Wikipedia:WikiProject Economics

WikiProject Economics

Diagram illustrating consumer and producer surplus at equilibrium for general supply and demand curves.
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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.

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Archived :: 2011 and before ::

Article alerts

Articles for deletion

• 10 Sep 2026 – CD price fixing (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Cubnorth (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
• 07 Sep 2026 – Emil Barr (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kqol (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
• 02 Sep 2026 – Elliot Salkow (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by The9Man (t · c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)
• 31 Aug 2026 – Ken Silverstein (business journalist) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by NatGertler (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
• 30 Aug 2026 – Dilan Sirwan (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Dionysodorus (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
• 29 Aug 2026 – Carl B. Weinberg (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Nighfidelity (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
• 24 Aug 2026 – Industry superannuation fund (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Qwerty123M (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
• 24 Aug 2026 – Retail superannuation fund (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Qwerty123M (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
• 24 Aug 2026 – Taxation of superannuation in Australia (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Qwerty123M (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)

Proposed deletions

• 04 Sep 2026 – Food industry in the United Kingdom (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

• 12 Aug 2026 – Category:Capitalism user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
• 12 Aug 2026 – Category:Anti-capitalism user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Jun 2026 – Category:Employee relations (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

• 27 Aug 2026 – Fed put (talk · edit · hist) →Greenspan put was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Aug 2026 – School of Economics and Business Administration (talk · edit · hist) →Economics was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 10 Sep 2026 – Economy of South Korea (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ash.tahno (t · c); start discussion
• 15 Aug 2026 – Economy of the Ming dynasty (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Min968 (t · c); start discussion
• 20 Apr 2026 – Kevin Warsh (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ElijahPepe (t · c); start discussion

Requests for comments

• 22 Aug 2026 – Vladimir Lenin (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by WikiUser4020 (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 13 Sep 2026 – 2026 Iran war (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Iran War by IiSmxyzXX (t · c); see discussion
• 09 Sep 2026 – 2025–2026 United States trade war with Mexico (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2025–2026 Mexico–United States trade war by Cyrobyte (t · c); see discussion
• 09 Sep 2026 – 2025–2026 United States trade war with Canada (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2025–2026 Canada–United States trade war by Cyrobyte (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Sep 2026 – Interest (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Interest (economics) by ~2026-47738-83 (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Aug 2026 – Economy of Louisville, Kentucky (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Economy of Louisville by BarrelProof (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 28 Aug 2026 – Anti-communism (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by ProgramT (t · c); see discussion
• 31 May 2026 – Economic history of the United States (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Nikkimaria (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Feb 2026 – Industrial Revolution (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Ingminatacam (t · c); see discussion
• 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
• 25 Jun 2024 – Paul Davidson (economist) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Peaceray (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

• 10 Sep 2026 – Draft:Dominic J. Brewer (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
• 10 Sep 2026 – Draft:Addis Ababa Othow (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Woja Emmanuel (t · c)
• 01 Sep 2026 – Draft:China Everbright Bank Europe S.A. (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Joecks Fritz (t · c)
• 31 Aug 2026 – Draft:Gazi Erçel (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by OhmMap111 (t · c)
• 31 Aug 2026 – Draft:Stefan Reichelstein (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
• 10 Aug 2026 – Draft:Shahid Najam (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Bipp2026 (t · c)
• 02 Aug 2026 – Draft:Refet Soykan Gürkaynak (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by UserSaR (t · c)
• 15 Jul 2026 – Draft:Broadview Federal Credit Union (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
• 09 Jul 2026 – Draft:Francis Green (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)

Open tasks

Current tasks

For sources please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Economics/Archive 8#Current tasks.

• Create article on Australian economist Alan Oster.
• 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)
• 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
• If you would like to display the project's userbox, place {{User WikiProject Economics}} on your user page, like this:

This user participates in WikiProject Economics.

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
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		2	6	10			18
FL		2	2				4
A			1				1
GA	2	9	26	51		1	89
B	33	180	333	412		22	980
C	60	410	917	2,017		113	3,517
Start	7	323	1,364	5,521	2	210	7,427
Stub		49	481	3,083		48	3,661
List	15	38	123	279		4	459
Category					6,653		6,653
Disambig					41		41
File					75		75
Portal					312		312
Redirect	1	22	84	225	576		908
Template					388		388
NA					30		30
Other					203		203
Assessed	118	1,035	3,337	11,598	8,280	398	24,766
Unassessed				2		23	25
Total	118	1,035	3,337	11,600	8,280	421	24,791
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 76,288			Ω = 4.86

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

Featured articles

In order of importance rating:

• Cross of Gold speech
• Richard Cantillon
• Akhtar Hameed Khan
• Economy of the Han Dynasty
• Economy of the Iroquois
• Panic of 1907
• Tulip mania
• Wage reform in the Soviet Union, 1956–1962
• FairTax
• Harold Innis
• C. D. Howe

Featured lists

• List of circulating currencies
• List of Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics

• List of recessions in the United States

New articles

Category:Wikipedia new articles

Please feel free to list your new articles on journals or journals-related topics here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page.

Templates

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Infoboxes

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Portals

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