Wikipedia:WikiProject Economics

WikiProject Economics
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This is a WikiProject, an open group of Wikipedia editors. New participants are welcome; feel free to talk to us!

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.

Announcements

Archived :: 2011 and before ::

Article alerts

Articles for deletion

25 Sep 2025 – The Paul Alaje Colloquium (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JTtheOG (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
23 Sep 2025 – International Economic Development Council (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Czarking0 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
13 Sep 2025 – List of Ugandans by net worth (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by KylieTastic (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
08 Sep 2025 – Lithuanian Development Agency (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by University of The Purple Unicorn (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)
21 Sep 2025 – Medact (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Altenmann (t · c) was closed as keep by Left guide (t · c) on 28 Sep 2025; see discussion (8 participants)
20 Sep 2025 – Rutendo Matinyarare (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Mccapra (t · c) was closed as delete by ComplexRational (t · c) on 27 Sep 2025; see discussion (5 participants)
17 Sep 2025 – Abdisaid Abdi Ismail (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Mccapra (t · c) was closed as delete by Vanamonde93 (t · c) on 24 Sep 2025; see discussion (6 participants)
08 Sep 2025 – Complete economic integration (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Chidgk1 (t · c) was closed as redirect by Left guide (t · c) on 28 Sep 2025; see discussion (6 participants; relisted)

Proposed deletions

20 Sep 2025 – International Economic Development Council (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Czarking0 (t · c) was deproded by Necrothesp (t · c) on 23 Sep 2025

Categories for discussion

22 Sep 2025 – Category:Works about the illegal drug trade (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

25 Sep 2025 – Immgration (talk · edit · hist) →Immigration was RfDed by Thepharoah17 (t · c); see discussion
23 Sep 2025 – Far-right communism (talk · edit · hist) →Communism was RfDed by Suonii180 (t · c); see discussion
22 Sep 2025 – CPI (talk · edit · hist) →Consumer price index was RfDed by Matrix (t · c); see discussion
22 Sep 2025 – Public Domaine (talk · edit · hist) →Public domain was RfDed by Consarn (t · c); see discussion
22 Sep 2025 – List of authors whose works are in the public domain (talk · edit · hist) →Public domain was RfDed by Consarn (t · c); see discussion
22 Sep 2025 – Dominio público (talk · edit · hist) →Public domain was RfDed by Consarn (t · c); see discussion
22 Sep 2025 – Immigration Problem (talk · edit · hist) →Immigration to Bhutan was RfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion

Files for discussion

06 Sep 2025 – File:John Neville Keynes portrait by Gerald Kelly 1926.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on John Neville Keynes) was FfDed by Howardcorn33 (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

17 Sep 2025 – Dammam No. 7 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Left guide (t · c); start discussion
07 Sep 2025 – Zeti Akhtar Aziz (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Pangalau (t · c); see discussion
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30 Jan 2025 – Andreas Papandreou (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by A.Cython (t · c); see discussion

Requests for comments

03 Sep 2025 – Military–industrial complex (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Uhoj (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

18 Sep 2025 – Gary Stevenson (economist) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Gary Stevenson (campaigner) by PeterBirchler (t · c) was moved to Gary Stevenson (campaigner) (talk · edit · hist) by Veko (t · c) on 25 Sep 2025; see discussion
16 Sep 2025 – Compensation transparency (talk · edit · hist) move request to Pay transparency by Longhornsg (t · c) was moved to Pay transparency (talk · edit · hist) by Cyberdog958 (t · c) on 23 Sep 2025; see discussion

Articles to be merged

01 Aug 2025 – Peak debt (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Growth in a Time of Debt by Bearian (t · c); see discussion
15 Jul 2025 – Limits to arbitrage (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Arbitrage by Voidxor (t · c); see discussion
11 Jun 2025 – Built-in inflation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Inertial inflation by Bearian (t · c); see discussion
29 May 2025 – Economy of Egypt and the environment (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Environmental issues in Egypt by Turnopoems (t · c); see discussion
16 Apr 2025 – Distributed economy (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Network economy by FatalSubjectivities (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

21 May 2025 – List of regions of Baltic States by Human Development Index (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 197.23.51.219 (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
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
05 Jan 2021 – Poverty threshold (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Tom.Reding (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

26 Sep 2025 – Draft:Edward Thomas Nevin (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by LCH1957 (t · c)
24 Sep 2025 – Draft:Corinne Low (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Swhecon (t · c)
23 Sep 2025 – Draft:EJZR (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Solaris Econ (t · c)
22 Sep 2025 – Draft:Bency George (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Praxidicae (t · c)
21 Sep 2025 – Draft:Andre Wameso (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by AEB98 (t · c)
19 Sep 2025 – Draft:Sustainable Performance Accounting (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by PJ1992DE (t · c)
18 Sep 2025 – Draft:Rhys R. Mendes (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by CBWatcher (t · c)
15 Sep 2025 – Draft:Eyjólfur Guðmundsson (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by LaMarmora1854 (t · c)
13 Sep 2025 – Draft:Rational bubble (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Destiny is like bubbles (t · c)
13 Sep 2025 – Draft:George Zodrow (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 23.92.12.4 (t · c)

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Open tasks

Current tasks

This WikiProject section has a backlog that requires the attention of willing editors.
Please remove this notice when the backlog is cleared.

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)[reply]
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
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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
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		2	5	10			17
FL		2	2				4
A			1				1
GA	2	11	27	49			89
B	31	173	321	374		3	902
C	52	401	872	1,911		6	3,242
Start	12	303	1,276	4,903		559	7,053
Stub		73	508	3,019		4	3,604
List	14	38	119	271		5	447
Category					5,467		5,467
Disambig					40		40
File					65		65
Portal					312		312
Redirect	2	22	68	192	505		789
Template					373		373
NA					30		30
Other		1		2	190		193
Assessed	113	1,026	3,199	10,731	6,982	577	22,628
Unassessed						7	7
Total	113	1,026	3,199	10,731	6,982	584	22,635
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 72,742			Ω = 4.88

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

(view | edit | 2014)

Featured content

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Featured lists

List of recessions in the United States

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