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Maybe should be listed as R.E.I. Inc? or it's official corporation anem? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.255.205.156 (talk • contribs) 05:06, April 4, 2004

The "I" in "REI" is for "Incorporated", as in "Recreational Equipment Incorporated". So R.E.I. Inc is clearly incorrect. And it doesn't use it's full name very often. John Broughton | Talk 16:41, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Removal of External Links

User High on a tree recently removed the external links to REI.com and REIoutlet on the basis of #4 of Wikipedia:External_links#Links_normally_to_be_avoided. It states that the following kind of link should be avoided: "Links to sites that primarily exist to sell products or services. For example, instead of linking to a commercial bookstore site, use the "ISBN" linking format, giving readers an opportunity to search a wide variety of free and non-free book sources." I don't believe the REI.com links meet this this guideline. The link is not solely to sell products. It serves to illustrate part of the article, the REI website. The kind of link the guideline hopes to eliminate would be, for example, located on an article about a current novel (book) where the external link, instead of linking to the publisher information, links to the amazon.com page, a basically unrelated page. I'd like to hear what the editor thinks about this argument. Eclectek C T 03:00, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cooperative Infobox

Any reason not to use the Cooperative Infobox for this page? Gobonobo 03:05, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Use it! Eclectek C T 04:07, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Done. Gobonobo 08:25, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox

Made this userbox, if anyone else likes them:

This user prefers REI products.


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Leif902 22:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed Edits

The Public Affairs department at REI is proposing the changes below to the REI section of Wikipedia. Our intent is to provide factual updates and not marketing information. Please send questions or concerns regarding these changes to us directly at publicaffairs@rei.com. REI will periodically look at this page to update information as necessary. If there are no concerns raised by Friday, December 21, 2007 by 5 p.m. PT we will update the Wikipedia page as detailed below.

Proposed Changes REI

Change “90 stores in 25 states” to “nearly 100 stores in 27 states”
Change “over 2.5 million active members” to “more than three million active members”
Change “about 8 million members” to “more than 8 million members”

Corporate Information

Delete “is nearly operational” in regards to the Bedford, Pa. distribution center
Add “In, 2005, REI extended healthcare benefits to all of its part-time employees and their families.” 
Change “13 members” to “11 members” 
Change “for terms of three years” to “for terms of one or three years”
Add “In 2006, REI engaged almost 170,000 people in 900,000 volunteer service hours and company-wide donations exceeded $4 million.”

Environmental Initiatives

Add “REI has committed to be a climate neutral and zero waste to landfill company in 2020 focusing on the five areas of its business: green buildings, product stewardship, proper paper usage, reducing waste and energy efficiency [add link: http://www.rei.com/stewardship].“

REI Public Affairs (talk) 00:56, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for proposing your company edits. I've made all edits as you've noted above except for the following:
nearly 100 stores in 27 states: can you provide an exact number of stores? [1] actually states "more than 80 stores." I've changed the text to say "over 90 stores in 27 states."
thanks, --guyzero | talk 01:31, 15 December 2007 (UTC)