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[edit] WikiProject game theory?

Hi there - Currently Wikipedia's game theory articles are in need of much work. There are some standardization issues, many missing articles, and a lot of additions needed. I am looking around to see if there is enough interest to start a wikiproject so that our efforts might be coordinated. If you are interested, drop my a note at my userpage. --best, kevin ···Kzollman | Talk··· 23:09, July 31, 2005 (UTC)

This project has been started! If you're interested in joining come by Wikipedia:WikiProject Game theory. See you there --best, kevin ···Kzollman | Talk··· 02:12, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Improvement Drive

The following business topics are currently nominated on Wikipedia:This week's improvement drive: Subsidy, Grameen Bank, Transportation and Spice trade. You can support these articles with your vote if you want them to be improved!--Fenice 09:07, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Business and Economics

Hi, Is anybody interested in a WikiProject Business and Economics? If yes, please comment/vote below. pamri 11:58, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

Started it. Please list yourself at the project page.pamri 06:54, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Redirects

You can also access the portal by typing Portal:Economics and Portal:Business. pamri 12:35, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Improvement Drive

Time management is currently a candidate on WP:IDRIVE. Support it with your vote if you want to see this article improved to featured status.--Fenice 07:52, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Conspicuous leisure

I wasn't sure where else to go with this, but Conspicuous leisure needs some help, categorization, etc. Good luck! Semiconscious · talk 06:15, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Are these subpages needed?

Are the following subpages needed or can they be deleted?

Also, the following redirects exist, are they neccesary?

And can Portal:Business/??? be moved to Business and Economics/Featured List and then deleted? Steve block talk 21:04, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Corporations

I'm interested in large corporations, especially in oligopolies and cartels. I believe companies are merging and becoming more powerful, while people know less and less about them. Do most people know that Grape Nuts is owned by Kraft, which is owned by Philip Morris? Or that Ben and Jerry's is owned by a multinational corporation? I don't think they do. Most articles on large corporations are really skimpy. I've been working on PepsiCo, but it's a lot of work!

I don't know if this portal really deals with this, but I can't find any other portals that would work better. Is this the right place for this? Sarah crane 14:16, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I'd say absolutely! That's business:

[edit] Suggestions

Would this be the right place to see if there is (even a modest) interest in starting a WikiReader. The whole portal might be too big for a reader but some sections could be really interessting. I'm looking forward for some opinions. Cryptonit

[edit] Stock Quotes

I asked this on the main page, and i was wondering if it were appropriate to put major stock index results on wikipedia, and if so, where? In Business/Economics portal or on Wikipedia Main Page or in Wikinews?--Xlegiofalco 00:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

I found the Economic and Business portal in Wikinews, can it go on the front page?

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I really don't see what the problem could be with that. I mean it would require daily updating, and I could definitely help out with that, as now I am practically taking over the management of the portal (quite a grueling task :-P). --Nishkid64 23:06, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
Okay, I added a section with stock index results. I included the American markets, the FTSE, Sensex, Nikkei, etc. --Nishkid64 17:29, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
May I suggest putting "% change" next to "change" as the percentage change is really much more important than the actual change. I suppose I could do this myself, but it might be a bit messy! While I'm stating my druthers, could there also be indicators for interest rates (US T-bill and T-bond, LIBOR) and foreign exchange ($/euro), ($/yen). Let me know if you agree, what I can do, etc. Smallbones 17:57, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Capitalism Sub-portal

