Talk:Jonathan E. Johnson

WP:PROMOTION
The phrase 'selling quality products and effectively keeping costs low by following the motto, “We Save Paperclips”' sounds like advertising to my ear (per WP:PROMOTION). Is there any objection if I simply remove the phrase?--Thelema12 (talk) 22:13, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
 * So I went ahead and made that cut. Discuss.--Thelema12 (talk) 18:14, 24 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I see Jonathan Johnson's motto at his business, "We save paperclips" as being an important campaign promise to save the taxpayer's of Utah money, by running the state of Utah as a thrifty enterprise -- like he ran his business as a thrifty enterprise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaydell (talk • contribs) 21:51, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Youtube as a source
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"JJ" Nickname
This smells of election-year marketing/branding to me. Recommend that "JJ" be removed from this article's title. Also compare descriptions of References 12 and 16 to their underlying articles. Please discuss.

Agreed. I'm going to update the article, as it is now out-of-date since the primary election is over. Maybe before I do that, I should move the article back under its former title. --Thelema12 (talk) 18:06, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

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Proposed Updates
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 * PROPOSED UPDATE: currently serving as the CEO for Overstock.com "and president of Medici Ventures.″
 * REASONING: Jonathan Johnson is also president of Medici Ventures. He has been working as President of Medici Ventures even prior to serving as CEO of Overstock.com.
 * SOURCE: http://investors.overstock.com/news-releases/news-release-details/overstock-appoints-jonathan-johnson-ceo-and-robert-hughes-acting?cid=294644&kid=&track=psggl&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=294644&targetid=aud-284321978558:dsa-19959388920&gclid=Cj0KCQjws_r0BRCwARIsAMxfDRhNap9gCJIMjzvW_th1idtVoIVWIm74lJz6zGwMR6c9yv-4E6APllYaAtgAEALw_wcB
 * PROPOSED UPDATE: married to his wife, Courtney Johnson ″since 1988″
 * REASONING: He has been married since 1988 making it 32 years and not 27 years. This edit will prevent further editing the years of marriage and simply state the year they were married.
 * PROPOSED UPDATE: Following general counsel. ″He served as Senior Vice President from 2005 to 2008, the President from 2008 to 2013.″ He served as the chairman of the board... ″from 2014 to 2017." Not 2019.
 * REASONING: Since there is a section on his career, there could be more information in his time between general counsel and chairman of the board. This is a pretty drastic progression from General Counsel to Chairman of the board. His linkedin states in detail his progression to this point including senior vice president and president.
 * SOURCE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanjohnson3/
 * ALTERNATE SOURCE for ending term as chairman of the board in 2017: http://ih.advfn.com/stock-market/NASDAQ/overstock-com-OSTK/stock-news/74543031/overstock-com-names-allison-abraham-as-chairwoman
 * ALTERNATE SOURCE for role as president: http://investors.overstock.com/news-releases/news-release-details/overstockcom-appoints-jonathan-johnson-president
 * PROPOSED UPDATE: As president of Medici Ventures, he has worked in promoting blockchain technology to democratize capital, eliminate middlemen, and re-humanize commerce.
 * REASONING: It may be appropriate to include a section on Blockchain, since this has been Jonathan Johnson's area of focus over the past several years. Medici Ventures is a blockchain technology company and subsidiary of Overstock.com.
 * SOURCE: https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrynpollock/2019/08/26/is-overstocks-innovative-keiretsu-a-pioneering-enterprise-blockchain-play/#5b0ba45a508d
 * ALTERNATE SOURCE: https://www.mediciventures.com/
 * ALTERNATE SOURCE: https://www.coindesk.com/tag/medici-ventures
 * ALTERNATE SOURCE: https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1527565D:US
 * PROPOSED CHANGE: Following Johnson was appointed CEO of Overstock.com "He is still a member of the board of directors." (It appears he serves on 11 different boards. It may be good to just include a table of his board service, which includes the name of the organization, his role (director, president, chairman, etc., and his tenure on the board (for example, since 2015))
 * REASONING: Though he is CEO and no longer chairman of the board, he still serves on the board of directors.
 * SOURCE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanjohnson3/
 * ALTERNATE SOURCE: https://www.overstock.com/about
 * ALTERNATE SOURCE: https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/4293689

Magrer (talk) 23:37, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Reply 02-MAY-2020
Regards, Spintendo  16:49, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) The request uses LinkedIn as a source, which cannot be done.
 * 2) Certain terms of importance, such as names of companies, are not Wikilinked.
 * 3) The references are not formatted using the same style used in the article.