Thank you for the advice, I have cited all sources for the U.S. Economy. It's easy to replicate where to find employment statistics, company statistics for all levels (national, states, counties). I believe I can find economists who would be willing to set this thing up.
As for international economic statistics, local economists would be responsible to find, upload and cite information. Wikidata is a great idea and I believe that it plays a unique role for the Wikimedia Foundation. Centralizing data links is a great project and I believe it will be a success. My project is closer related to Wikispecies or Wikitravel. It specializes in standardized economic research reports. Economic research reports are vital to academic understanding of the economy. I would love to see more standardized economic reports in the world for greater comparability between countries. I will fix the PDF problem. On 6 April 2013 10:57, Jane Darnell <jane...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
