SOFTBOOK

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LouriePieterse 06:31, 6 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hello--I've noticed you're adding or substituting transaction many places. I'm not clear what this adds, but it looks to me like it's cluttering things up a bit. Is there an important (and generally recognized) distinction between "transaction" versus "trade" or "exchange", that needs to be referenced?

I'm also unsure about your article Transaction mechanism. The only reference there appears to be a conference paper. If that's the case, those usually don't qualify as reliable sources. My web search on "transaction mechanism" shows it as mostly related to electronic communication, rather than game theory, economics, or mechanism design. CRETOG8(t/c) 16:45, 6 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hello again-I'm going to start undoing your edits. Don't worry, we can discuss it and put some back if they're appropriate, Wikipedia saves the old versions. CRETOG8(t/c) 04:29, 7 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

...and again. Please let's discuss this, either here, or on an article talk page or at the Economics WikiProject. I'm not comfortable with the terminology you're using. I'm also leaning towards nominating both transaction mechanism and mechanism (sociology) for deletion. CRETOG8(t/c) 03:03, 15 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but all Wikipedia articles must meet our criteria for inclusion (see What Wikipedia is not and Deletion policy). Since it does not seem that AI WU meets these criteria, an editor has started a discussion about whether this article should be kept or deleted.

Your opinion on whether this article meets the inclusion criteria is welcome. Please contribute to the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AI WU. Don't forget to add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of each of your comments to sign them.

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(It sounds like you're working on interesting things, but it's not appropriate for Wikipedia until you're more notable.) CRETOG8(t/c) 16:20, 15 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

The article Transaction mechanism has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Article on unknown idea in economics with ref to single unreviewed conference paper.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. CRETOG8(t/c) 06:20, 23 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

An article that you have been involved in editing, Transaction mechanism, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Transaction mechanism. Thank you.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. CRETOG8(t/c) 05:32, 2 October 2009 (UTC)Reply