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comment about 'List of U.S. state budgets' article

Hello, 'List of U.S. state budgets' is a very interesting article, nice idea. I just wanted to make one comment about it and that's that I think it could use some clarity on the budget figures, specifically whether the budget number is just the state general fund (revenue from direct state taxes like state income/sales/etc taxes) or the all funds budget that includes special and federal funds in addition to the state general fund. For example, the $97 billion figure cited for California's 2014 budget refers to its general fund only and ignores both 'special funds' and federal funds. When those are all added together in the all-funds budget, the 2014 California state budget totals $200+ billion [Reference#1].

I wanted to point that out because it can be confusing. For example, I live in Oregon and the $60 billion figure cited for that state budget is the all funds budget and its also a two year budget as opposed to an annual budget [Reference#2] so it'd probably have to be cut in half if the article is comparing 12 month fiscal year budgets across states. I was like "no way California has a $97 billion budget while Oregon is $60 billion when there's a ~10x difference in population between the two states." I don't know much about other states but I imagine there could be similar issues with their numbers. Just my thoughts, thanks.

References:

1. http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/06/27/3364399/budget-doesnt-end-fiscal-fears.html

"The budget totals $96.3 billion in general fund spending and more than $200 billion when special funds, bond spending and federal funds are included."

2. http://www.politifact.com/oregon/statements/2013/mar/06/doug-whitsett/would-oregons-budget-be-dramatically-smaller-if-pe/

TimeClock871 (talk) 07:47, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll make sure the article's clearer. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 11:23, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

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5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub Tessa Dare (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
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381 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B History of Georgia (U.S. state) (talk) Cleanup
24 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Zagazig University (talk) Please add more content Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Cleanup
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19 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: C Tribunals in the United Kingdom (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Expand
222 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Governor (United States) (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Expand
33,960 Quality: High, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: FA United States (talk) Expand
610 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Separation of powers under the United States Constitution (talk) Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
1,896 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Constitution (talk) Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
376 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Supreme court (talk) Please add more images Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
29 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub Monegasque Princely Family (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Merge
289 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C UPS Airlines (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Merge
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251 Quality: High, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: FA Sam Brownback (talk) Wikify
263 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Khalid Abdalla (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Wikify
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917 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Mark O'Brien (poet) (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
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15 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub Alias method (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: List, Predicted class: Stub United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more sources Stub

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The method we use to predict article quality also allows us to assess whether an article might need specific types of work in order to improve its quality. The work needed might not correspond to cleanup tags added to the article, since our method is not based on those. We have added five columns reflecting this work assessment, where a red X indicates improvement is needed. Placing your cursor over an X should give you a pop-up with a short description of the work needed. The five columns seek to answer the following five questions:

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435 Quality: High, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: FA Orlando International Airport (talk) Please add more sources Add sources
389 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Add sources
815 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: FA Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (talk) Add sources
413 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: B Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (talk) Add sources
2,005 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: GA Space Shuttle (talk) Add sources
24 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Stub Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub Elena Paparizou & Melisses Live (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Cleanup
29 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Vasantha Maligai (talk) Please add more content Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Cleanup
123 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Ontario International Airport (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Cleanup
15 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Interstate 64 in Missouri (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Expand
3,455 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: FA Tea Party movement (talk) Expand
51 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Geosteering (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Expand
16 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Tracer use in the oil industry (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
180 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: A Deficit reduction in the United States (talk) Unencyclopaedic
128 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Bear hunting (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
140 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: List, Predicted class: B American Airlines accidents and incidents (talk) Please add more images Please add more sources Merge
1,042 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Homicide (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Merge
193 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start National Oilwell Varco (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more sources Merge
70 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: B Wilford Woodruff (talk) Please add more sources Wikify
102 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA Rick Santorum's views on homosexuality (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Wikify
94 Quality: Low, Assessed class: List, Predicted class: Start United States House of Representatives elections, 2006 (talk) Please add more sources Wikify
1 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start United States Senate elections in Delaware (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more sources Orphan
7 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Governorship of George Pataki (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Orphan
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub APEX Youth Center (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start United States gubernatorial elections, 1978 (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more sources Stub
8 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start United States gubernatorial elections, 1980 (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more sources Stub
90 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Owen Roberts International Airport (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more sources Stub
16 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub Base (politics) (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
9 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Marols (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
26 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Succulent Karoo (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub

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We have changed the number of suggested articles and which categories they are selected from. The number of stubs has been greatly reduced, the number of articles needing sources doubled, and two new categories added (orphans and unencyclopaedic articles). We have also modified the layout of the suggestions and added sortable columns with various types of information about each article. The first two columns are:

Views/Day
Daily average number of views an article's had over the past 14 days.
Quality
Predicted article quality on a 1- to 3-star scale. Placing your cursor over the stars should give you a pop-up describing the article's quality (Low/Medium/High), current assessment class, and predicted assessment class.

The method we use to predict article quality also allows us to assess whether an article might need specific types of work in order to improve its quality. The work needed might not correspond to cleanup tags added to the article, since our method is not based on those. We have added five columns reflecting this work assessment, where a red X indicates improvement is needed. Placing your cursor over an X should give you a pop-up with a short description of the work needed. The five columns seek to answer the following five questions:

Content
Is more content needed?
Headings
Does this article have an appropriate section structure?
Images
Is the number of illustrative images about right?
Links
Does this article link to enough other Wikipedia articles?
Sources
For its length, is there an appropriate number of citations to sources in this article?

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly, your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping!

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. Regards from Nettrom (talk), SuggestBot's caretaker. -- SuggestBot (talk) 00:00, 2 October 2013 (UTC)