Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of basic economics topics

The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page. No further edits should be made to this page. The closing editor's comments were: 11 days, 2 support, 3 oppose. Lack of consensus and active discussion. Fail. Scorpion⁰⁴²² 17:14, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is an excellent overview of the subject of economics, and one of the best entries in the collection of Lists of basic topics. The Transhumanist    18:13, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Oppose There are no sources. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 21:14, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's a table of contents on a fundamental subject. What needs to be sourced, exactly? The Transhumanist    03:32, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Even if it is obvious, it needs some kind of source, otherwise it's OR. I'm uncomfortable about supporting an FLC with no sources whatsoever. As well, the lead should be longer and there should be something explaining all of the big topics ("Nature of economics", "Branches of Economics", etc.) -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 02:12, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • What kind of sources? Would references to the entries of an economics dictionary suffice? The Transhumanist    07:50, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Conditional Support I dont like the section on History of economics, which purely has the link to the page of that name. Either white something there, put the link in a "see also" section or something else. Red links might need an article written on them. Twenty Years 16:14, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • OK, I've covered up through the Industrial Revolution. If you like the approach there, I'll bring it up to present. The Transhumanist    01:07, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Perfect. Twenty Years 08:18, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong oppose This is what Portals are for. Colin°^Talk 16:37, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: portals don't come close to serving the same purpose as these lists. Basic topic lists are outlines that serve as tables of contents to their respective subjects. They are generally more systematic and more extensive than portals, because portals devote much of their space to displaying sample articles on a rotating schedule. Basic topic lists are a breakdown of the subject in a standard cheat sheet format. Portals are a main page/project hybrid and serve editors and readers, while tables of contents (basic topic lists) are a type of article and are intended just for readers. Basic topic lists are more like site maps, and are part of the encyclopedia itself. Portals and basic topic lists are two very different animals. Portals would be much too long if the basic topic lists were tacked on to them. The Transhumanist    01:55, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • We have Lists of mathematics topics in our FL crew... Circeus 03:11, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose
  • As with the geography list, images within the article and intro text to the sections would greatly enhance the list's usefulness.
  • "Nature of economics" is of very dubious usefulness as a section header
  • Dubious use of columns in the smaller section
  • Needs actual content under "Economics scholar"
  • "Economics lists" is a pointless section: 2 of them are used as "main lists" already (one in the previous section!), and "List of economics topics" should be the {{main}} list for "General economics topics".
  • "List of scholarly journals in economics" is not a topic of study in economics itself (though it could go into an adjusted "economics scholarship" section alongside the list of economics and other appropriate articles).
  • No reason not to use {{main}}
  • Links need to be double-checked: "Seven-generation sustainability" redirected to Seventh Generation (a disambiguation page) instead of Seven generation sustainability. I fixed that.
• Circeus 03:24, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]