User talk:Krator/Archive/2008/June

Blade Runner (video game)

Hi there. The Blade Runner (video game) article has just been nominated for a peer review. The article has gone through some major changes in the last month, and it would be appreciated if an editor/contributor like yourself, could head over and give some sound opinion and ideas on improvements for the article. If you are interested in joining the peer review discussion, please follow the link. Thank you very much for your help Wikipedia:Peer review/Blade Runner (video game)/archive1. - Nreive (talk) 11:22, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Your question on the Humanities Refdesk

Hi. I answered a question of your's on the Hum RD a while ago about the effect of Budget deficits on inflation. My answer then was incorrect because I mistook a deficit for a surplus. Here's the correction. Sorry! Zain Ebrahim (talk) 12:53, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

I still don't understand the answer anyway, but thanks! User:Krator (t c) 15:33, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Apologies for the delay - I wrote an exam and I wanted to spend time doing this properly. Hopefully it's not too late for your exam!

In the AD-AS model, we look at three schedules mentioned below. Note that the y-axis represents the price level (like a CPI index) and the x-axis represents real output.

• Long run Aggregate Supply (LAS) - this is a vertical line at an output level equal to full employment (FE) output (you may know this as Potential Output). Real FE output doesn't allow inflation to affect it therefore the LAS curve is vertical.
• Short run Aggregate Supply (SAS) - this is the usual supply schedule you'll be familiar with. At higher prices, producers are willing to supply more goods and services therefore SAS slopes upwards. As we'll see below, in the long run output tends towards full employment. An important point to note here is that at each point on the SAS curve money wages are constant so real wages decline as you move up.
• Aggregate demand (AD) - this is the usual downward sloping AD curve.

If the economy is at the point where AD crosses SAS then we're in short run equillibrium and similarly for long run equiliibrium.

Getting to your question then. Let's assume that the economy is at short run and long run equillibrium (i.e. all three curves intersect). If the government runs a deficit then it essentially increases government spending. As you know, AD = C + I + G + (X - Z) so if G increases then AD increases. This has the short term effect of increasing the price level and increasing the level of real GDP (can you see why?). This is the short run effect of the deficit. At this point we're in an Inflationary gap.

In the long run, higher prices (i.e. lower real wages) coupled with increased profitability for the producers will result in labour unions demanding higher money wages. As producers give in to these demands the SAS decreases (i.e. shifts to the left) and the economy lands up at full employment GDP but with a higher price level than we started with (can you see why?).

I've assumed the following:

• The labour unions reacted quickly to the new state of the economy and the producers gave in to their demands.
• So SAS responded quickly to the increased AD.
• Crowding out does not occur. This is perhaps a heavy assumption - when governments increase spending they may "crowd out" investment spending by producers and I (in the AD equation) decreases. So in the end, AD won't increase at all.

Hope this helps. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 20:43, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm familiar with the theory you present above, and thanks for taking the time to explain the issue. My main issue is one with constant vs. a change in government deficit. I understand that if (G - T) decreases, the whole logic above applies. But what about the situation where all that is known is that (G - T) is negative, without any information on whether it represents an increase or a decrease? I would completely stand by your logic above in the situation when there is a change in government deficit (or surplus), but why do curves shift simply because of the existence of such a deficit? User:Krator (t c) 20:45, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Wait, you do realise that if (G - T) decreases then the opposite of what happened above would occur, right? Negative (G - T) implies a surplus. Assuming you meant "positive", then to answer your new question think about what would happen if G was continuously greater than T. Where would the money come from? Borrowings which entail interest expense would be the answer. To finance sustained deficits, borrowings (and therefore interest expenses) would have to increase every year. Also note that the multiplier with repect to spending is greater (in absolute value - i.e. up or down) than the tax multiplier. So if G and T increase by the same amount then the overall effect would be in favour of the increased G.

