Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countries/Archive 14/Synth issue worksheet
Per the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countries#Assistance requested with SYNTH issue in country demographic articles, all of these articles contain a table of demographic data broken down by county or region, along with a column labeled, "Equivalent country" or "Comparable country", where the GDP (or HDI) of a given region or county is compared with the GDP/HDI of some other country in the world; for example, in the "Sweden" article, the county of "Stockholm" was compared to the GDP of the Dominican Republic, as the two apparently have a similar GDP. However, this country-comparison column is WP:Original research, because no source contains this comparison; it is an invention of the Wikipedia editor who added the column.
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Here is a (non-exhaustive) list of articles that may need attention for WP:SYNTH issues of this type:
Article list edit
- Comparison between Indian states and countries by GDP (PPP)
- Demographics of Pakistan
- Economy of Indonesia
- List of administrative divisions of Greater China by Human Development Index
- List of administrative divisions of Myanmar by Human Development Index
- List of administrative divisions of Vietnam by Human Development Index
- List of administrative units of Pakistan by Human Development Index
- List of Algerian regions by Human Development Index
- List of Argentine provinces by Human Development Index
- List of Armenian provinces by Human Development Index
- List of Australian states and territories by Human Development Index
- List of Austrian states by Human Development Index
- List of Belgian provinces by Human Development Index
- List of Bolivian departments by Human Development Index
- List of Brazilian federative units by gross regional product
- List of Brazilian states by life expectancy
- List of Brazilian states by literacy rate
- List of Bulgarian provinces by GDP
- List of Bulgarian regions by Human Development Index
- List of Cambodian provinces by Human Development Index
- List of Canadian provinces and territories by gross domestic product
- List of Canadian provinces and territories by Human Development Index
- List of Canadian provinces and territories by life expectancy
- List of ceremonial counties in England by gross value added
- List of Chinese administrative divisions by GDP
- List of Chinese administrative divisions by GDP per capita
- List of Chinese administrative divisions by population
- List of cities in Argentina by population
- List of cities in China by life expectancy
- List of Colombian departments by Human Development Index
- List of Costa Rican provinces by Human Development Index
- List of counties of Albania by Human Development Index
- List of counties of Kenya by GDP
- List of Croatian counties by Human Development Index
- List of Cuban provinces by Human Development Index
- List of Czech regions by GDP
- List of Czech regions by Human Development Index
- List of Danish regions by Human Development Index
- List of departments of Benin by Human Development Index
- List of departments of Haiti by Human Development Index
- List of departments of the Republic of the Congo by Human Development Index
- List of districts in Tamil Nadu by Human Development Index
- List of districts of Belize by Human Development Index
- List of districts of Bhutan by Human Development Index
- List of districts of Botswana by Human Development Index
- List of districts of Kosovo by Human Development Index
- List of districts of Lesotho by Human Development Index
- List of districts of Sierra Leone by Human Development Index
- List of districts of West Bengal
- List of Ecuadorian provinces by Human Development Index
- List of Eritrean regions by Human Development Index
- List of Ethiopian regions by Human Development Index
- List of federal subjects of Russia by GDP per capita
- List of federal subjects of Russia by Human Development Index
- List of Finnish regions by GDP
- List of Finnish regions by Human Development Index
- List of French regions and overseas collectivities by GDP
- List of French regions and overseas departments by GRP per capita
- List of French regions by Human Development Index
- List of Gabonese provinces by Human Development Index
- List of Georgian regions by Human Development Index
- List of German states by GRP
- List of German states by GRP per capita
- List of German states by Human Development Index
- List of Ghanaian regions by Human Development Index
- List of governorates of Egypt by Human Development Index
- List of Governorates of Iraq by Human Development Index
- List of Greek regions by Human Development Index
- List of Guyanese regions by Human Development Index
- List of Honduran departments by Human Development Index
- List of Hungarian counties by GDP
- List of Hungarian regions by Human Development Index
- List of Indian states and union territories by GDP
- List of Indian states and union territories by GDP per capita
- List of Indian states and union territories by Human Development Index
- List of Indonesian provinces by GDP
- List of Indonesian provinces by GRP per capita
- List of Iranian provinces by Human Development Index
- List of Irish regions by Human Development Index
- List of islands of the Comoros by Human Development Index
- List of Italian regions by GRP per capita
- List of Italian regions by Human Development Index
- List of Japanese prefectures by GDP per capita
- List of Japanese prefectures by Human Development Index
- List of Jordanian governorates by Human Development Index
- List of Liberian counties by Human Development Index
- List of local government areas of the Gambia by Human Development Index
- List of Malaysian states by Human Development Index
- List of Mauritanian regions by Human Development Index
- List of Mexican states by GDP
- List of Mexican states by Human Development Index
- List of Mongolian provinces by GDP
- List of municipalities of East Timor by Human Development Index
- List of Namibian regions by Human Development Index
- List of Nepalese provinces by Human Development Index
- List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index
- List of Norwegian counties by GDP
- List of Norwegian regions by Human Development Index
- List of Philippine provinces and regions by Human Development Index
- List of Polish voivodeships by GRP
- List of Polish voivodeships by Human Development Index
- List of Portuguese administrative divisions by GDP
- List of Portuguese regions by Human Development Index
- List of provinces and indigenous regions of Panama by Human Development Index
- List of prefectures of the Central African Republic by Human Development Index
- List of provinces of Angola by Human Development Index
- List of provinces of Equatorial Guinea by Human Development Index
- List of provinces of Kenya by Human Development Index
- List of provinces of Laos by Human Development Index
- List of provinces of Mozambique by Human Development Index
- List of provinces of Papua New Guinea by Human Development Index
- List of provinces of Rwanda by Human Development Index
- List of provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Human Development Index
