Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Retailing

IRC

Any of you use IRC (particularly freenode)? I don't know if any of you are interested, but you can usually find me on the #wikipedia channel. We could have a channel for our WikiProject Retailing, too. Tuxide 05:38, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

John Geisse

Dear Tuxide, Thank you for your article on John F. Geisse. I updated it a bit. Rowley's book is fairly good on Target but she failed to get the inside true story on Dad. I've sent her the corrections but no update as yet. Discount Store News Markowitz (the late) was very accurate in his history of discount stores......look for 25th anniversay material circa 1987. His work was encyclopedic and Dad said very accurate. Thomas Geisse —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tjgtjg (talk • contribs).

Thought I would add that Thomas Geisse is still editing his father's article. Tuxide (talk) 12:09, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unsourced material on "Criticism of Walmart"

Hello, Wikipedians! I am working on improvements to various articles relating to Walmart, and I'm hoping that editors interested in the retail industry can review an edit request I posted on the Criticism of Walmart Talk page. I went through the article and noted unsourced claims. In some instances, I was able to find citations we can add for verification. Where I could not find good references from reliable, independent, third-party sources, I request the content be removed. I am one of Walmart's representatives on Wikipedia and I will ask for help here but not make edits myself. Can any editors help? Thanks, JLD at Walmart (talk) 15:52, 9 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Golf Galaxy

Hi all. I work for DICK'S Sporting Goods, which has owned the Golf Galaxy retail chain since 2006. If you search "golf galaxy" on Wikipedia, you are currently redirected to the DICK'S Sporting Goods page, where there is a brief mention of the Golf Galaxy brand. Also, if you do a Google search for "golfgalaxy.com," the Golfsmith Wikipedia page is featured in the Google Knowledge Graph in the search results -- I believe this is because DICK'S recently bought Golfsmith out of bankruptcy and converted 36 Golfsmith locations to Golf Galaxy stores, but there is not a Golf Galaxy Wikipedia page for Google to feature.

To avoid a conflict of interest, I requested that a separate page be created for Golf Galaxy, rather than try to write it on my own. I believe a separate page is warranted, as Golf Galaxy is now one of the largest specialty golf retailers in the world. Do you have any advice on steps I can take to help get the Golf Galaxy page published? Raymond.judy (talk) 20:35, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

History of retailing in Los Angeles

I hope this is appropriate to post here because I think it's of interest to many of you. I just found out about this group, however, for several years I've been creating articles about retailers based in Los Angeles. Some interesting creations are:

And perhaps random but a beautiful store called Stuttafords in South Africa, which had NO article and I couldn't bear it not being remembered. (We visited South Africa as tourists and so remembered the chain) Interested in your comments and suggestions. Thanks. Keizers (talk) 16:30, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Importance Assessment Criteria

There's quite a few articles that required assessment for importance, but we have not yet formalized a criteria like other WikiProjects. Based off a review of the already assessed, it seems like this has been the general pattern:
Top: General retailing concepts (advertising, department store)
High: Deeper concepts (credit, store manager) and large/national chains (The Home Depot)
Mid: Specific retailing practices (Back to school) and smaller, but significant retail groups (Kmart, Apple Store)
Low: Individuals, specific store locations, some small shops
Bottom: Obscure retail (unopened store) and tangentially related to retail.

I propose we formalize the following categories, in keeping with the priority of topic guidelines:
Top: General, broad retailing concepts, multinational retail companies (think Walmart, Amazon)
High: Deeper concepts, national chains that have little to no importance outside their country (like Target)
Mid: High profile individuals (like Robert E. Wood or Sam Walton), regional chains
Low: Individuals who worked in retail, specific store locations, small shops (one or two).
Bottom: Obscure retail (unopened store) and tangentially related to retail.

Curious of others' opinions.


