Talk:Statement on the Co-operative Identity

June 29 edits by Zlerman
I would like to document and justify the various edits that I have made today in this article:

1) The entire article is based on "Statement on Co-operative Identity" from the ICA site, to which we link already in the first sentence. The link quite properly takes us to "References", and there is no need to repeat this source under "External links". Furthermore, since the "Statement" is the only source cited in this article, I have decided to refer to it only twice (once at the beginning and the second time under Rochdale Principles) and have removed the nine references to the same source scattered throughout the article.

2) In "See also", International Credit Union Operating Principles is a red link. I have accordingly moved it from "See also" to "External links" and provided a link to the appropriate pdf file. We can always restore it as "See also" when and if the corresponding article is written.

3) The seven subtitles under "ICA revision of Rochdale Principles (1995)" link directly to seven respective articles. It is therefore not necessary, in my view, to put the same link in "Main article:..." under each of the seven subtitles. I have removed the seven "Main article" lines. This change is consistent with the idea of merging all these seven articles on cooperative principles into Rochdale Principles, which is being discussed on Talk:Rochdale Principles.

I hope these changes are not regarded as unnecessarily bold by the community. --Zlerman (talk) 10:05, 29 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Speaking for myself, constructive editing is what we are here for: thanks! Other people can come along later and tweak it to match the style guide.  --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 14:47, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

July 2 edits by Zlerman
I have blanked (with codes) the long list of cooperative principles on this page and directed the reader to Rochdale Principles, where the same list appears in full. --Zlerman (talk) 02:17, 2 July 2008 (UTC)