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Further details are available <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/UC_Denver/PBHL_2052_(Spring_2018)" title="Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UC Denver/PBHL 2052 (Spring 2018)">on the course page</a>. Student editor(s): <a href="/wiki/User:Brianburma" title="User:Brianburma">Brianburma</a>. </p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Above undated message substituted from <a href="/wiki/Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org_assignment" title="Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment">Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment</a> by <a href="/wiki/User:PrimeBOT" title="User:PrimeBOT">PrimeBOT</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:PrimeBOT" class="mw-redirect" title="User talk:PrimeBOT">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-PrimeBOT-2022-01-16T19:24:00.000Z-Wiki_Education_Foundation-supported_course_assignment" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">19:24, 16 January 2022 (UTC)</a></span><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-PrimeBOT-2022-01-16T19:24:00.000Z-Wiki_Education_Foundation-supported_course_assignment"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-PrimeBOT-2022-01-16T19:24:00.000Z-Wiki_Education_Foundation-supported_course_assignment"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Use_a_more_up_to_date_map_in_the_lead?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Use_a_more_up_to_date_map_in_the_lead?-2021-04-29T02:48:00.000Z"><span id="Use_a_more_up_to_date_map_in_the_lead.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Use_a_more_up_to_date_map_in_the_lead?-2021-04-29T02:48:00.000Z"></span>Use a more up to date map in the lead?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Use_a_more_up_to_date_map_in_the_lead?-2021-04-29T02:48:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Developed_country&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Use a more up to date map in the lead?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-EMsmile-2021-04-29T02:48:00.000Z-Use_a_more_up_to_date_map_in_the_lead?"></span>The current world map used for the image in the lead is from 2008. Could we replace it with a more current one? Does someone have one available? It might be useful to keep the 2008 image further down below in the main body to show any changes (if there were any significant ones). <a href="/wiki/User:EMsmile" title="User:EMsmile">EMsmile</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:EMsmile" title="User talk:EMsmile">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-EMsmile-2021-04-29T02:48:00.000Z-Use_a_more_up_to_date_map_in_the_lead?" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">02:48, 29 April 2021 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-EMsmile-2021-04-29T02:48:00.000Z-Use_a_more_up_to_date_map_in_the_lead?"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-EMsmile-2021-04-29T02:48:00.000Z-Use_a_more_up_to_date_map_in_the_lead?"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Piotrus-2022-06-02T10:43:00.000Z-EMsmile-2021-04-29T02:48:00.000Z"></span>@<a href="/wiki/User:EMsmile" title="User:EMsmile">EMsmile</a> I assume you refer to <a href="/wiki/File:IMF_advanced_UN_least_developed.svg" title="File:IMF advanced UN least developed.svg">File:IMF advanced UN least developed.svg</a>. You might have gotten a reply earlier if you pinged the map authors: <span class="template-ping">@<a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Crab2814&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Crab2814 (page does not exist)">Crab2814</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Wikimaps34" title="User:Wikimaps34">Wikimaps34</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:LaundryPizza03" title="User:LaundryPizza03">LaundryPizza03</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:JShark" title="User:JShark">JShark</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Batreeq" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Batreeq">Batreeq</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Allice_Hunter" title="User:Allice Hunter">Allice Hunter</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:CLWKevin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:CLWKevin (page does not exist)">CLWKevin</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Smurfy" title="User:Smurfy">Smurfy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/User:Spacepotato" title="User:Spacepotato">Spacepotato</a>:</span> 2022 IMF list is here: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2022/01/weodata/groups.htm">https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2022/01/weodata/groups.htm</a> <sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;"><a href="/wiki/User:Piotrus" title="User:Piotrus">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus</a>|<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Piotrus" title="User talk:Piotrus"><span style="color:#7CFC00;background:#006400;"> reply here</span></a></sub> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-Piotrus-2022-06-02T10:43:00.000Z-EMsmile-2021-04-29T02:48:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">10:43, 2 June 