Talk:Insomnia Cookies

COI edit request

 * Specific text to be removed: Remove 'Jared Barnett and'
 * Reason for the change: Insomnia Cookies was founded by just Seth Berkowitz, not Seth and Jared Barnett, so I'm requesting the removal of Jared's name. I've included a few supporting articles/descriptions that list Seth Berkowitz as the sole founder of Insomnia Cookies for additional evidence/support.
 * References supporting change: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161111005028/en/Company-Profile-for-Insomnia-Cookies; https://www.thedp.com/article/2002/10/hungry_student_offers_cookies_worth_staying_up_for; https://www.huffpost.com/entry/an-interview-with-seth-be_b_6638500; https://www.thedp.com/article/2022/07/insomnia-cookies-is-opening-an-experimental-three-story-headquarters-in-center-city-philadelphia; https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2022/05/25/insomnia-cookies-aims-to-nearly-triple-store-count.html

Krdwyre (talk) 21:01, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: Sources from 2004 to 2023 all use "founders" or "cofounders" for the pair.  A court ruling also notes that the LLC was founded in 2003 by the two of them.  Based on what I could find, would it be fair to say that the timeline is something like this:  Berkowitz starts Insomnia Cookies in October 2002, Barnett becomes a co-founder/partner in Summer 2003 as the business grows and the business is formally incorporated,, Barnett is bought out in 2006.  That seems correct, unless there's the agreement when Barnett left has specific terms for use of the "co-founder" tag. Would not be opposed to adding something like that to clarify the solo, pre-incorporation stuff.  Patar knight - chat/contributions 20:55, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Some Proposed Changes
Krdwyre (talk) 20:57, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Specific text to be removed: Remove 'Jared Barnett and'
 * Reason for the change: Insomnia Cookies was founded by just Seth Berkowitz, not Seth and Jared Barnett, so I'm requesting the removal of Jared's name. I've included a few supporting articles/descriptions that list Seth Berkowitz as the sole founder of Insomnia Cookies for additional evidence/support.
 * References supporting change: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161111005028/en/Company-Profile-for-Insomnia-Cookies; https://www.thedp.com/article/2002/10/hungry_student_offers_cookies_worth_staying_up_for; https://www.huffpost.com/entry/an-interview-with-seth-be_b_6638500; https://www.thedp.com/article/2022/07/insomnia-cookies-is-opening-an-experimental-three-story-headquarters-in-center-city-philadelphia; https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2022/05/25/insomnia-cookies-aims-to-nearly-triple-store-count.html
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: It was in fact co-founded by Jared Barnett. See e.g. . It appears this edit request comes from the fact that the company is having legal issues with Jared after he left the company; I will dive deeper when I have a moment and see if this controversy is WP:DUE enough for discussion in the article itself. Also note: this appears to be the second edit request to remove this information. I would be strongly opposed to the implementation of some version of this edit request in the future; you cannot rewrite history on Wikipedia. HouseBlastertalk 15:44, 6 April 2023 (UTC)