Talk:List of possible monopolies

Please add more monopolies, I don't know them all Scifiintel 23:36, 16 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I note you took off my nonsense category. I will add it again, unless you can find sources for each entry on the list. At the moment it is no more than a bunch of opinions and Wiki is not the place for opinions. In the meanwhile I will add unreferenced.--Richhoncho 23:42, 16 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for adding the references. What still puts me off is the word "possible" which is not encyclopedic in nature, perhaps companies accused of being monopolies and/or companies found to be operating a monopoly, or something similar would be a better title.--Richhoncho 00:17, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

The title is list of possible monopolies -- but Standard Oil was found determined by the courts to be a real monopoly and was subsequently broken up into the "seven sisters". While there are many allegations with regards to Exxonmobil, I would like to see mention of a market where it has no significant competitors present -- every where I lived had at least 3 of the major companies and numerous independents with significant presence, and the FTC requirements of the merger forced them to divest assets in markets where they would have had too much presence.

I agree with others that this list is not encyclopedic as it is structured and should be incoporated into the monopoly entry. 81.244.26.2 06:47, 17 June 2006 (UTC)