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Piotrus-2022-06-02T10:43:00.000Z-EMsmile-2021-04-29T02:48:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Piotrus-2022-06-02T10:43:00.000Z-EMsmile-2021-04-29T02:48:00.000Z"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Allice_Hunter-2022-06-02T17:34:00.000Z-Piotrus-2022-06-02T10:43:00.000Z"></span>I'm going to create a new map with up-to-date info. − <a href="/wiki/User:Allice_Hunter" title="User:Allice Hunter"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:#4B0082;"><i><b>Allice Hunter</b></i></span></a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Allice_Hunter" title="User talk:Allice Hunter"><span style="color:#7B68EE; font-style:oblique;"><sup>(Inbox)</sup></span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-Allice_Hunter-2022-06-02T17:34:00.000Z-Piotrus-2022-06-02T10:43:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">17:34, 2 June 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Allice_Hunter-2022-06-02T17:34:00.000Z-Piotrus-2022-06-02T10:43:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Allice_Hunter-2022-06-02T17:34:00.000Z-Piotrus-2022-06-02T10:43:00.000Z"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-EMsmile-2022-06-02T21:49:00.000Z-Allice_Hunter-2022-06-02T17:34:00.000Z"></span>Thanks, looking forward to it, <a href="/wiki/User:Allice_Hunter" title="User:Allice Hunter">User:Allice Hunter</a>. Thanks also for the ping, <a href="/wiki/User:Piotrus" title="User:Piotrus">User:Piotrus</a>, I hadn't thought of pinging map authors. Somehow thought that map had just been taken from somewhere. <a href="/wiki/User:EMsmile" title="User:EMsmile">EMsmile</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:EMsmile" title="User talk:EMsmile">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-EMsmile-2022-06-02T21:49:00.000Z-Allice_Hunter-2022-06-02T17:34:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">21:49, 2 June 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-EMsmile-2022-06-02T21:49:00.000Z-Allice_Hunter-2022-06-02T17:34:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-EMsmile-2022-06-02T21:49:00.000Z-Allice_Hunter-2022-06-02T17:34:00.000Z"></span> <dl><dd><span class="template-ping"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-LaundryPizza03-2022-06-02T23:11:00.000Z-EMsmile-2022-06-02T21:49:00.000Z"></span>@<a href="/wiki/User:EMsmile" title="User:EMsmile">EMsmile</a> and <a href="/wiki/User:Allice_Hunter" title="User:Allice Hunter">Allice Hunter</a>:</span> I'm pretty sure I updated the map recently, specifically with regards to countries like <a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a> that have undergone a recent status change. Also, the map has <a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a> on it, so it can't be from 2008. Either way, you could have just updated the existing one instead of creating a new map from scratch. –<a href="/wiki/User:LaundryPizza03" title="User:LaundryPizza03"><b style="color:#77b">Laundry</b><b style="color:#fb0">Pizza</b><b style="color:#b00">03</b></a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:LaundryPizza03" title="User talk:LaundryPizza03"><span style="color:#0d0">d</span></a><a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/LaundryPizza03" title="Special:Contributions/LaundryPizza03"><span style="color:#0bf">c̄</span></a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-LaundryPizza03-2022-06-02T23:11:00.000Z-EMsmile-2022-06-02T21:49:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">23:11, 2 June 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-LaundryPizza03-2022-06-02T23:11:00.000Z-EMsmile-2022-06-02T21:49:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-LaundryPizza03-2022-06-02T23:11:00.000Z-EMsmile-2022-06-02T21:49:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Allice_Hunter-2022-06-03T11:27:00.000Z-EMsmile-2021-04-29T02:48:00.000Z"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IMF_advanced_UN_least_developed.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Old map"><img alt="Old map" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/IMF_advanced_UN_least_developed.svg/120px-IMF_advanced_UN_least_developed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/IMF_advanced_UN_least_developed.svg/180px-IMF_advanced_UN_least_developed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/IMF_advanced_UN_least_developed.svg/240px-IMF_advanced_UN_least_developed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="940" data-file-height="477"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Old map</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IMF_advanced_economies_and_UN_least_developed_countries.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="New map"><img alt="New map" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/IMF_advanced_economies_and_UN_least_developed_countries.svg/120px-IMF_advanced_economies_and_UN_least_developed_countries.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/IMF_advanced_economies_and_UN_least_developed_countries.svg/180px-IMF_advanced_economies_and_UN_least_developed_countries.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/IMF_advanced_economies_and_UN_least_developed_countries.svg/240px-IMF_advanced_economies_and_UN_least_developed_countries.