Talk:Network economics

Merger proposal[edit]

@AlisaMay, Shalom Yechiel, Mattisse, Eastlaw, Knutw, Ktr101, Fixuture, PredatoreeX, Albert Simard, EAderhold, Britans, SasiSasi, Ovis.bp, D6, Erud, Robofish, Raymie, Phantomsteve, Teilolondon, Michael Hardy, SchreiberBike, MathewTownsend, Sachalu, SaarKagan, Khazar2, Ashif Shereef, Shaded0, Papparelli, MrOllie, Jodosma, and Marcocapelle:,I think that Network economics should be merged with Network economy; neither of the articles are particularly good (and specially the entry Network economy seems almost unintelligible for people outside the issue), but they seem to be similar in content.--MiguelMadeira (talk) 01:40, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I totally agree, though I note that Network economy is better sourced. I nominated Network economy for AfD in 2010, and aside from the section on Benkler, It hasn't changed much. I have to imagine there's more scholarship on it now, though. On Google Scholar, "network economy" turns up 31,500 results compared to the 22,100 of "network economics", so I'd choose the former in title. Raymie (t • c) 02:54, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely support, both articles are about the same topic and "economy" is better than "economics" (it is about the phenomenon itself, not about the theoretical foundation of the phenomenon). Marcocapelle (talk) 07:33, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thinking more on the issue, perhaps even Network effect is about the same thing?--MiguelMadeira (talk) 16:07, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose; my reading of the topics, they pages are written, is quite different. Network economics relates to Network effect, but Network economy describes the effect of the Information society and social networks, and so is much narrower in scope. While Network economics has an older/broader scope, Network economy is merely a modern example. However Network economics is a poorly-referenced article, and would be better merged to Network effect. Klbrain (talk) 16:32, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Given the last 2 views (including mine), lets switch discussion to the alternative proposal at Talk:Network effect#Merge Network economics. Klbrain (talk) 09:15, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]