User talk:69.172.186.189

October 2020
Hello, I'm Asartea. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to Mountain Equipment Co-op—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. Asartea  Trick  undefined  Treat  15:51, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
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Hello, 69.172.186.189. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Mountain Equipment Co-op, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Ahunt (talk) 16:04, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Asartea and Ahunt - my apologies. I was not aware of the conflict of interest policy. I am an employee of Mountain Equipment Co-op. Not sure how best to accomplish the changes required, given your feedback above. Although mec.ca is still a valid URL, it will no longer be the co-op's website; it is the website of the co-op's successor organization. Referencing this URL as the website for Mountain Equipment Co-op will be factually inaccurate, following the close, as the domain will be owned by a different entity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.172.186.189 (talk • contribs)


 * Thanks for your note here. Basically neither MEC nor Kingswood get to control what Wikipedia says about it. At present the editorial consensus is to continue the history of the coop under its new ownership in the same article. At some point in the future it might be considered for splitting into a new article. If Kingswood starts a new website for MEC Inc under a new URL then we will add that and show archives for the old mec.ca URL. If Kingswood continues with the existing URL, which I suspect they will, then it will stay as it is, still the correct URL for the business, even under new management.


 * Because you are an MEC employee and have a conflict of interest as per WP:COI the correct thing to do when you think changes are required to the Wikipedia article is to suggest them at Talk:Mountain Equipment Co-op and they will be assessed for inclusion or not by non-COI editors. - Ahunt (talk) 16:20, 28 October 2020 (UTC)