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2192" data-file-height="1135"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">New map</div> </li> </ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd><span class="template-ping">@<a href="/wiki/User:LaundryPizza03" title="User:LaundryPizza03">LaundryPizza03</a>:</span> sorry for that. I only realised the map was up-to-date after I uploaded the new map and checked the old versions of the old one. Well it still had the upload date in the filename. At least, in my opinion, the new version is easier to see (especially Europe) due to using another projection and not having Antarctica on it. − <a href="/wiki/User:Allice_Hunter" title="User:Allice Hunter"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:#4B0082;"><i><b>Allice Hunter</b></i></span></a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Allice_Hunter" title="User talk:Allice Hunter"><span style="color:#7B68EE; font-style:oblique;"><sup>(Inbox)</sup></span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-Allice_Hunter-2022-06-03T11:27:00.000Z-EMsmile-2021-04-29T02:48:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">11:27, 3 June 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Allice_Hunter-2022-06-03T11:27:00.000Z-EMsmile-2021-04-29T02:48:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Allice_Hunter-2022-06-03T11:27:00.000Z-EMsmile-2021-04-29T02:48:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd> <dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Piotrus-2022-06-03T12:19:00.000Z-Allice_Hunter-2022-06-03T11:27:00.000Z"></span>Something I'd like to note is that the current division into advanced, developing and least developed is problematic. Any classifications that doesn't distinguish between Poland & Hungary and Kenya & Nigeria, for example, is a joke (likewise, I've visited Poland and Czech Republic often, and I can tell you that there is no visible difference between them, so anyone who thinks crossing the border between one and the other will be noticeable will be for quite a surprise). I know, I know, we just report the data, it's IMF that calls the shots, but that's why such terms are seriously flawed. FYI I am doing some research work in which we considered a slit into developing and developed countries, but it's simply no going to work with the IMF data (Poland=/=Kenya). I think we will be dividing the world into G7+Advanced Economy+EU vs the rest, which mostly correlates to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/HDI">HDI</a> 0.85+ (note that HDI 0.8+, which is their "very highly developed countries" bracket, is rather too broad as well). Frankly, <a href="/wiki/World_Bank_high-income_economy" title="World Bank high-income economy">World Bank high-income economy</a> is much better at showing the division between what we usually think is developed and developing (that, or HDI 0.85+). PS. For the map, I think making one based on <a href="/wiki/Developed_country#Comparative_table_(2022)" title="Developed country">Developed_country#Comparative_table_(2022)</a> might be valuable. <sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;"><a href="/wiki/User:Piotrus" title="User:Piotrus">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus</a>|<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Piotrus" title="User talk:Piotrus"><span style="color:#7CFC00;background:#006400;"> reply here</span></a></sub> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-Piotrus-2022-06-03T12:19:00.000Z-Allice_Hunter-2022-06-03T11:27:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">12:19, 3 June 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Piotrus-2022-06-03T12:19:00.000Z-Allice_Hunter-2022-06-03T11:27:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Piotrus-2022-06-03T12:19:00.000Z-Allice_Hunter-2022-06-03T11:27:00.000Z"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-EMsmile-2022-06-07T11:00:00.000Z-Piotrus-2022-06-03T12:19:00.000Z"></span>Thanks for sorting out this map issue. I've just improved the image caption in the lead to made it clear who has classified the countries like this and when. Should we show the old map further down for comparison/archiving purposes? - @<a href="/wiki/User:Piotrus" title="User:Piotrus">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus</a> I share your pain; maybe we can alert readers to these issues to make them more aware of the the "crude" nature of this classification. I also wonder how we can avoid too much overlap between this article and the one on <a href="/wiki/Developing_countries" class="mw-redirect" title="Developing countries">developing countries</a> which presumably should have the same maps. <a href="/wiki/User:EMsmile" title="User:EMsmile">EMsmile</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:EMsmile" title="User talk:EMsmile">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-EMsmile-2022-06-07T11:00:00.000Z-Piotrus-2022-06-03T12:19:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">11:00, 7 June 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-EMsmile-2022-06-07T11:00:00.000Z-Piotrus-2022-06-03T12:19:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-EMsmile-2022-06-07T11:00:00.000Z-Piotrus-2022-06-03T12:19:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Split_up_ranking_table" data-mw-thread-id="h-Split_up_ranking_table-2021-08-12T15:39:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Split_up_ranking_table-2021-08-12T15:39:00.000Z"></span>Split