User:Dave Gilligan/sandbox

User:Dave Gilligan This seems to be becoming more and more complicated: If I don't copy and paste the part of the article in question, but want clarification from the author(s), --to whom you(?) might send notice of this self-same page?????--then what should I actually do?

The following sentence doesn't add up: (Starting with bold type in the initial article, I will now bold font the issue.)

"In 2000, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland published a report that found that 1.6% of           Americans received an inheritance of $100,000 or more and an additional 1.1%               received an inheritance worth $50,000 to $100,000 while the other 91.9%

of Americans did not receive an inheritance. "

It is quite possible that the wording should be "another 91.9%". The three figures given add up to less than 95%.

Do I need to identify what Article and/or page of which this section is part?

I aligned the percentages above one another. Does this get lost in 'translation'?

In case this answers your question: The article is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_policy_and_economic_inequality_in_the_United_States Dave Gilligan (talk) 00:02, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Under, "Changes in Economic Inequality in America"--about 15 lines down in the second paragraph, "quartiles" apparently mean "quintiles". But, if so: The authors must be missing either the 41-60 group, or the 61-80 group.