Talk:World development
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I created this article since I find it notable to have an overview article in the subject. I find this more interesting than reading daily news - it is more important to have a grip on the overall development of the world than knowing that some Olympic torch has arrived in London or that Independent presidential candidates debate this weekend (took a look at Wikinews - no offence to you who wrote these articles, sure they're good articles). Mikael Häggström (talk) 14:18, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Original research
As far as I can tell, this article was created and maintained by only one editor, User:Mikael Häggström, and has no citations or external links beyond those confirming facts. The important thing that is missing is a confirmation of what the definition of World Development is, and that this is an accepted use of the term. "World Development" could be used to describe many things, and I can't find any similar use on Google (though admittedly I didn't look very hard), so as far as I can tell this is a topic that User:Mikael Häggström simply made up. That's not to say I don't think it's a good article -- it's well written and well cited, especially beyond the introduction, which I think is the most problematic area of the article. I'm just not sure this is an appropriate topic for Wikipedia. If multiple links were added to things that deal with this topic in a similar manner and confirm that the term "World Development" is used in this way by someone other than User:Mikael Häggström, this article would be much the better for it. -- BlastOButter42 See Hear Speak 18:43, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