up ranking table<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Split_up_ranking_table-2021-08-12T15:39:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Developed_country&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Split up ranking table"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-161.151.254.42-2021-08-12T15:39:00.000Z-Split_up_ranking_table"></span>The table used for ranking developed economies is way too large, and is not mobile friendly. On a desktop it massively expands the size of the page. It needs to be trimmed down and broken up into multiple tables. <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/161.151.254.42" title="Special:Contributions/161.151.254.42">161.151.254.42</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:161.151.254.42&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:161.151.254.42 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-161.151.254.42-2021-08-12T15:39:00.000Z-Split_up_ranking_table" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">15:39, 12 August 2021 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-161.151.254.42-2021-08-12T15:39:00.000Z-Split_up_ranking_table"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-161.151.254.42-2021-08-12T15:39:00.000Z-Split_up_ranking_table"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_all_crap!" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_all_crap!-2022-04-07T16:31:00.000Z"><span id="What_all_crap.21"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_all_crap!-2022-04-07T16:31:00.000Z"></span>What all crap!<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_all_crap!-2022-04-07T16:31:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Developed_country&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: What all crap!"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-61.3.188.14-2022-04-07T16:31:00.000Z-What_all_crap!"></span>QUOTE: Many developed countries were only seen to have "developed" from the Industrial Age which preceded the age of colonialism, which redistributed the wealth of countries such as India during the British colonisation of India during Europe's rivalry for conquest of the world.[7 END OF QUOTE </p><p>India was created by the English rule. And the millions of slave populations were liberated. As of now, literally millions live like worms in India. No one cares about them. The academic creep who wrote the misinformation about the English rule should be made to experience life as a menial servant under the Indian bosses. Current this creep will be earning around 30 to 40 times the earnings of a common citizen in India. <small class="autosigned">— Preceding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">unsigned</a> comment added by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/61.3.188.14" title="Special:Contributions/61.3.188.14">61.3.188.14</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:61.3.188.14&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:61.3.188.14 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-61.3.188.14-2022-04-07T16:31:00.000Z-What_all_crap!" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">16:31, 7 April 2022 (UTC)</a></small><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-61.3.188.14-2022-04-07T16:31:00.000Z-What_all_crap!"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-61.3.188.14-2022-04-07T16:31:00.000Z-What_all_crap!"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="guinea_papua_new_guinea=least_developed" data-mw-thread-id="h-guinea_papua_new_guinea=least_developed-2022-04-13T17:35:00.000Z"><span id="guinea_papua_new_guinea.3Dleast_developed"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-guinea_papua_new_guinea=least_developed-2022-04-13T17:35:00.000Z"></span>guinea papua new guinea=least developed<span data-mw-comment-end="h-guinea_papua_new_guinea=least_developed-2022-04-13T17:35:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Developed_country&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: guinea papua new guinea=least developed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-46.106.197.230-2022-04-13T17:35:00.000Z-guinea_papua_new_guinea=least_developed"></span>Rich in gas, gold and copper, Papua New Guinea is also one of the world's least developed countries. Most of the population lives in remote communities that can be only be reached by aircraft or on foot. Oil, gas and mining account for almost 30% of the country's gross domestic product.