Wikipedia:WikiProject Economics

WikiProject Economics

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This WikiProject focuses on improving articles related to the field of economics.

Goals

• The goal of this project is to provide a forum for discussion of economics articles and topics, and through discussion, provide guidelines for articles related to the field of economics.
• The vision of this project is to improve every economics article substantially so that every article reaches the level of quality of a Featured Article.
• The aspiration of this project is to make Wikipedia an authoritative guide to economics.

Vehicles for discussion include relevant sections below and at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Economics.

Editing guidelines

When editing, project members should keep in mind the core Wikipedia content policies, Verifiability, No original research and Neutral point of view.

• Economic theories and viewpoints presented should be supported by reliable sources. Academic and peer-reviewed publications are highly valued and usually the most reliable sources in areas where they are available.
• Various economic theories and viewpoints should be given due weight in proportion to their prominence in reliable sources.
• Regarding validity, peripheral or parochial theories should not have their centrality to the discipline misrepresented. We should describe mainstream and majority views as such, and minority views as such.

WikiProject Economics/Reliable sources and weight gives guidance on obtaining reliable sources and assigning due weight in economics articles. WikiProject Economics/Style guide describes a proposed style for economics articles.

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Archived :: 2011 and before ::

Article alerts

Did you know

• 07 Apr 2025 – Ardo Hansson (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Thebiguglyalien (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Apr 2025 – Well-being (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Phlsph7 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 23 Apr 2025 – Pippa Malmgren (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Chetsford (t · c); see discussion (13 participants)
• 18 Apr 2025 – List of Middle Eastern countries by GDP (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pragmatic Puffin (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)

Proposed deletions

• 17 Apr 2025 – Miles Kimball (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Zero Contradictions (t · c) was deproded by David Eppstein (t · c) on 19 Apr 2025

Categories for discussion

• 13 Apr 2025 – Category:Economists from Washington, D.C. (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 30 Jan 2025 – Andreas Papandreou (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by A.Cython (t · c); start discussion
• 18 Oct 2024 – Muhammad Yunus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Niasoh (t · c); start discussion

Good article reassessments

• 21 Apr 2025 – Mathematical economics (talk · edit · hist) nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Requests for comments

• 27 Mar 2025 – Illegal immigration to the United States (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by RCraig09 (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 13 Feb 2025 – Evolutionary economics (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Econ angoryushev (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Oct 2024 – Nayib Bukele (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by PizzaKing13 (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 11 Apr 2025 – State Socialism (Germany) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to German socialism by 2804:14C:5BB1:9473:42D2:CFD5:6B38:4EBB (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Apr 2025 – Deportation in the second presidency of Donald Trump (talk · edit · hist) move request to Deportation in the second Trump administration by ElijahPepe (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
• 14 Apr 2025 – Trump's Liberation Day tariffs (talk · edit · hist) move request to Trump tariff announcement by Sirfurboy (t · c) was not moved; see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 16 Apr 2025 – Distributed economy (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Network economy by FatalSubjectivities (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Apr 2025 – Sabbath economics (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ched Myers by FatalSubjectivities (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Apr 2025 – Lipstick effect (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Lipstick index by CX Zoom (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Apr 2025 – Lipstick index (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Lipstick effect by CX Zoom (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Mar 2025 – Stone industry (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Mining by Opolito (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Mar 2025 – Megacorpstate (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Hypercyclic morphogenesis by Thebiguglyalien (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Feb 2025 – Varian Rule (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Trickle-down fashion by Daask (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Feb 2025 – Fair value accounting and the subprime mortgage crisis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Accounting and the late 2000s financial crisis by Tule-hog (t · c); see discussion
• 10 Feb 2025 – State prices (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Arrow–Debreu model by Kmfrick (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Nov 2024 – Great Divergence (inequality) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Causes of income inequality in the United States by Alpha3031 (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 19 Apr 2025 – Neoliberalism (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Cognsci (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Apr 2025 – Immigration (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Cognsci (t · c); see discussion
• 30 Dec 2024 – Economic history of the United States (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Lfstevens (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Oct 2024 – BRICS (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Lan Pee (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Jun 2024 – Paul Davidson (economist) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Peaceray (t · c); see discussion
• 29 May 2023 – Supply chain management (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Felix QW (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Sep 2020 – Poverty threshold (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 25 Apr 2025 – Draft:Non-Capitalist Way of Development (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Xpander1 (t · c)
• 24 Apr 2025 – Draft:Mayiladuthurai dry fish market (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ScrabbleTiles (t · c)
• 23 Apr 2025 – Draft:Liberation Day (United States) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Vanleos (t · c)
• 23 Apr 2025 – Draft:Jessica Riedl (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Mcneda (t · c)
• 22 Apr 2025 – Draft:Clopper Almon, Jr. (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sartoris123 (t · c)
• 19 Apr 2025 – Draft:Atle Midttun (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by KoliberWeb (t · c)
• 14 Apr 2025 – Draft:Purged Cross-Validation (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Dsr02014 (t · c)
• 13 Apr 2025 – Draft:George E. Halkos (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
• 13 Apr 2025 – Draft:Meta-Labeling (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Dsr02014 (t · c)
• 10 Apr 2025 – Draft:Privatisation in Ukraine (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Patrin Bohdan (t · c)

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Open tasks

Current tasks

For sources please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Economics/Archive 8#Current tasks.

