Talk:Wage regulation

POV

This is seriously lacking neutral point of view. Chris01720 23:07, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As I said on my talk page in response to your message, and I thought I should also clarify here, I created this article only as a split from the National Minimum Wage Act - the original creator of all of the content on this page was User:Wikidea. I am not an expert in this field and am currently too busy to look at this article properly, but I do think that with some attention it can be saved. ^Tom _Phil 09:24, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Depoving the page

It should read more soundly. I didn't realise this section of the original whole was still around. I will expand the rest shortly. Wik idea 11:02, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The issue with this article has a lot to do with a bias and unworldly view. You don't have to, but it would be beneficial for the article if you did some research about wage regulation in other parts of the world. Also, I've read what you have so far and it still carries an underlying biased tone and undue weight. Also, you spelled "realize" wrong in the previous article and again in your entry above this in the talk page. If you use Firefox for your internet browser it has a built-in spell checker, which is handy for editing wikipedia articles. Chris01720 23:03, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is a quoting something you wrote in the wage regulation article:

"Professor Becker keeps a blog with well known academic and judge, Richard Posner. Posner is a lawyer and economist, and wrote a book called Economic Analysis of Law. His starting assumption is that unions are the cartelisation of the labour market. Both would agree, that if its aim is to improve the living standards of society, wage regulation defeats itself. Posner says, “Economics is not a theory about consciousness."

This is not okay because it is treating one person's opinion on a subject as fact. Plenty of people feel that wage regulation is necessary and can come up with reasons that society wouldn't survive without it. Please try and write just as much about the pros and cons, not having undue weight, and state the facts. At no point should the article suggest that one method is better than the other. Remember, state the facts; and facts cannot be argued with...by anyone. Otherwise they aren't facts. While you're writing it think "is this a statement that some may object to as not being a fact?" Chris01720 23:17, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I realise that in the States (or wherever you're from) you spell things differently, but maybe you should realise that there is more than one way of doing it! We usually use 's's where you use 'z's because we find it more civilised (okay, enough joking). Thank you for your comments, and I will try to become more worldly for you. The point of the stuff about Posner, is not that I agree (far from it) but to inform people. Perhaps you could try and write something yourself? Wik idea 10:04, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I knew that some things are spelled different in the UK than in the US. But usually my spell checker doesn't mark the British spellings incorrect, but it did for "realise", so I'm sorry about that. I really don't know that much about wage regulation, in fact I'm not sure how I originally came across the article. I don't know enough about it to edit the article; but when I came across it, it seemed to be have undue weight and read like an essay. Often times the best encyclopedia article would fail as an essay or thesis because of the language and style. Also, you seem to be putting 'u's after your 'o's in various places they shouldn't be. What is this "colour" and "labour", do you mean "color" and "labor"? Just kidding. Chris01720

Yes, it did read far too much like an essay - as I said above, I thought it'd been deleted already! "Wage regulation" is necessarily a bit of a patchwork article because I suppose it combines a lot of distinct ideas, so all I think is needed is to expand on the stubs from the links to main articles. At some stage. Wik idea 10:59, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]