Talk:Howdens Joinery

Request for Comments
I don't have the time or interest to follow up on this, but it seems to me that [ this edit] and similar earlier edits suppress valuable information on the history of this business. If that history pertains only to one branch of some entity that is now part of a "group", it is still valuable and deserves to be mentioned. I'd like to have input from someone else as to what's appropriate here. Lupo 09:54, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree with you, but for a different reason: the good-faith edits by a less experienced editor removed sourced material and replaced it with unsourced material. A synthesis of the two pieces of information is possible, but only if both pieces of information are backed by sources.  I would revert the edit in question and try again contact the editor via his/her talk page to encourage him/her to add sourced material, but also restore the material that was deleted by their good faith edit. UnitedStatesian (talk) 12:48, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I'd go further and say the new edit has made the article inaccurate. By airbrushing the history before the acquisition it gives a false impression of the true development of the company. QuiteUnusual TalkQu 18:48, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

I picked up this article while reviewing the RFC board, and found this older RFC need. I have reviewed the diffs and it does look like substantial information has been removed, however a direct revert does not seem appropriate. I have reached out to the editor who did the majority of the editing, via e-mail, so see what his position is since it doesn't appear that he is contributing on the talk page. It also seems apparent that their is a COI issue here as well. I will report back what is discovered through working with the BOLD editor, and hopefully we can resolve this RFC. Tiggerjay (talk) 20:32, 6 December 2012 (UTC)