Talk:Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman

Should this be deleted?
Does this meet the notability guidelines? She dated Aaron Swartz and founded a 'watchdog'. I'm sure she's nice, but it seems like this article should be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.32.187.191 (talk) 18:21, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Non-Swartz Sources
Prod is inappropriate here. I'll post some sources that establish notability. Someone should flesh out the article. But she's clearly notable. There are clearly reliable sources.


 * National Campaign Wants Assault Weapons Off Wal-Mart Shelves

"The campaign was launched by consumer watchdog SumOfUs.org on its web site and by the progressive Courage Campaign on Signon.org. D.C.-based Baptist pastor Edwin Jones is also leading a coalition of community groups to pressure the multinational corporation.

According to Sum Of Us Executive Director Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, the campaign has received more interest than many others the watchdog has launched.

"You get inured to tragedies, but this one struck really close to home," she told Whispers. "The only reason to buy a semi-automatic assault weapon is to kill lots of people or cops. It has no place in our communities.""


 * ‘Sign this petition’: How political groups are turning their data testing tools on social media

""Twitter is generally pretty bad for this," said Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, the founder of the corporate watchdog group SumofUs. "For whatever reason, you don't get many new people through Twitter. There's no other social network yet that I've seen generate anywhere near the level of sharing and click-through and engagement that Facebook does.""


 * Petition calls for “ethical” iPhone 5

"Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, executive director of SumOfUs, said that — as an Apple user herself — she would like to see Apple reform its labor practices, even if it means taking a hit to it profit margin or passing some of the costs onto consumers. “I think there are lots of people who love Apple products, but are unhappy about the labor conditions,” she said. “We believe there are many ethical consumers out there who identify with these brands and want that part of their life to be equally as ethical. If you wouldn’t have a slave in your home, you also wouldn’t want to have one making your iPhone.”

Stinebrickner-Kauffman would also like to see Apple open its factories to independent audits. While the company recently joined the Fair Labor Association, she said that she would like to see another independent auditing group review the factories as well.

She would also like to see Apple extend the same protections to workers in Asia as it does to its workers in the United States, even if it takes a hit to its profit margin. Citing statistics from The New York Times, she said that it would add just $65 to the price of each iPhone to pay Chinese workers American wages, which she said could come out of Apple’s profit margin on each phone, which the report estimates to be in the hundreds of dollars. The Apple petition is the “most viral” of all of the petitions the Web site has posted in its short history, she said.

SumofUs.org, which Stinebrickner-Kauffman founded this past November, has also promoted petitions aimed at getting Google to leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and pressuring Trader Joe’s to sign the Fair Food Agreement."


 * Petition calling for Fox News anchor to be sacked reaches 250,000 signatures, after presenter brands Robin Williams 'coward'

"“Whatever Williams’ reasons are, it is inappropriate for Fox News’ staff to air their insensitive opinions,” said Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, SumOfUs.org, on the website.

“It is offensive to Williams' loved ones — and the loved ones of the millions of others who've lost their lives to suicide.”


 * 'Robin Williams Was Not A Coward' Petition Against Fox News Goes Viral After Anchor's On Air Outburst

"The founder and executive director of corporate watchdog SumOfUs, Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman - who launched the online petition - slammed the channel for its misconception of mental illness.

"Depression is a disease, and belittling its millions of victims could even make them less likely to seek help," she said.

Smith later apologised for his remarks, but Stinebrickner-Kauffman said it's "not enough."

"By labelling suicide as 'cowardly' and essentially leaving its presenter off with a slap on the wrist, Fox News is intentionally perpetuating the attitude that mental illness is something to be ashamed of -- in spite of the fact that one in four of us will struggle with mental illness at some point in our lives," she said, demanding he face harsher punishment."

There are more, too. David in DC (talk) 21:34, 28 January 2015 (UTC)


 * I should mention that these five stories come from four reliable sources: WaPo, US News and World Report, The Independent, and HuffPo UK. David in DC (talk) 22:36, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

SumOfUs?
Don't know about deletion but the arguments above - and the sources - seem to suggest the article should be about SumOfUs, with perhaps a section on the founder, rather than an article on the founder as such. Testbed (talk) 16:30, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Nationality
Is the description Australian-American in any way accurate? From the information given as of this date, it appears that she was born to two U.S. citizens who happened to be in Australia when she was born, that she was raised in the United States, and that she's spent her adult life living and working in the United States. Apparently the law in Australia at the time of her birth granted her birthright citizenship, but it's unclear whether she's retained that citizenship in adulthood. Plus calling her "Australian-American" with a link to the Wikipedia article that defines this term in its first sentence as "Americans who have Australian ancestry" makes it sound like she has stronger familial and ancestral ties to Australia than she actually does. It's possible there's information I'm missing so I don't feel bold enough to make this change outright, but I'm bringing it up here hoping someone with more knowledge can make that judgment call. 2600:100A:B1E3:C14C:0:13:B520:3501 (talk) 20:17, 10 June 2024 (UTC)