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Cooperative
Very comprehensive article, describing multiple aspects of cooperative movement. dml 21:55, 18 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Comment It smells a lot like anglo-saxon POV. A big effort should be done to present on a same level the cooperative systems in the world.  A single example: Agricultural cooperative.  Compare the size of both sections: in the US and in other parts of the world. Vb 10:52, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. Definitely too focused on the West; other uses of co-operatives (for example, many Malaysian schools have their own co-operatives) seem to have been ignored. The lead section is far too long; two or three paragraphs should be the maximum. The references are also not formatted properly. Johnleemk | Talk 14:54, 19 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Object. Might be salvagable; I agree with the culturocentric concerns of the previous reviewer.

I wonder about this:

'Membership is open, meaning that anyone who satisfies certain non-discriminatory conditions may join. Unlike a union, in some jurisdictions a cooperative may assign different numbers of votes to different members.'

You're presenting a general (worldwide?) definition of the cooperative, but aren't these conditions rather exclusive? What does 'open' mean? I was a member of a cooperative that restricted membership in a number of ways. Don't some cooperatives discriminate—some jurisdictions have relatively lax anit-discrimination laws. Do you mean 'trade union'? Are you referring to unions in certain countries? Tony 16:16, 19 October 2005 (UTC)