Talk:Co-option

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Is Cooptation really related to Co-option at all? The former redirects here but I'm only familiar with its usage as in "the small minority's leadership was coopted by the government". (A cursory google search seems to confirm that this is the more predominant usage.) Should we move this latter definition to cooptation and leave a disambig note on each page to clarify that co-optation is sometimes spelled cooptation, or are the subjects closer related than this article currently seems to suggest? — Your server has been MC MasterChef :: Leave a tip — 06:26, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Disambiguation would be best. Be bold--MWAK 07:32, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Evolution POV

The dogmatic statement that fish evolved into reptiles, etc, is definitely POV. Mdotley 21:33, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

No, it is science. Should science be the sole ruler to decide what is NPOV regarding factual statements? Yes. Besides, the statement isn't dogmatic as it reflects empirical data.--MWAK 07:32, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Heh... Science is testable, observable, and repeatable. Evolution may be popular among scientists, but it's not science. I'm happy to accept your modification. Mdotley 03:24, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Split

The Biology portion needs to be split off into it's own stub, I think. Otherwise, this really isn't a {{politics-stub}} any more. Mdotley 21:56, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I removed the {{politics-stub}}, since it isn't really an accurate description of this anymore. Mdotley 00:07, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citations

Do we really need to ask for citations for a logical statement?

...a co-option may be thought unsuitable as the newly elected member will not necessarily represent the interests of the group represented by the vacating member.(citation needed)

CarlosPatiño (talk) 23:20, 27 November 2007 (UTC)