. someone please correct the image. Sherwelbuilding (talk) 21:58, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

According to CIA (2007), there is not. Norway is already red. ›mysid (☎∆✎) 00:13, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Wrong Information

hi these countries have not conscription: (from asia: 1- Afghanestan. 2- Irag. 3- Yemen. (from Africa: 4-Tanzania 5-Ghana (from America: 6-Peru

and these countries have no enforced conscription, although the law allow this but not enforced, so we should consider their now condition and paint them blue:

1- Ethiopia(Africa) 2-Uruguay(America) 3- Chile(America) 4-Bolivia for seeing refrence go to the: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2024.html.

I do not Know how i Correct it, please correct it. thanks

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Greenland is listed as having no army. Greenland is a part of Denmark, which does have a conscript army. Any explanation for this rather basic error? --86.52.108.165 (talk) 20:31, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Malaysia do not exercise conscriptions. And so is lots of many other country in 'red' colours --Ryan_Aldren 06:03, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Which countries in particular? ›mysid (☎

∆✎) 11:00, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Like China, for instance (even if it exists in theory). And the US have the Selective Service System. Atchom 02:50, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes, the map needs to be updated. Justin Case (talk) 10:05, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Philippines also does not have enforced conscription. Wakkow (talk) 19:21, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Poland has abolished conscription.

Updated the map for Philippines, Malaysia, and Poland. China does exercise conscriptions. ›mysid (☎∆✎) 10:29, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Mexico, have conscription coded in law, but doesnt enforce it. The Servicio Militar Nacional is more an civil service. youths in SMN doesnt take part in military activities besides some marching drills. The active and reserve military is an all-voluntary force. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.248.35.244 (talk) 23:16, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

China (PRC) does not exercise conscription, at least according to the PLA article. This also sense, China's army of 2 million may sound large, but if China really exercised conscription it would be far larger, especially considering China is a comparatively young country.--90.199.141.162 (talk) 01:51, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

We in Indonesia don't have conscription either. Matahari Pagi (talk) 11:23, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

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  No armed forces

  No conscription

  Plan to abolish conscription within 3 years

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Japan

Shouldn't it technically be green? 76.117.247.55 (talk) 08:22, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Based on what? ›mysid (☎∆✎) 17:14, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Probably because it has Self-Defense forces, which still counts as an armed force, though. --92.64.206.141 (talk) 19:50, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

The Constitution of Japan prohibits them from having an active military. That's why they rely on the American armed forces for national defense. This happened, not surprisingly, as a result of World War II. InMooseWeTrust (talk) 15:16, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

April 2010 Corrections

Japan should be green. Sweden has ended conscription recently. It should be blue. Conscription is legal in China (like in USA), but it's never practiced so it should be blue also. Afghanistan is red because even though the government and military are in shambles, it's expected de facto that all the men in the village will fight if there are enemies nearby. InMooseWeTrust (talk) 15:16, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Japan Self-Defense Forces ›mysid (☎∆✎) 06:40, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Junuary 2011 Corrections

Germany will suspend conscription on 1 july 2011. Albania military is all professional since 2011. It should be blue. Conscription in Indonesia is legal and selective but not enforced for the long number of volunteers like China. the should be blue. Ethiopia have conscription but is not enforced. Zimbabwe have conscription. Should be red. Taiwan abolish conscription in 2014, it is orange now.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.48.208.99 (talk) 01:25, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Fixes.

• In Mexico and China, although conscription is in Military code, is not legally enforced, so they should be blue.

Thanks. Kanzler31 (talk) 02:01, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Any sources for this? http://www.wri-irg.org/co/rtba/ says they both have conscription. Not only is it in the Military code, it is also in the Constitution. Also our article Conscription in Mexico says Mexico has conscription. The China article says they don't, but then again they don't cite any sources. Our article on Conscription says China has selective conscription. ›mysid (☎∆✎) 06:49, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau

Need a red dot for Singapore, and blue dots for HK and Macau. 194.63.116.72 (talk) 15:52, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Ethiopia etc.

Ethiopia atleast should be blue, as conscription does not exist: [1]. Also it seems Madagascar should be blue according to CIA [2], so should be Democratic Republic of Congo according to CIA and WRI that it has not practiced conscription. Uganda seems to be all-professional force as of 2010 according to CIA as well. Seems like this map has been done with the CIA reference, so this Wiki-map should be updated accordingly, with some cross-referencing for reliability. --Pudeo' 12:17, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Further countries that should be blue instead of red according to the CIA: Gabon, Yemen, Uganda. Then Philippines and Zimbabwe should be RED according to the same source. --Pudeo' 12:25, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Germany blue

Germany should be blue as of today, there's no longer any conscription since July 1st, 2011. --Roentgenium111 (talk) 13:33, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, It has to be changed to blue, now it's the same situation as e.g. in France. So, please change. Why will the blue color reverted to orange? --Holger1974 (talk) 05:39, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

I've asked the editor responsible for the reverting... --Roentgenium111 (talk) 13:34, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

It's a database error. The actual SVG has Germany colored blue. The PNG version will probably update itself some day. ›mysid (☎✎) 18:57, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

South Sudan

This map needs to be updated to include the South Sudan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edfand (talk • contribs) 17:24, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Too bad we don't have any information on its conscription status? --Pudeo' 18:05, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

ROC

The Republic of China actively conscripts, although conscription is being phased out by 2015. The map should be updated with it in orange. Kiralexis (talk) 21:39, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Actually constription will not be phased out after 2015. I know it is somewhat confusing, but this is what's gonna happen:

The govt says that it's going to implement an all-voluntary force.

The govt says that males who opt for not joining the army will have to complete a 3 to 4 month "military training".

The law states that such military training is part of military service. (see [3])

So after 2015, will there be conscription in Taiwan? The answer is YES: Taiwan will have an "all voluntary force" while basically every eligible male is still going to be conscripted into the camp. So conscription will remain in place. Politicians' tricks. Qrfqr (talk) 14:16, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Either way, the map currently labels the ROC as a non-conscription state. Should this be changed to red (actively conscripts) or orange (conscription being phased out)? Kiralexis (talk) 17:29, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, and I would say RED! Qrfqr (talk) 20:38, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Chile

There is conscription in Chile (per table and Military of Chile article) but the map shows that there is not! Oleg-ch (talk) 14:44, 2 December 2011 (UTC)