Tfkalk (talk) 19:48, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I feel like you definitely got this right. I'd love to re-assess and help this project become a little more active again. Windyshadow32 (talk) 01:36, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Windyshadow32! I left a message on the other members' talk pages (unless it said that they've left Wikipedia) so I'll give it a few more days to solicit feedback. Looking forward to working alongside you to make it active again! Tfkalk (talk) 20:13, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't feel it's necessary or appropriate to have a "bottom" classification, as if to suggest that it is of no importance at all. In my view, an article has to satisfy at least "low" importance to be credible as an article on wikipedia, and anything less than this should surely not be an article in its own right. Furthermore, to assist development of articles, it's important that an article structure is clearly defined and not just the WP class (the latter which, on the most part for the casual reader, is overlooked or of little significance). There are some guidelines, of which one I authored a few years back, although would perhaps benefit from some collaboration to ensure they're effective and appropriate. As for the proposed importance criteria, less the "bottom", I feel is accurate. Bungle (talk • contribs) 20:34, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Bungle for your feedback! I would respectfully disagree on the "bottom" because it's not necessarily importance for Wikipedia or the article as a whole, but the relative importance towards our project. A politician who also happened to own a store may be of mid importance to the Politics WikiProject, but he's only tangentially connected to us. I don't think it hurts to have a bottom category and there's many WikiProjects that utilize it. Tfkalk (talk) 20:47, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Well, this is my view so take it as you desire. I simply feel that a bottom category is redundant and I would deprecate its inclusion moving forward. If the suggestion is that a wikiproject article could be deemed as being of almost no importance, then how could it sustain a wikipedia existence if even the WP doesn't feel it has any importance? A WP would generally be accepted to consider it's own articles to be of greater importance than when compared against the wider encyclopedia. Low is surely "low" enough. Bungle (talk • contribs) 20:55, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Given that more than a week has passed since the last comment and there seems to be general consensus in favor of this approach. I have implemented the bottom category and I will add this blurb to our Assessment info. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tfkalk (talk • contribs) 02:32, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

John Antioco: Career section edit request

Hello! I'm a COI editor here on behalf of John Antioco, who has a rather slim Wikipedia page that I'm trying to improve. Mr. Antioco has had a robust career that includes c-suite and CEO roles at major retailers such as 7-Eleven, Circle K, and Blockbuster. I put together a draft for a new Career section that highlights the most notable details from these tenures, and I was wondering if anyone on this WikiProject would help me out by reviewing it? The draft is available in full on my user page, and you can see my initial Career edit request on the John Antioco talk page. Any assistance would be much appreciated! Thank you. Daryl at McGriffin Media (talk) 01:02, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Wagner article update

Hi. Editors of this project might be interested in suggestions to update the article about Dan Wagner a known U.K. e-commerce entrepreneur. The proposals are here: Talk:Dan Wagner#Request Edits April 2022. Since I have a COI, an independent editor or editors should review these. Thanks.W12SW77 (talk) 19:38, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Evo draft

Hello editors, I'm Will and I work for evo. I was hoping someone here might be interested in taking a look at the draft I wrote for evo. I've been working with some editors on changes and now I'm hoping to jumpstart the AfC review process. I have a conflict of interest so I won't publish the article myself. Any assistance would be wonderful! WSevo (talk) 22:12, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How to Handle DTC?

There's a growing number of companies that sell direct-to-consumer, bypassing traditional retail stores. Oftentimes this is through an ecommerce site, but some even have physical stores. How do we want to handle those as a WikiProject? Exclude them since they bypass traditional retailers? Or include them since they are businesses selling goods to the end customer? Tfkalk (talk) 03:52, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Right to sit in the United States

Under the "Summary of legislation by jurisdiction" section for Right to sit in the United States, I have largely filled in the chart. However, some states are incomplete and lack information for when the laws were made gender-neutral or repealed. It can be difficult to search law codes, particularly if looking for repealed laws. Assistance from editors knowledgeable about US law codes would be appreciated. Thank you! Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 02:50, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge of business and companies WikiProjects

Please see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Business#Merge of business and companies WikiProjects. – Joe (talk) 18:04, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Trendyol

Hello! On behalf of Trendyol, I've submitted a few COI edit requests for the company's Wikipedia article on the Talk page. The requests are related to funding, ownership, and operations, if any WikiProject Retailing participants are interested in taking a look. Thanks in advance for any assistance, Inkian Jason (talk) 14:10, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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