Talk:The Co-operative Group

message: since somerfield was took over by the co-operative i think we should merge the 2 together this is happening to all somerfield shops they are being rebranded co-operative food and i think this sould happen on here  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.158.50.216 (talk) 22:08, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Somerfield + The co-operative Merge =

message: *I've renamed (moved) Co-op (supermarket) to Supermarket cooperative to make it clear that it's about the concept, not a particular store or company. The Co-operative Group's info should be merged into that article. What's left could be merged into Retail cooperative. Ewlyahoocom 16:20, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Page renamed, merge suggestion

message: The "Co-Op" brand is used all over Europe, while the "Co-operative Group" is UK only. I do not support a merge. Instead, "Co-Op" should be developed, or possibly merged with other articles about cooperative businesses. -- Egil 17:22, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrt proposed merge [of [[Co-op (supermarket)]]] 

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message: Whatever the rights and wrongs of this group being confused with the supermarkets, the group and the supermarkets are known throughout the UK as "The Co-op", with no distinction being made (that's what "confused" means). Noted in the article summary, because that's where we declare names.--Rfsmit (talk) 21:55, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Known as "Co-op" 

message: This picture, which currently is placed on The Co-operative Group article is not New Century House. In reality this building is the Hanover Building, one of the various buildings owned by the Co-operative. New Century House is a building not unlike CIS Tower, and was built in 1962. Furthermore, I assumed CIS Tower is head offices, as it has 54,000 sq/m of space, compared to New Century House's 15,000 sq/m.
NCH is the Group HQ.
CIS Tower is the Banking Group (formerly Financial Services) HQ.
But you're right, that picture isn't of NCH!
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thread_title:  "New Century House" picture 

message: So why direct Somerfield to the co-operative?  If I want to find out about the Co-Op I will look for them,  If I want the history of somerfield it now doesn't exist.  If Tescos takes over M&S you will overwrite the history of M&S will you? The co-op page still contains a link to Somerfield which is now a circular reference back to the co-op.  Whover did this is an editorial menace.
:I fixed Somerfield . --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 10:30, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
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message: Now the Co-op has gone back to its old public name, should we rename all the articles except the bank to "Co-op ..."? Arguably, the common names for all have been Co-op anyway. Cloudbound (talk) 20:15, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
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message: Hi,
I note the banner about paid editing. Besides a disagreement about the foundation date, I cannot see any edits Brandteam made that imply they may have had a conflict of interest. More to the point, there last edit was in late 2011, since when the article has been completely rewritten.
I find the idea that Malcomburetta is a paid editor equally implausible. For instance this edit removes the statement that co-op is "producing environmentally friendly household products" - unlikely behaviour for a supposed paid editor.
His other edits also cast doubt on this. While they largely focus on the co-operative group and tax evasion by other supermarkets they also include seemingly unrelated charities and organisations such as this one to an arts venue.
He certainly has a passion for the co-operative movement, but that does not provide evidence for him being a paid editor (by that metric, I too would be under suspicion of being a paid editor).
Best wishes, ~ El D. (talk to me) 08:49, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The first link above is wrong. It should link to here. Besides that the point stands. ~ El D. (talk to me) 14:21, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: That's fair enough. But I still think it's obvious that there are people within Co-op that are editing the article with bias. Example:Special:Contributions/2A00:23C4:2EBF:C701:CBB:DE8C:77D7:4FD9, Special:Contributions/2A00:23C8:9445:F001:CD83:3406:F185:40AE Mistyhands (talk) 23:53, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
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