[Wikimedia-l] Global Economic Map

[Alex Peek]

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 <jane023 at 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 <alexpeek1 at 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
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