[WikiEN-l] The Global Economic Map is looking for somebody with experience making bots

2013-08-01 Thread Alex Peek
The top goal for the Global Economic Map right now is to make bots that will create empty articles for every country and region. I think this would be a good first step right now. Here is an empty article for spain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/sandbox/Economic_Summary_of_Spain

[WikiEN-l] Global Economic Map integration with Wikidata

2013-07-20 Thread Alex Peek
Below is the plan for the Global Economic Map to become integrated with Wikidata. Wikidata task force page: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Global_Economic_Map_task_force Project homepage: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Economic_Map 1. Wikidata already has a page on each

[WikiEN-l] 'Periodic Table of Economics': Mapping the Global Economy

2013-06-18 Thread Alex Peek
Project Home page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Economic_Map The goal of my project is create the *periodic table* for economics readable to laypersons. To my knowledge, no other economist has attempted to make a 'periodic table' for economics. I am using Wikipedia as a platform for

[WikiEN-l] If you are passionate about world hunger, sustainability and global issues please read this

2013-06-17 Thread Alex Peek
Homepage: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Economic_Map The goal of this project is to improve public understanding economic data and serve public administration. It's time that we create a standardized model that everyone can understand and relate to. Given the challenges that our world

[WikiEN-l] Help wanted: Mapping the Global Economy on Wikipedia

2013-06-15 Thread Alex Peek
This summer I am creating economic summary articles on Wikipedia for all 196 countries in the world. Here is the project homepage which describes the project in more detail: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Economic_Map I am looking for a team to help to find economic data and complete the

Re: [WikiEN-l] Volunteers needed

2013-04-17 Thread Alex Peek
countries with a bot? On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Alex Peek alexpe...@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

Re: [WikiEN-l] Volunteers needed

2013-04-17 Thread Alex Peek
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 alexpe...@gmail.com wrote: In my opinion

Re: [WikiEN-l] Volunteers needed

2013-04-17 Thread Alex Peek
added into Wikidata. Education is the top priority. Am I making sense? On 17 April 2013 08:07, Lydia Pintscher lydia.pintsc...@wikimedia.dewrote: On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Alex Peek alexpe...@gmail.com wrote: What do you mean by the 'output' needs to be designed? I think he means

[WikiEN-l] Volunteers needed

2013-04-16 Thread Alex Peek
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:

[WikiEN-l] Mapping the Global Economy

2013-04-13 Thread Alex Peek
There is a lack of economic knowledge in the world and this project attempts to solve this problem. I would love to see map out the global economy in a simplified format. Under a standardized structure, local/country economic data would be collected. Economists can help determine the most concise

[WikiEN-l] Mapping the Global Economy

2013-04-13 Thread Alex Peek
Hi everyone, here are two draft wiki articles I created: Economy of U.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_the_United_States Economy of China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/sandbox My goal is to complete all 196 countries in this standardized format and