Talk:Comprador

Creation of page
I noticed that a page for comprador was created in the past and then deleted, essentially on the grounds that wikipedia is not a dictionary. The article I created incorporates the history of compradors, as well as citations, and hopefully will be better received. In addition, more than 2 dozen Wikipedia articles make use of this word and the meaning of comprador is not clear at all without the context of the history of compradors, therefore I think it is important to have an article about compradors so that other pages can link to it. David Straub (talk) 15:08, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

'compradorial' view of a state
I was considering creating an article for "Compradorial" when I couldn't find one, but then I found this article. I think it would fit here. It looks like you've already discussed it a bit in your final paragraph, but I have a source that expands on the adjective. Here's what my source explains: "The term 'compradorial' was coined by radical (Marxist influenced) development analysts to describe the ties of development the ties of the developing state to external interests, whether foreign governments, investors, or military, and to the local resource-owning and internationally oriented capitalist class. Thus, this line of thinking sees the post-colonial state as continuing to be colonial in nature, run by an elite 'bought out' by and/or in alliance with foreign interests." The article then goes on to expand on the contrasting Weberian view. Thought I would mention it here, to see if anyone thinks this information may be redundant, or has a good idea for inclusion. But, probably should have "compradorial" redirect to this article, so that a duplicate article isn't created, since the noun and the adjective's meanings are very related. or, thoughts?AnieHall (talk) 21:10, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Are we sure about this?
This sentence seems questionable: "The original usage of the word in East Asia meant a native servant in European households in Guangzhou in southern China or the neighboring Portuguese colony at Macao who went to market to barter their employers' wares."

If you have a household, you probably don't have wares to be bartered, or sold for that matter. More likely, you just need to go shopping, so if you're not going to do it yourself, you need a buyer, or comprador (which as we know means "buyer") to go buy stuff for us. If the servant was selling our wares, (s)he would be a "vendador", que no? Or if he or she is really bartering, maybe a "barterador"? I suggest the sentence be changed to read "...to shop for their employers". But I'm not the expert on compradors, so I'll leave it to someone more knowledgeable to make the change71.93.172.99 (talk) 20:57, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Reference 13 is no more available
Only few lines have been archived, the linked text has not. Xx236 (talk) 11:01, 20 December 2023 (UTC)