File talk:United States Soviet Union Locator.png

Clarification needed regarding what this image illustrates, and at what point in time

Following is a comment I made in a discussion regarding this image on an article talk page here:

The Image page at File:United States Soviet Union Locator.png doesn't seem to describe what the image is intended to illustrate, and its talk page is blank. Some of the comments in the file history speak of the Soviet sphere of influence, though I can't guess from info there what date or date range the image intends to illustrate. The image caption in this article says that the image shows Cold War spheres of influence of the U.S. (light green) and Soviet Union (light orange). China is not mentioned. The image is also used in the Soviet Union–United States relations article, and it appears to be used there to depict the U.S. and Soviet spheres of influence at the end of the Cold War. Some further relevant info might be found in the Sphere of influence#Cold War and Sino-Soviet split articles. It appears to me that this is badly in need of clarification on the image page.

I have nothing substantive to contribute here. I will place notifications regarding this comment on the talk pages of active past editors of this image. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 23:49, 10 September 2012 (UTC)