User:Mcnabber091/sandbox/Global Economic Map taskforce

Global Economic Map task force

There are many different ways that one can edit articles for the Global Economic Map. Below all the ways Wikipedians can help are listed below.

It is preferable that data is up-to-date but if necessary the Global Economic Map will temporarily use out-of-date statistics while the project is still in development stages.

Article preparation

Create a blank article

A new article can be created at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Userspace_draft. Name the article, 'Economic summary of ________'. Copy and paste the entire contents of an existing blank article and replace all names. Copy and paste the url for the newly created article on the appropriate list so it can be located from the homepage. This job can be done for any country, region or city.

Create a list article

List articles are used to list subdivision articles for a country. A new article can be created at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Userspace_draft. Name the article, 'List of _______ _______' (ex. List of U.S. States). On that article list out subdivisions and leave space for a link to be posted for each subdivision.

Organize a list article

Each list of subdivision must be ranked by GDP. Currently the Global Economic Map community does not have a consistent way of accessing this data. If somebody knows where to access this information, please let us know.

Add a flag photo

All photos must come from the Wikimedia Commons. Search the Wikimedia Commons for the flag. Copy the file name of the picture listed above the photo (Ex. File:Flag of California.svg). Paste the file name into the photo code. Only change the file name and do not change the rest of the photo code. Paste the photo code to in front of the article title. Photo codes can be found on existing articles.

Adding data

Add GDP by industry statistics to a country

The United Nations has an excel document with GDP by industry data for every country. Here is a link: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/dnllist.asp. Click on 'All countries for all years - sorted alphabetically' under 'GDP and its breakdown at current prices in US Dollars'. Pick a country that needs GDP by industry data and enter the data into the 'Industries' section. It is easiest to do this in split screen mode on a computer. Using a calculator, calculate the percentage of total for each industry and insert that number into the table. The last step is to sort the industries with largest at top.

Add employment by industry statistics to a country

The International Labor Organization has employment by industry data for every country. Here is a link: http://laborsta.ilo.org/. Click on 'Employment' and 'Main statistics annual'. From there choose a country that needs employment data and click on '2B Total Employment by economic activity' then 'Go'. In the upper right a download should appear. Click on the download. Add the statistics into the table under the 'Employment' section of the country article. It is easiest to do this in split screen mode on a computer. Using a calculator, calculate the percentage of total for each industry and insert that number into the table. The last step is to sort the industries with largest at the top.

Add the government budget for a U.S. State

The U.S. Census has state government finances listed for every state in the U.S. Here is a link: http://www.census.gov/govs/local/. Click on one of the two 'Downloadable Data' spreadsheets: 'Alabama - Mississippi' or 'Missouri - Wyoming'. These excel spreadsheets also have local government data, so be sure that the column being used is 'State government amount' in order to get the state budget. Add revenues and expenses into the table under the 'Government Finances' section of the state article. Only add in data for the pre-listed sections. It is easiest to do this in split screen mode on a computer. Using a calculator, calculate the percentage of total and insert that number into the table. The last step is to sort the revenues and expenses with the largest at the top.

Add introduction economic data for countries

At the start of every country article there is a short introduction with a few basic economic statistics. This includes total GDP, population, GDP per capita and real GDP growth rate. Below is listed where to find each statistic. GDP: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD GDP per capita: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD Population: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Real GDP growth rate: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Add corporate and financial institutions statistics

The data for the 'Corporations' and 'Financial Institutions' section can be obtained from company financial statements. These statistics are generally found on the company website under 'Investor Relations'. The financial statistics for U.S. companies can also be found on Google by using keywords: Form 10k, SEC and financial statement. Currently we do not know of a standard list ranking largest corporations by revenue other than Forbes' Fortune 500 list. Unfortunately, the Forbes list does not have enough data for countries not in the top 10 GDP. We are looking for recommendations on how we can formulate a top 10 list. We're assuming that this will be a manual process.

Add largest city statistics for a country

Currently we do not know a single database listing the largest cities for each country. We recommend that editors find reliable sources on Google and add the data individually.

Add GDP by region statistics fro a country

Currently we do not know a single database listing the GDP by region for each country. We recommend that editors find reliable sources on Google and add the data individually.

Add the government budget for a country

Currently we do not know a single database listing all of the budgets for each country. We recommend that editors find reliable sources on Google and add the data individually.

Add the monetary policy data for a country

Currently we do not know a single database listing all of the balance sheets for each central bank in the world. We recommend that editors find reliable sources on Google and add the data individually.