Alex, This is an excellent idea, though not a project I would jump into with a mad dash. I find economic summaries very entertaining, but I would be at a loss about how to collect the data you need for my region (among other things). I think you need two things to start off with; a group of enthusiasts, and a vision. You now have a team of one attempting to organize the US econ pages. That's great, but I would try to make contact with econ page editors in at least two non-English Wikipedias. Your vision document would be more useful if it was not a PDF and was wikified with links out to the sub pages you are attempting to define in your email. You can do this on a wikipage in your user space on the English Wikipedia or on Wikimedia Commons.
My gut feeling is that most of the structure you are seeking to develop should *not* be done on either of these projects, but on Wikidata. Just my 2c Jane 2013/4/6, Alex Peek <alexpe...@gmail.com>: > I would love to see a Wiki project map out the global economy. In an > organized format all local/country economic data would be collected. All > authors would be required to write articles according to a standardized > format. The model revolves around publicly released economic data: GDP, > employment, industries, corporations, fiscal policy, etc. Economists and > volunteers can help determine which economic data accounts are most > appropriate to be required under the standardized format. > > There is nothing in the world that resembles this model. There is no Wiki > that allows economists to add economic data under a standardized format. > > I have already written the article for 'Economy of the United States'. It > is 7 pages long. This article contains what I believe is the most important > economic data available to the public. The data is almost entirely in table > format. Citations include the U.S. Census Bureau, the World Bank, Bureau of > Economic Analysis, Yahoo Finance, CNN'S Money's Fortune 500 list, U.S. > treasury releases, Federal Reserve websites, company annual reports and the > IMF. The file can be seen at the Wikimedia Commons: > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Economy.pdf > > > The Contents of the U.S. Economy article are: 1. States, 2. Industries, 3. > Corporations, 4. Employment, 5. Fiscal Budget, 6. Monetary Policy, 7. > Creditors, 8. Cities, 9. International Accounts 9. History > > All articles would be standardized and connected in an organized network. > This model would go down to the most local level. All 196 countries would > have a standardized country article to have the same exact format. This > project would evolve as economists determine better ways to present the > data. > > The 'Economy of ______' pages are very educational and are an awesome > collection of economic data. I think that these articles would be greatly > improved if they were modified to become more uniform. This would allow for > greater comparability. I believe that these pages would be improved with a > standardized and simplified format. This would allow for greater > comparability and public understanding of the economy. > > Below are the Wikipedia Contents of the four biggest economy articles. As > you can see, the Contents are inconsistent between them. I believe this can > be fixed with my Wiki project proposal. > > Economy of the United States 1 History 2 Overview 3 Employment 4 Research, > development, and entrepreneurship 5 Income and wealth 6 Financial position > 7 Industry Sectors 8 Notable companies and markets 9 Energy, > transportation, and telecommunications 10 Finance 11 Health care 12 > International trade 13 Currency and central bank 14 Law and government 15 > See also 16 References 17 External links > > Economy of China 1 History 2 Government role 3 Regional economies 4 > Development 5 Macroeconomic trends 6 Financial and banking system 7 > Industry Sectors 8 Labor and welfare 9 External trade 10 Foreign investment > 11 Demographics 12 Transportation and infrastructure 13 Science and > technology 14 See also 15 References 16 External links > > Economy of Japan 1 Economic history 2 Infrastructure 3 Macro-economic trend > 4 Services 5 Industry 6 Mining and petroleum exploration 7 Agriculture 8 > Labor force 9 Law and government 10 Culture 11 Other economic indicators 12 > See also 13 Notes 14 External links > > Economy of Germany 1 History 2 Macroeconomic data 3 Economic region 4 > Natural resources 5 Sectors 6 Infrastructure 7 Technology 8 See also 9 > References 10 External links > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l