Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Debt per capita


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The result was   merge to List of countries by external debt. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 02:25, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Debt per capita

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This list is simply reproduced from a single source,. Not of any real encyclopaedic value. Speedy tag removed by User:ArnoldReinhold Jezhotwells (talk) 23:08, 15 November 2009 (UTC)


 * MergeThere must be an article on here somwhere that this information can be included into, however, it should be done in a non-copied way Alan  -  talk  05:08, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep "Not of any real encylopaedic value". I'd have to disagree, but economics isn't of interest to everyone.  This is a logical counterpart to per-capita income, although I'd like to see the table expanded to show the latest figures on debt and the population, so the figures can be seen.  Certainly, it overcomes the original synthesis objections by having at least one source.  The one source objection seems to be more like a case of a "damned if you do or don't" problem. Mandsford (talk) 17:50, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, or Merge if a suitable target presents itself or redirect to List of countries by external debt, but don't delete. Encyclopedic value is obvious. --Lambiam 21:40, 16 November 2009 (UTC) (Revised 13:03, 19 November 2009 (UTC))
 * Comment. The information in the table is already presented in better context as a column in a sortable table in List of countries by external debt. There is certainly scope for an encyclopedia article about the concept of debt per capita, as can be seen from a quick scan of Google Books search results for "debt per capita" and "per capita debt", but as it stands this article is only a dictionary definition and a table of information that we have elsewhere. Phil Bridger (talk) 17:11, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge any relevant information (although they both sources draw from the CIA World Factbook, so untelling whether there is anything additional). Good catch on that.  As Lambiam says, encyclopedic value is obvious.  Mandsford (talk) 18:57, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.