<small class="autosigned">— Preceding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">unsigned</a> comment added by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/46.106.197.230" title="Special:Contributions/46.106.197.230">46.106.197.230</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:46.106.197.230#top" title="User talk:46.106.197.230">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-46.106.197.230-2022-04-13T17:35:00.000Z-guinea_papua_new_guinea=least_developed" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">17:35, 13 April 2022 (UTC)</a></small><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-46.106.197.230-2022-04-13T17:35:00.000Z-guinea_papua_new_guinea=least_developed"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-46.106.197.230-2022-04-13T17:35:00.000Z-guinea_papua_new_guinea=least_developed"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Removed_criticism_(needs_a_rewrite)" data-mw-thread-id="h-Removed_criticism_(needs_a_rewrite)-2022-06-09T12:14:00.000Z"><span id="Removed_criticism_.28needs_a_rewrite.29"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Removed_criticism_(needs_a_rewrite)-2022-06-09T12:14:00.000Z"></span>Removed criticism (needs a rewrite)<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Removed_criticism_(needs_a_rewrite)-2022-06-09T12:14:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Developed_country&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Removed criticism (needs a rewrite)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Piotrus-2022-06-09T12:14:00.000Z-Removed_criticism_(needs_a_rewrite)"></span>I <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Developed_country&type=revision&diff=1092296574&oldid=1092171104&diffmode=source">removed</a> the criticism section, here's my rationale: this entire section should go, due to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPOV">WP:NPOV</a> attitude (this article has no praise section, and the one on developing countries, no criticism of them); second, this is OR/poorly referenced - mostly to random newspaper editorials, and not a single source provides a criticism of developed countries as a group, they are mostly rants against one particular country, mashed together (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SYNTH" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SYNTH">WP:SYNTH</a>). Arguably the worst as about Korea, some fringe hateful interpretation of <a href="/wiki/Korean_Miracle" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean Miracle">Korean Miracle</a> in the form of "Additionally, some countries involvement in proxy wars such as South Korea's involvement in <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam</a> secured it $993 million in earnings for siding with American forces, propelling it from a poor country to one of the richest countries on Earth due to undue gains.", referenced to a work about Korean history that mentions numerous reasons for Korea's improvement, in which their involvement in Vietnam was a pretty minor aspect. </p><p>This is not to say such a section cannot be restored, but it needs to be based on sources discussing criticism of developed countries as a whole, not on newspaper rants about how one particular country pillaged a colony or several. Criticism of developed countries is very much a thing in scholarly literature, and such a section should discuss stuff related to explanations of <a href="/wiki/International_inequality" title="International inequality">international inequality</a>, ex. <a href="/wiki/Dependency_theory" title="Dependency theory">Dependency theory</a> and <a href="/wiki/World-systems_theory" title="World-systems theory">World-systems theory</a>. </p><p>Since much of the current section was a compilation of newspaper rants (ex. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://historyofyesterday.com/how-britain-looted-45-trillion-from-india-2e923dfb2efb">How Britain Looted $45 Trillion From India</a>", "[Aboriginal Australians 'still suffering effects of colonial past' Aboriginal Australians 'still suffering effects of colonial past']", "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/Holocaust/swiss-kept-billions.html">Swiss kept billions in looted Nazi gold</a>", "How Korea got Rich", etc.), I removed it per <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TNT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TNT">WP:TNT</a>. <sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;"><a href="/wiki/User:Piotrus" title="User:Piotrus">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus</a>|<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Piotrus" title="User talk:Piotrus"><span style="color:#7CFC00;background:#006400;"> reply here</span></a></sub> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-Piotrus-2022-06-09T12:14:00.000Z-Removed_criticism_(needs_a_rewrite)" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">12:14, 9 June 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Piotrus-2022-06-09T12:14:00.000Z-Removed_criticism_(needs_a_rewrite)"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Piotrus-2022-06-09T12:14:00.000Z-Removed_criticism_(needs_a_rewrite)"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Bhuyquang1-20220820152700-Piotrus-2022-06-09T12:14:00.000Z"></span>America's involvement in Vietnam was a major historical event for the latter. Don't forget that.</dd> <dd>Re: <a href="/wiki/User:Piotrus" title="User:Piotrus">Piotrus</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/User:Bhuyquang1" title="User:Bhuyquang1">Quang, Bùi Huy</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Bhuyquang1" title="User talk:Bhuyquang1">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-Bhuyquang1-20220820152700-Piotrus-2022-06-09T12:14:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">15:27, 20 August 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Bhuyquang1-20220820152700-Piotrus-2022-06-09T12:14:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Bhuyquang1-20220820152700-Piotrus-2022-06-09T12:14:00.000Z"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Bhuyquang1-20220820153000-Bhuyquang1-20220820152700"></span>Not only is America's, but other countries' as well.