Talk:Black Monday (1987)

Small error
"In fact it was not the largest one-day percentage decline in recorded stock market history. That occured on December 12, 1914, when the DJIA fell 24.39%."

This is somewhat correct however there was no trading between 7/30/1914 and 12/14/1914 due to WWI. Due to this lapse in time 1987 is considered to largest single day decline.

Causes...
As I recall, some supply siders attributed the crash to the Senate repealing some of Reagan's tax cuts, such a bill passed committe day prior???

Inconsistent referencing style

 * The referencing style is inconsistent. Will straighten out w/in the next 2 days or so. ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 05:49, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
 * done ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 17:10, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

Will try to add new info, one source at a time
I've got some sources. The standard way to add info might be to gather facts from many sources on one section or subtopic, and add a summary of those, then move to a new subtopic. However, to me that seems to be more work. I think I'll just grab a source, add as much as seems useful from that source, then move to another. That may temporarily make it seem like the whole article is too heavily written from one source... Moreover, some sources I get around to using later may modify info from ones used earlier. That's OK too, in the long run. ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 08:44, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Passing on what has passed unto you is not a crime Ta Seven (talk) 17:50, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

GA/FAC push (slow and steady, maybe three months?)
OK, I'm declaring an official GA/FAC push for this article. :-) It will almost certainly take at least two or three months before it's even ready to go into a Content Review process (PR, GA, FAC), so there's no three-alarm rush or anything. I will be working slow and steady. Any and all who wish to do so are welcome to join in. ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 04:53, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Making progress. Adding global perspective; should add 3 or 4 more countries. The "Background" section is relatively pathetic. I haven't done much of anything there yet. ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 07:14, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Well I put it up for GA. After 345 edits we've gone from this to this. We'll see what happens... or whoever is around will see. Cheers. ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 01:57, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Infobox "Cause" section not verified by WP:RS. Does it match body text?
Infoboxes are a bit of a problem in many articles. This one may or may not be. The "Causes" bullet points are not supported by WP:RS. Far worse, do they even match the body text? If not, then delete as WP:OR. OneOffUserName (talk) 01:13, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

"Probable causes" section added by blocked IP, some poor sources
I really, really need to look into this edit by a [blocked IP]. It escaped my notice because of an innocuous and HIGHLY MISLEADING edit summary, and because it only seemed to add 10kb text.. but it seems it actually added far more than 10kb while subtracting a lot to balance the total... I may not have time soon, will get to it sometime...OneOffUserName (talk) 08:10, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Countries affected
The first introductory paragraph mentions "twenty-three major world markets" (third sentence) and "twenty-three major industrial countries" (sixth sentence); however, footnote [A] lists the following "markets": Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States - there are only 22. Which is the 23rd? The UK isn't listed ... should it be? Prisoner of Zenda (talk) 01:54, 19 October 2021 (UTC)