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Equivalent of purchase amount

The lead states "a sum of $7.2 million in 1867 (equivalent to $22.5 billion in 2023)", while the description under the first photo states "US$7.2 million check used to pay for Alaska (equivalent to $129 million in 2023)". So, which is correct? 92.109.99.223 (talk) 20:06, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have unified the article to $129M using our {{inflation}} template. Note the ref after the equivalent specifies that GDP deflator is being used. $22.5 billion appears to come from nominal GDP. I suppose both could be argued for, but I have gone with the referenced value and the standard Wikipedia template. Thanks for spotting the discrepancy. Commander Keane (talk) 22:32, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My first contribution to Wiki :) 92.109.99.223 (talk) 20:19, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was a rather big contribution actually. Before I made the fix a Google search for how much is the alaska purchase worth today shouted $22.5 Billion at me, now the first result is is $129M. I think Google turned off their AI search (the shouter) since then. Commander Keane (talk) 22:46, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the document?

We have an entire WP article based on a document - the Alaska purchase agreement - but no copy of the document. Surely it exists on the internet somewhere? 14.2.207.148 (talk) 20:40, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a webhost. We don't keep the documents on here. You can find a link to it in the External Links section of the article. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 21:35, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean "We don't keep the documents on here" - every major treaty signed over the past 200 years that meet WP:NOTABILITY and WP:VERIFY has a copy on Wikipedia. Plus if there was a copy under External Links, that would be hosting a copy, would it not? And no, there is not a copy under external links - I do not refer to a copy of a check for payment, nor a vote in congress that a treaty should be signed, but an actual copy of the purchase agreement/treaty itself. As this treaty was co-signed by the US, there must be a copy of one in English somewhere.

This article has been around since 2003, is of interest to several WikiProjects, yet still has a quality rating of only C: "The article is substantial but is still missing important content." It certainly is. 14.2.207.148 (talk) 01:11, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]