<br/> <a href="/wiki/User:Bhuyquang1" title="User:Bhuyquang1">Quang, Bùi Huy</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Bhuyquang1" title="User talk:Bhuyquang1">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-Bhuyquang1-20220820153000-Bhuyquang1-20220820152700" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">15:30, 20 August 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Bhuyquang1-20220820153000-Bhuyquang1-20220820152700"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Bhuyquang1-20220820153000-Bhuyquang1-20220820152700"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Piotrus-20220821023900-Bhuyquang1-20220820153000"></span>Which is very relevant to the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Vietnam" title="History of Vietnam">history of Vietnam</a> but mostly <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UNDUE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UNDUE">WP:UNDUE</a> here. <sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;"><a href="/wiki/User:Piotrus" title="User:Piotrus">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus</a>|<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Piotrus" title="User talk:Piotrus"><span style="color:#7CFC00;background:#006400;"> reply here</span></a></sub> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-Piotrus-20220821023900-Bhuyquang1-20220820153000" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">02:39, 21 August 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Piotrus-20220821023900-Bhuyquang1-20220820153000"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Piotrus-20220821023900-Bhuyquang1-20220820153000"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Pending_recognitions???" data-mw-thread-id="h-Pending_recognitions???-2022-06-19T17:03:00.000Z"><span id="Pending_recognitions.3F.3F.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Pending_recognitions???-2022-06-19T17:03:00.000Z"></span>Pending recognitions???<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Pending_recognitions???-2022-06-19T17:03:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Developed_country&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Pending recognitions???"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-GogoLion-2022-06-19T17:03:00.000Z-Pending_recognitions???"></span>I see so many pending recognitions on the comparative table sections. What are the pending recognitions? Why there's no explanation about this??? -<a href="/wiki/User:GogoLion" title="User:GogoLion">GogoLion</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:GogoLion" title="User talk:GogoLion">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-GogoLion-2022-06-19T17:03:00.000Z-Pending_recognitions???" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">17:03, 19 June 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-GogoLion-2022-06-19T17:03:00.000Z-Pending_recognitions???"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-GogoLion-2022-06-19T17:03:00.000Z-Pending_recognitions???"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-99.126.180.106-2022-07-06T17:23:00.000Z-GogoLion-2022-06-19T17:03:00.000Z"></span>the 2019 world competitiveness ranking in the table should be updated to the 2022 (latest) version. <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/99.126.180.106" title="Special:Contributions/99.126.180.106">99.126.180.106</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:99.126.180.106&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:99.126.180.106 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-99.126.180.106-2022-07-06T17:23:00.000Z-GogoLion-2022-06-19T17:03:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">17:23, 6 July 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-99.126.180.106-2022-07-06T17:23:00.000Z-GogoLion-2022-06-19T17:03:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-99.126.180.106-2022-07-06T17:23:00.000Z-GogoLion-2022-06-19T17:03:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="The_OECD_requirement" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_OECD_requirement-2022-07-04T08:12:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_OECD_requirement-2022-07-04T08:12:00.000Z"></span>The OECD requirement<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_OECD_requirement-2022-07-04T08:12:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Developed_country&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: The OECD requirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-GogoLion-2022-07-04T08:12:00.000Z-The_OECD_requirement"></span>Why countries that don't join OECD are called "to be considered"? I mean, OECD is an economic alliance, not really an economic institution. I think IMF and World Bank are enough for the classification. -<a href="/wiki/User:GogoLion" title="User:GogoLion">GogoLion</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:GogoLion" title="User talk:GogoLion">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-GogoLion-2022-07-04T08:12:00.000Z-The_OECD_requirement" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">08:12, 4 July 