Talk:Military cooperative
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Under-researched topic
[edit]I can't find anything but passing mentions of this phenomenon in English-language literature. Perhaps I am using the wrong search terms ("military cooperative shops, stores") ? Please help if you are familiar with this topic, even listing sources here would help. Polish Wikipedia has more information, which apparently I wrote years ago without a footnote, but probably using a book I don't have access to (I'll see what I can do about it in few months). In German, there is a little under de:Warenhaus für Armee und Marine (if anyone reads German, maybe those books have something useful: [1]).--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:32, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
Did you know nomination
[edit]- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Z1720 (talk) 02:08, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
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- ... that some Polish military cooperatives, formed to provide supplies to service personnel at low prices, issued their own coinage? In Polish: Niemirycz, Wojciech (2008). "Początki spółdzielczości wojskowej w Modlinie ...i w Gdyni" (PDF). Gdańskie Zeszyty Numizmatyczne. 76: 20–22.
- ALT1:... that one British military cooperative, formed to provide supplies to service personnel at low prices, became a chain of department stores that was taken over by House of Fraser? "The Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd was incorporated on 15 September 1871. It was formed by a group of army and navy officers for the supply of articles of domestic consumption and general use to its members at the lowest remunerative rates ... In 1973, work began on the construction of a new store in Victoria Street. In the same year, the company was taken over by House of Fraser Ltd, department store retailers" from: "Company: Army & Navy Stores Ltd Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd". House of Fraser Archive. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
Moved to mainspace by Piotrus (talk) and Dumelow (talk). Nominated by Dumelow (talk) at 07:28, 9 May 2021 (UTC).
- Comment. I intend to expand the Polish section soon. Would be nice to get a hook that is not nation-specific, although right now the best I can come up is some bland 'that military cooperatives existed in many countries'... --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:46, 9 May 2021 (UTC) PS. See ALT2 below:
- ALT2: ... that military cooperative existed in many countries; in Poland they issued their own coinage and in UK they gave rise to a a chain of department stores?
This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and any of the three hooks could be used, the article is neutral, and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:05, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