You need to think about where you are in the model and look at what changes. If nothing changes then nothing changes. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 21:06, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I do realise the first. Thanks for the second. I'll get back on this on monday. User:Krator (t c) 21:35, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Squirrel (debate)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Avlis

Hi. Since you've removed the WP:PROD I put on Avlis, I have now put it up for WP:AfD deletion since I still don't believe it meets Wikipedia's notability criteria. I do, however, invite you to participate in the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Avlis. Cheers! -Lilac Soul ^{(talk • contribs • count) • I'm watching this page so just reply to me right here!} 12:48, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

RE: Alleyway Assessment

I actually figured it was going to fail anyway thus the nomination for A class. And...it did indeed fail the FA nomination. :\--Kung Fu Man (talk) 20:23, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Assessment

Hey Krator. I just finished school today, which means I'm going to be more active in the project. I'm thinking of contributing to the assessment department, and I know you've got a lot of experience there. I was wondering if you could keep an eye on any future assessments I do to see if they're alright, like a GA mentor of sorts. Of course, if you're too busy, then I understand. Cheers, Krator. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 14:41, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I'll be in the same situation as you are after monday. Sure, I'll keep tracking ya :) User:Krator (t c) 14:47, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm just going to be spending the next few months compensating for hours upon hours of revision. Thanks. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 15:00, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect change UK/US English

Hey, your bot changed "encyclopaedic" to "encyclopedic" on an image page I happened to be watching. Please don't do this per WP:ENGVAR. Especially bot "correction" of local differences in spelling is awful. Thanks, User:Krator (t c) 17:01, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Oops. You're quite right. I've removed that substitution from my bot, and added a test to make sure I don't inadvertently add the substitution back at some point in the future. Cheers, CmdrObot (talk) 22:42, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Editor Review

As you've been mentoring me since I started, I was hoping you'd like to chip in with an assessment at my editor review. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks, Gazimoff ^Write_Read 14:21, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry, I've noticed and will chime in soon. User:Krator (t c) 15:55, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Stroll around WP:VG

Earlier this month(if you remember)I had a conflict with KieferSkunk. Eventually it was settled but he mentioned maybe you showing me how to work better with WP:VG. You showing me how it works. Are you still up for that?Gears Of War 14:11, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Award

		The VG Barnstar
		For your awesome review of 4X. You did a great job. Very helpful and comprehensible. I loved it. You should be awared 3 times. BRAVO!! Gears Of War 23:43, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Echo that! Thanks for the really useful feedback. I tried to incorporate all of it. I have a few lingering questions, though, for some of the comments that I found more difficult to address. Care to come back to the 4X talk page for a little more help? Randomran (talk) 02:52, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks for even more help. I know you're probably busy, but I'd really appreciate it if you could offer just a few more words of advice. See Talk:4X#WP:VG_Assessment. I understand what you meant by the gameplay section now (#3), but I have a few specific questions about everything else (1-2, 5-6). See my comment over there. Randomran (talk) 18:25, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Request for copyedit help

If you have a chance can I ask for a copyedit of The World Ends with You prior to sending this to FA? (I'm also going to ask User:Giggy for a hand here too; don't want to repeat the pain that was trying to get Crackdown through...) --MASEM 18:17, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Partner peer reviews

I'd be very interested in hearing how you think this is going. A discussion has started here. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 04:43, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Adoption/Mentoring

Hi boss. I've been mulling this around for a while, and I can understand that you're fairly tied up at present, so I'll try to keep this short. I'd like to explore furthering my involvement within Wikipedia (and before you say anything, I'll point out this diff) and feel that I'd benefit from some further guidance on the mechanisms and workings of WP. So, as a result, I'd like to look at an alternative mentor to help with this area. While you've been fantastic at getting me started in WP:VG and being a guiding hand when things started to get tough, I'd like to try develop a further understanding in new areas as a whole. As always though, I'd appreciate your thoughts, as well as any feedback you'd care to share, before I make this move. Many thanks, Gazimoff ^Write_Read 21:05, 27 June 2008 (UTC)