Just wondering if creating a Capitalism sub-portal to this one would help resolve some of the conflict with the Capitalism article. That way, there could be very brief bits of information in the main article, information in the portal reflecting the different perspectives, and give more breathing room to the various points of view. Also wondering if creating a sub-portal would be any kind of duplication of this portal. Thoughts? Hires an editor 02:02, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Personally, I think it's a good idea. The Capitalism article is a source of controversy since its such a big and broad area of business, and I think adding a subportal for Capitalism would help alleviate conflicts, and be able to show different points of view regarding this concept. Can you further elaborate on any ideas you may have on how this should be done? --Nishkid64 21:44, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I really don't have a good concept of what a good portal is, to be honest. (See the Cold War portal for what I mean. I created that one, and think I'm the only one doing anything with it.) The article is so big...I don't know how a portal would cut down on the size of the article itself, or alleviate some of the conflict. I know that it would give more space to each of the elements, though. I also don't know how to attract people to the portal to make changes/additions, and get them away from fighting about the main article. Hires an editor 22:59, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
Yeah I see what you mean. Well, I think a sub-portal should definitely be created. I've been working with portals quite frequently lately, and I've taken some under my personal management. I could create the sub-portal soon, but I would need a relative idea for what we should include in the Portal. I don't know and I don't think it will definitely alleviate problems within the Capitalism page, but I think that the sub-portal can be used as a way to express ideas amongst users and such. I have some ideas as to what to do with the sub-portal. Selected article and selected image should be from, and other sections similar to that seen in other portals should be added.
If you want to solve issues with the main article, I suggest that we should create a WikiProject Capitalism. We could have a whole WikiProject surrounding these ideas, and if people have problems, they can communicate with others. Tell me what you think. --Nishkid64 00:49, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
I guess the idea of a "select article" and "selected image" would be counter-productive for what I think should be accomplished. What I'm thinking is maybe to turn the portal into a showcase for the different ideas. That way the Capitalism page could reduce its content since the main parts of it would be focused in different areas. We could reduce the schools of thought with brief mentions, and have the portal include more information to highlight the main thinkers. But...the wikiproject is good, too. I've seen that the better portals contain both of these things. Hires an editor 18:14, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Okay, I see you created the portal. I don't think you can take out the content from Capitalism and put it on the portal, because portals are more of just showcases of various ideas and such pertaining a subject. If you want to split up Capitalism, it would have to be done by splitting the main article into different articles. I'll help out soon, right after I'm finished improving this portal and submitting it for Featured Portal. --Nishkid64 20:52, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I couldn't resist. I think your idea of what a portal is (a 'showcase') is the first that I've seen about why portals are good. In fact, I don't remember seeing a definition of what a portal is, or how it works with other stuff. So...(maybe this discussion would be better somewhere else?) a portal is a showcase of a topic, with the header pointing to a summary definition of the main topic, usually in a wikipage of the same name (e.g., Portal:Topic and Topic as the main page). From there, the selected article and selected picture are highlights of the overall topic. Categories, related portals, and other items express where this subject fits within the overall heirarchy of knowledge (or wikipedia). Finally lists of articles to create, improve, collaborate, or otherwise work on are listed so that people know where contributions are most needed.
Now, another thing I'm thinking is about the whole "box portal" thing...is there any other type of portal type? I still like my idea of featuring more than just the "featured" whatever, and offer more boxes (I guess) for more detail about the topic's sub-topics...maybe I'm just dreaming! :-) Hires an editor 01:20, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Portal Tips

Hi guys, I have been thinking of re-applyin for FP status, and I wanted to get some suggestions/tips from other frequent portal editors. Nishkid64 04:32, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey, it looks like FP material to me! :-) I have two "cosmetic" suggestions. Even up the columns a bit, perhaps by cutting a paragraph or so from the "Selected econony," which appears to be a trifle long. Also, sprinkle a few more images around, particularly around the lower sections. As long as the "Selected" pipelines are in good shape, this portal should have smooth sailing. Great work! Rfrisbietalk 04:52, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Looks awesome! Just a few things:
    • Are WP redirects OK with portals?
    • The 'suggest' link looks slightly strange underneath the archive link - perhaps move it into the middle.
    • Seconding what Rfrisbie says above - some more images in the lower sections would be nice to break up the links.
    • How's energy related to business and economics? I thought it was more of a physics thing? :)
      • If you look at the enery portal, you'll see it's more than about "physics." It's actually linked to this portal too. ;-) Rfrisbietalk 13:11, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Otherwise it looks good, I think it's ready for FP status! :) riana_dzasta 07:31, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
I agree: Energy might not be the greatest related portal. Look under the list of portals to see which one could be in the related portals section. As said before, the bottom half of the portal needs some images, but otherwise, great work! s d 3 1 4 1 5 final exams! 12:44, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
    • Looks nice, very nice. Photo credit is there and is very informative. Yep looks good to me. CHeers. — Seadog 13:53, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Looks good, but the bolding is a bit overdone; there seem to be random terms bolded in some of the blurbs. (More generally, the convention is to actually link the title of the selected article—as on the Main Page—rather than just bolding it.) Kirill Lokshin 16:22, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Wow well what can I say, it's an excellent portal. I agree with Kirill Lokshin over the excessive bolding, note that only the article subject name should be bolded, and not all of the key names. I also think that there should be a freely-licensed image of David Rockefeller at the selected article section. Let me know if you need any more help. Michaelas10 (Talk) 17:31, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
  • It looks FP worthy to me, although I would agree that more pictures would be nice. Other than that, I think it looks awesome. TomStar81 (Talk) 21:37, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Looks good to me. Overall it's a nice portal and I especially like that you include a lot of lists that seem useful. --Melanochromis 06:49, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
  • The bot updated market indices are very nice. Common on financial sites, but not for Wikipedia (or encyclopedias in general). Combining links to general concepts, history, et cetera of business alongside access to current information like this makes a strong portal. The 'Main page' gets alot of traffic in large part because alot of it is different every day and it shows 'immediate' info on major news events. Follow that same philosophy here as much as possible. --CBD 19:20, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks everyone! Thanks to your comments, we got this portal to Featured status! =) Nishkid64 21:11, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

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