Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of countries by economic freedom


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The result was   delete. The tables themselves are already in the index articles, and the comparison is WP:OR.  Sandstein  07:07, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

List of countries by economic freedom

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This article is a composition of ratings based on contested and largely spurious assertions about "freedom" in the economy. Being based on a libertarian thinktank's personal views about what "freedom" means (presumably it means deregulation, no labour laws, no consumer protection, low taxes, etc, etc) it is not fit to be an encyclopedia article. It should be merged with Index of Economic Freedom - which must itself make clear that any rankings are based on subjective and politicised evaluations - and this article itself should be deleted. It's about as good as me creating a page on "List of Wikidea's favourite varieties of beer". I should add, I find this quite interesting, and I appreciate someone probably went to some trouble composing this - but the information should be merged and this page should be deleted.  Wik idea  20:20, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:48, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete This article takes two tables published by separate organizations and compares them, which is original research.  The tables are already correctly shown under the articles Index of Economic Freedom and Economic Freedom of the World.  The Four Deuces (talk) 01:28, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: Until three recent edits, the article baldly presented the rankings, without discussing comparison  or contrast. (Certainly that statistical analysis needs “reliable” sourcing if it is to be retained.) — SlamDiego  &#8592;T  03:40, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete for reason mentioned by The Four Deuces. Geschichte (talk) 08:43, 12 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep I found this information to be helpful, though I would like more explaination as to how these two organizations ranked the nations XM (talk) 12:32, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
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