• Help bring Adam Smith to featured article status.
  • Visit Talk:Adam Smith for a list of what still needs to be done.
• Help bring Geoeconomics to good article status.
• Please help bring the article on the 2010 US foreclosure crisis up to speed - it is listed as a high priority start class article in WikiProject Economics
• Add to Capability Approach a section on postcolonial critiques
• The Genuine progress indicator article needs to be developed
• Resolve Progressive tax dispute: does more progressive tax require less total tax, all else being equal?
• Inclusive growth needs information about historical outcomes, measurements, and determinants.
• Negative interest on excess reserves and other monetary policy articles need information about rent-seeking and balancing contractionary outcomes
• Tax policy and economic inequality in the United States accuracy dispute
• Economy of the United States multiple accuracy, NPOV, and WP:COMPREHENSIVE coverage disputes
• Unemployment in the United States needs information about inflation targeting, rent-seeking, historical outcomes, and determinants
• Universal health care and Single-payer health care need more detailed information about the fiscal impact of inefficient healthcare delivery and lack of preventative care from under-insured populations
• Capital gains tax in the United States needs additional information about historical outcomes, implications for growth and unemployment, measurements, and determinants
• Expansion of the article on the recent Nobel Prize winner, Jean Tirole should be done. Ifly6 (talk) 04:56, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
• Bring the Petrodollar article to an acceptable state
• Article needs help... Financial intermediary.
• Consumer economy needs assessment from an expert in the subject,

Assessing articles

• See WikiProject Economics/Assessment for more details.
  • Tag the talk page of economics-related articles with {{WikiProject Economics}} if it has not been tagged already.
  • Go to Category:Unassessed_Economics_articles and assign a quality rating to articles listed there.
  • Go to Category:Unknown-importance Economics articles and assign a priority rating to articles listed there.

Common tasks

• Tag economics-related articles with the project banner, if they have not yet been tagged.
• Fulfill article requests.
• Answer requests for comments

Participants

• To add yourself to the list of project participants, go to the Category:WikiProject Economics participants page, and list your name there.
  • Active participants - Census circa April 2010
• If you would like to display the project's userbox, place {{User WikiProject Economics}} on your user page, like this:

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ExpertIdeas

A number of economists and psychologists have been invited to comment on articles using a mostly automated process involving User:ExpertIdeasBot, a bot of User:I.yeckehzaare. To help out with the approximately 9000 edit requests, see: Wikipedia:WikiProject Economics/ExpertIdeas.

Articles

Wiki work statistics

Economics articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		3	4	10			17
FL		2	2				4
GA	2	12	30	48			92
B	28	170	282	286		105	871
C	51	381	725	1,374		557	3,088
Start	13	287	1,076	3,434		2,104	6,914
Stub		66	361	1,728		1,523	3,678
List	14	32	86	172	9	130	443
Category					5,143		5,143
Disambig					41		41
File					62		62
Portal					312		312
Redirect	2	18	61	171	480		732
Template					371		371
NA					32		32
Other				1	155		156
Assessed	110	971	2,627	7,224	6,605	4,419	21,956
Unassessed			1			25	26
Total	110	971	2,628	7,224	6,605	4,444	21,982
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 71,642			Ω = 4.90

Quality operations

• Quality operations: A bot-generated detail log for Economics articles.

Popular pages

• Popular pages: A bot-generated list of pageviews, useful for focused cleanup of frequently viewed articles.

The following is for historic interest.

Month	Most viewed	Views/day	Assessment	Importance
January 2015	List of countries by GDP (nominal)	9589	List	Top
February 2015	Gold as an investment	100740	???	???
March 2015	Bitcoin	74527	C	Mid
April 2015	List of countries by GDP (nominal)	8873	List	High
May 2015	John Forbes Nash, Jr.	21655	C	High
June 2015	Quasi-maximum likelihood	40319	Stub	Low
July 2015	Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles	19810	Start	Mid
August 2015	List of countries by GDP (nominal)	6963	List	High
September 2015	List of countries by GDP (nominal)	6639	List	High
October 2015	Stephen Harper	12857	GA	Mid
November 2015	G-20 major economies	8352	B	Mid
December 2015	Bitcoin	6854	C	Mid

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Featured content

Featured articles

In order of importance rating:

• Cross of Gold speech
• Richard Cantillon
• Akhtar Hameed Khan
• Economy of the Han Dynasty
• Economy of the Iroquois
• Panic of 1907
• Tulip mania
• Wage reform in the Soviet Union, 1956–1962
• FairTax
• Harold Innis
• C. D. Howe

Featured lists

• List of circulating currencies
• List of Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics

• List of recessions in the United States

New articles

Category:Wikipedia new articles

Please feel free to list your new articles on journals or journals-related topics here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page.

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