Talk:Economy of Uzbekistan

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On March 28, 2008 I updated many of the numbers in the infotable and in the Miscellaneous Data section for Uzbekistan. I used two sources for the update: 1) The 2008 CIA Factbook (for new 2007 estimates and some other numbers that only exist in CIA Factbooks); 2) Official Uzbek statistics for 2006 from the Uzbekistan Department of Statistics (UzStat, reference [2]). I will continue with more updates (specifically the sectoral structure of employment) soon. Meanwhile I need guidance from Wiki-gurus on how to deal with references, especially in the infotable.

I am discouraged by the first paragraph of this article. It reads like something lifted verbatim from a report by an international organization. If I am right, then a proper reference to such a report should be inserted. If not, then the paragraph requires serious toning-down and balancing of this highly tendentious prose.

This is my first attempt to edit a Wikipedia article. I intend to continue working on other countries in the Central Asia project. So please contact me and give me some guidance on how to work effectively. Is it advisable to insert tables with statistics (from official sources) and to illustrate trends with diagrams showing time series of relevant indicators?

Thank you.

Zlerman (talk) 08:51, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Shalom and welcome to Wikipedia! I think it's enough to have a list of sources used for the infobox data at its bottom. Btw if Uzstat has a site it also should be linked.

Diagrams and tables are, of course, helpful. However you can't just copy-paste a table from some source due to copyright issues. Feel free to ask more questions )) Alæxis_¿question? 09:25, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

ps. The data in the article itself should be referenced, of course. Alæxis_¿question? 09:29, 28 March 2008 (UTC)