User talk:SeanSandhurst

Mr. Sandhurst:

The purpose of the Wikipedia is not to provide an advertising or subscription venue for the Calgary Herald or for Postmedia News. The purpose, in the particular case of this article on the Calgary Herald, is to provide a balanced summary of the activities and history of the entry topic, publicly edited to achieve fairness, accuracy and balance. In the case of the Calgary Herald, historical relevance and general reader interest most certainly includes details related the strike of 1999 and 2000. The Wikipedia is not for the Herald or Postmedia to control, censor or direct from the standpoint of its current business needs. Historical material on the strike is important to many readers who want to read about the Herald and needs to remain part of the Wikipedia article.

I added the short paragraph on the strike when I noticed that a much longer and more detailed discussion of the strike by other authors had been removed in its entirety from the site, which never should have happened. I also edited some material that appeared to be of a strictly commercial nature. I feel strongly that the historical material belongs in the article and I am in fact at work with other collaborators on a more detailed and complete passage about the Herald's history. Wikipedia has a process for resolving disputes about editorial approach and validity of content, so I am confident that we can appeal to them to adjudicate any disagreement that emerges between us if we cannot agree amongst ourselves. However, I am hopeful we can agree without recourse to adjudication because the removal of historical material seems to me to be such an obvious misunderstanding of the purpose and process of the Wikipedia.