Talk:Econophysics

History section has (maybe) one secondary ref.
If we can't find secondary refs that outline a history of econophysics we need to delete the section. Wikipedia reports on sources not events. Johnjbarton (talk) 14:55, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Book referenced is not a secondary source.
The reference: has 16 citations on Google scholar, some by Kondratenko and several by David Orrell. The book chapters are synopsis of Kondratenko work, not a review. Johnjbarton (talk) 00:06, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Kondratenko, Anatoly. Probabilistic economic theory. Litres, 2022.

Restructured table of contents in preparation for merger
The result of Articles for deletion/Quantum economics was to merge that article into this one. I have reorged the TOC to make context for the merger under "Subfields" Johnjbarton (talk) 01:22, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Merger of Quantum economics
A proposal was made to delete the page on Quantum economics. I contested this on April 15, on the basis that the field has its own journal and so on, but a decision was made on April 16 to merge with Econophysics. This decision appears to be based on a single paper (and the only one published in the last five years) which mentions "quantum econophysics" in the title (Arioli and Valente, 2021). Quantum economics is distinct from econophysics because it does not focus exclusively on things like financial statistics and time series, but also considers broader effects from quantum social science such as quantum cognition and quantum game theory. It is therefore not appropriate to merge Quantum economics with Econophysics and again I ask that this decision be revised. Sjm3 (talk) 12:13, 17 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry that the decision did not go the way you hoped. Now that I have looked in to the references in more detail I would urge that quantum economics be deleted altogether. I am struggling to find enough material to include in a paragraph for the merger.
 * I know you are passionate for this topic, but your arguments are based on criteria that are not relevant for Wikipedia. Future prospects, logic, truth, organizational clarity: none of these matter. The criteria are spelled out in Notability. Johnjbarton (talk) 16:21, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I completed the merge of quantum economics. If reliable secondary review articles are found the section can be expanded, but based on what I have read this seems unlikely in the near future. Johnjbarton (talk) 18:34, 17 April 2024 (UTC)