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-GogoLion-2022-07-04T08:12:00.000Z-The_OECD_requirement"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-GogoLion-2022-07-04T08:12:00.000Z-The_OECD_requirement"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Monaco_Per_capita_PPP_2022" data-mw-thread-id="h-Monaco_Per_capita_PPP_2022-20230307141300"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Monaco_Per_capita_PPP_2022-20230307141300"></span>Monaco Per capita PPP 2022<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Monaco_Per_capita_PPP_2022-20230307141300"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Developed_country&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Monaco Per capita PPP 2022"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-78.61.238.109-20230307141300-Monaco_Per_capita_PPP_2022"></span>Monaco is shown as not meeting this requirement. That is not true. Perhaps introduce an additional source if missing from the quoted one. <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/78.61.238.109" title="Special:Contributions/78.61.238.109">78.61.238.109</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:78.61.238.109&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:78.61.238.109 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-78.61.238.109-20230307141300-Monaco_Per_capita_PPP_2022" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">14:13, 7 March 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-78.61.238.109-20230307141300-Monaco_Per_capita_PPP_2022"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-78.61.238.109-20230307141300-Monaco_Per_capita_PPP_2022"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="IMF_map_issue" data-mw-thread-id="h-IMF_map_issue-20231007192900"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-IMF_map_issue-20231007192900"></span>IMF map issue<span data-mw-comment-end="h-IMF_map_issue-20231007192900"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Developed_country&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: IMF map issue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Ppt91-20231007192900-IMF_map_issue"></span>Returning to an issue previously brought up by @<a href="/wiki/User:Piotrus" title="User:Piotrus">Piotrus</a> regarding classification. I think that keeping the IMF map in the lead is misleading and it gives undue weight to the methodology used by the organization. IMF should not be used unilaterally as an indicator of a developed country, especially considering their biased reclassification criteria. </p><p>Per FAQ on the IMF <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/frequently-asked-questions#4q2">website</a>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248585704">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{color:#00B785}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{color:#00B785}}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{font-family:Georgia,"DejaVu Serif",serif;color:#008560;quotes:none}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk-italic{font-family:inherit;font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk-marks{quotes:"\"""\""}</style><q class="inline-quote-talk">Reclassification only happens when something marked changes or the case for change in terms of the three criteria above becomes overwhelming. For example, Lithuania joining the euro area was a significant change in circumstances that warranted a reclassification from an emerging market and developing economy to an advanced economy. Most reclassifications in recent years were related to countries joining the euro area.</q> This language is ambiguous as far as methodology goes and implies that reclassification of countries like Poland or Hungary will (most likely) not happen until they switch to EUR, which is hardly an economically fair standard for "admission". <a href="/wiki/Polish_zloty" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish zloty">Polish zloty</a>, for example, is the strongest currency in East Central Europe (outside of Eurozone, of course) and much stronger than <a href="/wiki/Swedish_krona" title="Swedish krona">Swedish krona</a>. While the EU dictates an eventual switch to EUR, Poland should not be expected to switch to EUR as a condition to be considered a developed country by the IMF. This is all to say, <b>fine to keep the map in the article, but I propose it be moved from the lead.</b> <a href="/wiki/User:Ppt91" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Ppt91"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Rockwell;font-weight:bold;color:DimGray;">Ppt91</span></span></a><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Ppt91" class="mw-redirect" title="User talk:Ppt91"><span style="background-color:White"><span style="color:DimGray;"><sup>talk</sup></span></span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-Ppt91-20231007192900-IMF_map_issue" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">19:29, 7 October 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Ppt91-20231007192900-IMF_map_issue"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Ppt91-20231007192900-IMF_map_issue"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Piotrus-20231009054400-Ppt91-20231007192900"></span>@<a href="/wiki/User:Ppt91" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Ppt91">Ppt91</a> Maybe good to ping other folks involved