- List of provinces of the Netherlands by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Afghanistan by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Azerbaijan by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Baltic States by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Bangladesh by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Barbados by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Belarus by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Burkina Faso by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Burundi by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Cameroon by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Eswatini by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Guatemala by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Guinea by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Guinea-Bissau by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Jamaica by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Kazakhstan by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Kuwait by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Kyrgyzstan by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Lebanon by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Libya by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Madagascar by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Mali by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Moldova by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Mongolia by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Montenegro by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Morocco by Human Development Index
- List of regions of New Zealand by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Nicaragua by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Niger by Human Development Index
- List of regions of North Macedonia by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Palestine by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Paraguay by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Peru by GDP
- List of regions of Peru by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Saudi Arabia by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Somalia by Human Development Index
- List of regions of South Korea by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Switzerland by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Tajikistan by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Tanzania by GDP
- List of regions of Tanzania by Human Development Index
- List of regions of the Dominican Republic by Human Development Index
- List of regions of the Philippines by GDP
- List of regions of the United Kingdom by GRP
- List of regions of the United Kingdom by GRP per capita
- List of regions of the United Kingdom by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Trinidad and Tobago by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Tunisia by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Turkmenistan by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Uganda by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Uruguay by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Uzbekistan by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Yemen by Human Development Index
- List of Romanian counties by GDP
- List of Romanian regions by Human Development Index
- List of Russian federal subjects by GRP
- List of Senegalese regions by Human Development Index
- List of Serbian regions by GDP
- List of Serbian regions by Human Development Index
- List of Slovak regions by GDP
- List of Slovak regions by Human Development Index
- List of Slovenian regions by Human Development Index
- List of South African provinces by gross domestic product
- List of South African provinces by gross domestic product per capita
- List of South African provinces by Human Development Index
- List of South Korean regions by GDP
- List of Spanish autonomous communities by gross domestic product
- List of Spanish autonomous communities by Human Development Index
- List of states and union territories of India by area
- List of states and union territories of India by population
- List of states of South Sudan by Human Development Index
- List of Sudanese states by Human Development Index
- List of Swedish counties by GDP
- List of Swedish regions by Human Development Index
- List of Swiss cantons by GRP
- List of the largest country subdivisions by area
- List of Togolese regions by Human Development Index
- List of Turkish provinces by GDP
- List of Turkish regions by Human Development Index
- List of U.S. states and territories by Human Development Index
- List of U.S. states and territories by life expectancy
- List of Ukrainian oblasts and territories by area
- List of Ukrainian regions by Human Development Index
- List of Vietnamese regions by Human Development Index
- List of Zambian provinces by Human Development Index
- List of Zimbabwean provinces by Human Development Index
- Provinces of Zambia
- Ranked list of French regions
- Ranked list of Paraguayan departments
- Ranked lists of Chilean regions
- Ranked lists of Spanish autonomous communities
- Regions of Tanzania
- Regions of Thailand
- States of Venezuela
- West Java
- West Sumatra
Please check the box after fixing any SYNTH issue.
Methodology edit
The tables usually involve four columns, of which the fourth is a "comparable country" column. Generally, the fix involves three things:
- Remove the header cell which contains the term Comparable country (or similar expression like Equivalent country etc.) and the source reference included with it.
- Certain cells occupy the whole row, that is, they span the whole width of the table. If the table is four columns, you'll find something like
| colspan="4"
The "4" needs to be changed to "3" (or whatever one less than the previous number of table columns would be). - In rows that have an individual cell in the last column (i.e., not a colspan), the cell needs to be removed. Typically it contains a country name template (like
{{NAM}}
) or a flag (like{{flag|GER}}
), sometimes a flag icon (like{{flagicon|FRA}}
). It may be preceded by a rowspan (when two adjacent rows have the same country name in the last column), or by a style statement; these need to be taken into account. The last cell in a table is always followed by a new row delimiter (|-
, usually by itself, but could have a style attribute), so you can look for a country or flag template, followed by|-
on the next line.
If you normally use the source editor, try the Visual Editor, which has tools for removing columns from tables.
Some "comparable" expressions: Comparable country, Comparable countries, Comparable economy, Equivalent country, Country similar in area, Country/Indian state, Country comparison, Countries of comparable size, Comparable entity/-ies.
Find candidates edit
These are all list articles, so you can search for "List of" along with some of the other strings frequently seen, like, "List of * by Human Development Index", or "List of * by GDP", and so on.
You can also target just list articles that have tables in them, plus the string "comparable country" or "equivalent country" that appears in the header of the column that normally should be deleted, like this (ideally, all of these links should show no search results):
- Both country + plural, drop "List of": insource:/Comparable countr[eisy]*/ insource:"wikitable sortable" intitle:"by"
Note that if an "insource" search returns a result for an article, but upon viewing it, there doesn't appear to be such a column, you should investigate further. The article may contain the table embedded within html hidden comment delimiters, those columns should be removed as well. This was the case, for example, in List of Indonesian provinces by GDP, through revision 1105861293 of 22 August 2022.
As of 1 September 2022, all three searches above come up empty, so it may be that all articles are repaired, or at least, any that are left don't fit the pattern.