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:(Brief note: "classical" has a specific meaning in history of economics, referring to the [[political economy]] of e.g. [[Adam Smith]] and [[David Ricardo]]. The usual term for what we're talking about would be [[academic economics|academic]] or [[mainstream economics]].) {{pb}}I wouldn't be opposed to adding some links to notable ideas from outside mainstream economics which later found broader support. That said, Wikipedia's policies and guidelines ([[WP:FRINGE]], [[WP:GEVAL]], and [[WP:DUEWEIGHT]]) require reporting on different views based on how well-represented they are in the academic literature, instead of giving equal weight to every idea (regardless of how well-accepted or well-discussed it is). Since heterodox schools (by definition) have little-to-no support in academic economics, this means our sidebars can't spend that much time discussing them, the same way sidebars on medicine don't include lots of links to alternative medicine concepts, or how sidebars on evolution try to cover evolutionary theory (instead of just listing all the biggest biology departments and creationist think tanks). [[User:Closed Limelike Curves|– Closed Limelike Curves]] ([[User talk:Closed Limelike Curves|talk]]) 19:05, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

:(Brief note: "classical" has a specific meaning in history of economics, referring to the [[political economy]] of e.g. [[Adam Smith]] and [[David Ricardo]]. The usual term for what we're talking about would be [[academic economics|academic]] or [[mainstream economics]].) {{pb}}I wouldn't be opposed to adding some links to notable ideas from outside mainstream economics which later found broader support. That said, Wikipedia's policies and guidelines ([[WP:FRINGE]], [[WP:GEVAL]], and [[WP:DUEWEIGHT]]) require reporting on different views based on how well-represented they are in the academic literature, instead of giving equal weight to every idea (regardless of how well-accepted or well-discussed it is). Since heterodox schools (by definition) have little-to-no support in academic economics, this means our sidebars can't spend that much time discussing them, the same way sidebars on medicine don't include lots of links to alternative medicine concepts, or how sidebars on evolution try to cover evolutionary theory (instead of just listing all the biggest biology departments and creationist think tanks). [[User:Closed Limelike Curves|– Closed Limelike Curves]] ([[User talk:Closed Limelike Curves|talk]]) 19:05, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

::Fair enough on the "mainstream", agree. Your argument makes sense when it applies to singular views that don't have much support. But as it states on the the page, [[heterodox economics]] is not a singular school of thought, it's a collection of many schools that criticise mainstream economics. As such, it makes sense to include it (but I agree, not every specific type of heterodox economics). Note also that the [[Template:Evolution_sidebar]] does include "Objections / Controversy", which is very analogous. I added a link in the list of branches/fields (which is hidden be default). -- [[User:Naught101|naught101]] ([[User talk:Naught101|talk]]) 00:47, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

::Fair enough on the "mainstream", agree. Your argument makes sense when it applies to singular views that don't have much support. But as it states on the the page, [[heterodox economics]] is not a singular school of thought, it's a collection of many schools that criticise mainstream economics. As such, it makes sense to include it (but I agree, not every specific type of heterodox economics). Note also that the [[Template:Evolution_sidebar]] does include "Objections / Controversy", which is very analogous. I added a link in the list of branches/fields (which is hidden be default). -- [[User:Naught101|naught101]] ([[User talk:Naught101|talk]]) 00:47, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 23 April 2026 ==

{{edit semi-protected|Template:Economics sidebar|answered=no}}

Quintero21amado [[Special:Contributions/~2026-22205-46|~2026-22205-46]] ([[User talk:~2026-22205-46|talk]]) 02:24, 23 April 2026 (UTC)