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Bookkeeping

Nilsson, After your epic work on the double entry bookkeeping page, I should point out the single entry equivalent is still called "accounting". Should that be moved too? Andrew 10:11, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

It is on my list! NilssonDenver 13:47, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

If you need a hand, let me know. Andrew 09:47, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Financial Accounting

Small & Medium Sizes Business Financial Accounting

Anything else

My Notes

Re:Double-entry bookkeeping system

Double data entry systems are used for example by researchers (coding the same data on two or more documents to catch mistakes, etc.). Double entry is a disambig, and Double-entry bookkeeping system is the only applicable article. Perhaps we should have a more general double-entry system article, but it is important to note that double-entry data coding is used not only in accounting.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  21:27, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

I think the house of GAAP is a good pictorial of the level of priorities of GAAP; what is strong GAAP, and what is weaker GAAP. I am a CPA. Thething88 21:18, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Many thanks for your contributions. Egfrank 08:48, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Accountancy template

Dear NilssonDenver:

I'm a non-accountant but learning about accounting and I've been working a little on the accounting-related articles (disclosure: I'm from the US hence the terminology). I was thinking there must be a template for accounting/accountancy somewhere but counldn't find one until I saw the one you posted in December 2006 on the Talk page to Double-entry book-keeping system. Can I implement this template on the accountancy article, and the related articles? Thanks! --Dpr 20:29, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't like the templates. I feel they take from the article and they can not provide for all the possible links to other related articles. I would rather people contributed by writing. The accountancy template you refer to is someone elses that they placed originally in the accountancy article, which I removed later, so please don't put it back! NilssonDenver 20:51, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for replying. Very well, I won't add the template back. However, I'm going to talk to more users and if sufficient consensus exists, then perhaps the user community will add the template to the respective accounting-related articles. I respect your views on templates, but if you view other articles, whether it be Finance, Human rights in Tajikistan or Washington Post Company, a very wide range of articles in Misplaced Pages use templates to show the instrinsic links within a given subject area. Thanks again. --Dpr 16:54, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

I think the template is moving in the right direction, but what is needed is some sort of framework for categorizing all accounting related articles, as the Accounting article is currently a jumbled list accounting activities without a common thread. My current thinking as to what this framework should be based goes as follows: Accounting has developed from relatively humble beginnings in ancient Mesopotamia, and the activities it encompasses have grown in range and sophistication in tandem with economic development; therefore the Accountancy needs to be edited so that the article follows this path of development (with citation of sources too!). This view is based on an interesting paper entitled , and I was wondering if you would be interesting in reading it, with a view to revising Accountancy using it as a basis of this framework? Let me know also if you would like to collaborate on this piece of work. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gavin.collins (talk • contribs) 14:53, 10 May 2007 (UTC).--Gavin Collins 15:14, 10 May 2007 (UTC)