in the discussion a year ago? Rather then removing, I'd prefer to replace the map with a better one (or several). One biased map is still superior to no map at all. Moving, however, is fine. I note we have two maps in the lead. Are you ok with UNCTAD one? Side note: less famous classification, but at <a href="/wiki/World-systems_theory" title="World-systems theory">World-systems theory</a> we still use a map from 2000 because, AFAIK, nothing new has been published on that since, sigh. <sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;"><a href="/wiki/User:Piotrus" title="User:Piotrus">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus</a>|<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Piotrus" title="User talk:Piotrus"><span style="color:#7CFC00;background:#006400;"> reply here</span></a></sub> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-Piotrus-20231009054400-Ppt91-20231007192900" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">05:44, 9 October 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Piotrus-20231009054400-Ppt91-20231007192900"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Piotrus-20231009054400-Ppt91-20231007192900"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Uruguay_should_be_classified_as_developed" data-mw-thread-id="h-Uruguay_should_be_classified_as_developed-20240130094400"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Uruguay_should_be_classified_as_developed-20240130094400"></span>Uruguay should be classified as developed<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Uruguay_should_be_classified_as_developed-20240130094400"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Developed_country&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Uruguay should be classified as developed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Alejandro221-20240130094400-Uruguay_should_be_classified_as_developed"></span>Uruguay has a gdp per capita higher than Croatia and Croatia was declared a developed country in 2023 but not Uruguay That does not make sense. <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Alejandro221&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Alejandro221 (page does not exist)">Alejandro221</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Alejandro221" title="User talk:Alejandro221">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-Alejandro221-20240130094400-Uruguay_should_be_classified_as_developed" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">09:44, 30 January 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Alejandro221-20240130094400-Uruguay_should_be_classified_as_developed"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Developed_country&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Developed and Underdeveloped Countries Debate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-41.113.219.44-20240430153600-Developed_and_Underdeveloped_Countries_Debate"></span>Hi,It is much important to change the world and livelihoods alike even through wages/salaries how much we all spending in our everyday lives and lot has to be done as inequality on-equality as all shows hudge gaps between the lower income ,the middle income and higher income countries differ a lot and this gives hunger,poverty and unemploment the chance to increase rather than decreasing . Since 1994 and before 1994 south Africans they did struggle to have land for housing and dwellers flea their land were there were kept as slaves of white farmers to near villages,townships formed squatter camps that forced new democraticy with the new government and yes government did subsidize Reconstruction and jobcreation to try to close gaps and wounds of apartheid regime and all what the new government had done is not enough and more must and shall be done but with my little tips and tricks I'll share with you I met two people around in cape town years ago maybe 12 years or 2010 before world kick-off this was man and his wife from Europe Tourism to come visit south Africa so what they said to me is that the agreement between their country and south africa was to develop where black people resides the same as cities and the lifestyles to be the same ,So the questions I ask by them and I asked myself from that day and until now and say what went wrong and why was all suddenly change to demote black people and denial of this changes of freedom to stop discrimination among black and white new generations of one nation of one happy people.Amooketsi Come and Visit my Neighbours . <small class="autosigned">— Preceding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">unsigned</a> comment added by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/41.113.219.44" title="Special:Contributions/41.113.219.44">41.113.219.44</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:41.113.219.44&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:41.113.219.44 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developed_country#c-41.113.219.44-20240430153600-Developed_and_Underdeveloped_Countries_Debate" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">15:36, 30 April 2024 (UTC)</a></small><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-41.113.219.44-20240430153600-Developed_and_Underdeveloped_Countries_Debate"><span 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