I am working on a project to duplicate a standardized economic report for all 196 countries.
Here is the United States: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_the_United_States.
Here is China: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_China
Here is Japan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_Japan
Is there anybody who is willing to add more countries to the list and help edit existing country reports? I am contacting professors around the world in order to complete every country. I think the collaborative product would be a great educational resource to the public.
The official project page is here with the list of other country reports: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Economic_Map#Proposal
Alex
Why not wait until Wikidata has a "number" type, then generate these for all countries with a bot?
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Alex Peek alexpeek1@gmail.com wrote:
I am working on a project to duplicate a standardized economic report for all 196 countries.
Here is the United States: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_the_United_States .
Here is China: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_China
Here is Japan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_Japan
Is there anybody who is willing to add more countries to the list and help edit existing country reports? I am contacting professors around the world in order to complete every country. I think the collaborative product would be a great educational resource to the public.
The official project page is here with the list of other country reports: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Economic_Map#Proposal
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In my opinion, Wikidata and the Global Economic Map would complimentary sister projects. The Global Economic Map provides a standardized format to present economic information. Wikidata will help collect the data, but the Global Economic Map is the best way to present economic data. It's similar to Wikispecies in this regard. There should be a separate Wiki project to map out economic information in the world.
Does this make senses?
Alex
On 17 April 2013 03:20, Magnus Manske magnusmanske@googlemail.com wrote:
Why not wait until Wikidata has a "number" type, then generate these for all countries with a bot?
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Alex Peek alexpeek1@gmail.com wrote:
I am working on a project to duplicate a standardized economic report for all 196 countries.
Here is the United States:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_the_United_States
.
Here is China: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_China
Here is Japan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_Japan
Is there anybody who is willing to add more countries to the list and
help
edit existing country reports? I am contacting professors around the
world
in order to complete every country. I think the collaborative product
would
be a great educational resource to the public.
The official project page is here with the list of other country reports: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Economic_Map#Proposal
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If all it does (and that would still be a lot!) is to aggregate and format data from machine-readable sources like Wikidata, I don't see the point for a project - some code can do that on its own just fine.
Now, the output needs to be designed, and the numbers need to be kept up-to-date; at least the former will require humans at the wheel. What else would have to be done by humans?
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Alex Peek alexpeek1@gmail.com wrote:
In my opinion, Wikidata and the Global Economic Map would complimentary sister projects. The Global Economic Map provides a standardized format to present economic information. Wikidata will help collect the data, but the Global Economic Map is the best way to present economic data. It's similar to Wikispecies in this regard. There should be a separate Wiki project to map out economic information in the world.
Does this make senses?
Alex
On 17 April 2013 03:20, Magnus Manske magnusmanske@googlemail.com wrote:
Why not wait until Wikidata has a "number" type, then generate these for all countries with a bot?
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Alex Peek alexpeek1@gmail.com wrote:
I am working on a project to duplicate a standardized economic report
for
all 196 countries.
Here is the United States:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_the_United_States
.
Here is China: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_China
Here is Japan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_Japan
Is there anybody who is willing to add more countries to the list and
help
edit existing country reports? I am contacting professors around the
world
in order to complete every country. I think the collaborative product
would
be a great educational resource to the public.
The official project page is here with the list of other country
reports:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Economic_Map#Proposal
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Hopefully coding will help the project retrieve for more data. Humans will be important to retrieve data from hard to find places (government publications, Google, etc.). I imagine that both humans and bots will help edit the project.
The point of the project is to present economic information in a way that is understandable to average human being. The project is designed to be educational and simple. Economists can help determine better ways to present the information too. The economy is such an important part of our society and I believe it deserves it's own wiki project.
What do you mean by the 'output' needs to be designed?
On 17 April 2013 05:56, Magnus Manske magnusmanske@googlemail.com wrote:
If all it does (and that would still be a lot!) is to aggregate and format data from machine-readable sources like Wikidata, I don't see the point for a project - some code can do that on its own just fine.
Now, the output needs to be designed, and the numbers need to be kept up-to-date; at least the former will require humans at the wheel. What else would have to be done by humans?
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Alex Peek alexpeek1@gmail.com wrote:
In my opinion, Wikidata and the Global Economic Map would complimentary sister projects. The Global Economic Map provides a standardized format
to
present economic information. Wikidata will help collect the data, but
the
Global Economic Map is the best way to present economic data. It's
similar
to Wikispecies in this regard. There should be a separate Wiki project to map out economic information in the world.
Does this make senses?
Alex
On 17 April 2013 03:20, Magnus Manske magnusmanske@googlemail.com
wrote:
Why not wait until Wikidata has a "number" type, then generate these
for
all countries with a bot?
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Alex Peek alexpeek1@gmail.com
wrote:
I am working on a project to duplicate a standardized economic report
for
all 196 countries.
Here is the United States:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_the_United_States
.
Here is China: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_China
Here is Japan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_Japan
Is there anybody who is willing to add more countries to the list and
help
edit existing country reports? I am contacting professors around the
world
in order to complete every country. I think the collaborative product
would
be a great educational resource to the public.
The official project page is here with the list of other country
reports:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Economic_Map#Proposal
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On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Alex Peek alexpeek1@gmail.com wrote:
What do you mean by the 'output' needs to be designed?
I think he means something like http://toolserver.org/~magnus/ts2/reasonator/?q=Q1339 which gets its data from http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1339. Something similar can be done for what you want to do very likely.
Cheers Lydia
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Thank you Lydia, the tool server is interesting. My main objection to the Global Economic Map being included in Wikidata is because Wikidata is designed to support other Wikimedia projects. The Global Economic Map has a simple and easy to understand format that I believe would be lost if it were added into Wikidata. Education is the top priority.
Am I making sense?
On 17 April 2013 08:07, Lydia Pintscher lydia.pintscher@wikimedia.dewrote:
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Alex Peek alexpeek1@gmail.com wrote:
What do you mean by the 'output' needs to be designed?
I think he means something like http://toolserver.org/~magnus/ts2/reasonator/?q=Q1339 which gets its data from http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1339. Something similar can be done for what you want to do very likely.
Cheers Lydia
-- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Community Communications for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Obentrautstr. 72 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
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