Talk:Daymond John

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Toa Nidhiki05 (Work) (talk · contribs) has been paid by The Shark Group. Their editing has included contributions to this article.

Date of $300,000 order

It appears the "1994" year cited in the archived ABC.com Shark Tank bio page, for John's first $300,000 order, is inaccurate. Multiple other sources cite "1994".

Suggest we correct current text: "In 1992[12:ABC shark tank bio], or 1994[17:Forbes article], ..." 1. years/citations are reversed. ABC page states 1994 but Forbes cites 1992 2. INC. mag article cosues on the $300k and date is "1992" as with other sources besided ABC archived article. Might the ABC archived citation be incorrect version that was later fixed by ABC, but is not archived? 3. INC. article suggests FUBU section order is inaccurate, citing $100k maternal loan was a result of the $300,000 order for unavailable product rather than send cash to start business. More research needed to clear up this confusion before editing?

Also, should the "Racist?" section of this talk page be removed as graffiti or Wikipedia:Vandalism?

Eturk001 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:08, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops. Yes. I transposed the dates. Fixing now. As for the the other stuff, I'll leave that to other editors to research. Point #2 is speculation so I'm not sure what to do about that. Probably John's new book can set all this straight it someone has it and can cite (with supporting quote, preferably).--Tenebrae (talk) 21:14, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Who is Brown?

Career section mentions Brown without saying who that is. 73.54.23.44 (talk) 03:38, 17 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edit proposal/article rework

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Hello all. Per policy regarding editors with COI, I'm proposing changes to this article here; these mainly revolve around fixing formatting problems, expanding upon or adding detail, and adding images to the article. Full disclosure: I have been paid by The Shark Group, who are a client.

Due to the scope of the edit, I've made a sandbox with the full revision here - you can see the full edit difference between the existing page and the draft with this edit summary. Additionally, I've listed all the changes between the pages here individually, with an edit summary, so the proposed edits can be judged individually. Any editor here is welcome to review and accept or reject these revisions in part or whole; if you have any questions, issues, or comments, please let me know and I'll assist in whatever way possible. Toa Nidhiki05 (Work) (talk) 05:08, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

Changed web address to John’s website Edit summary

Early life

Prose modification: “When John was 16, his mother had a boyfriend, an attorney, whom he considered a stepfather and mentor” to “His parents divorced when he was 16; according to John his mom would later "bring another man in my life who became her boyfriend for a long period of time". John regarded him as his stepfather.” Edit summary

Shark Tank

Added high-quality image of John and the other Sharks of Shark Tank Edit summary
Updated the current number of Shark Tank seasons from 13 to 15, with a new citation added to Rotten Tomatoes; the information was previously uncited. Edit summary
Updated the number of Emmy awards and nominations to what the source presently says (5 wins, 25 nominations) Edit summary
Added detail on federal restraining order granted against the Bakers: A permanent restraining order was later issued against the Bakers by federal judge Robert B. Kugler, who found that they had violated a 2019 settlement agreement.^[1] Edit summary
Added new sentence: As of May 2023, it is the best-selling Shark Tank product of all time, with $1.3 billion in cumulative sales according to Sony Pictures Television.^[2] Edit summary

The Shark Group

Removed Manhattan location, as the Shark Group is no longer located in New York City. Edit summary
Added awards from Webby and Adweek. Edit summaries
Consulting and speaking
Expanded on Audible podcast deal with detail from the Deadline source Edit summary

Career

Added section on John’s Black Entrepreneurs Day event, cited to reliable sources. Edit summary
Added high-quality image for Black Entrepreneurs Day Edit summary

Other appearances

Trimmed television and film appearances to move to filmography section. Replaced existing source for Candlelight Processional with third-party source. Edit summary

Louis Farrakhan comments

Currently, this section has two large block quotes from John. My edit basically just deletes the block quotes here, which aren’t necessary. Edit summary

Awards and Recognition

Added additional citation to best-sellers list claim. Edit summary
Added Wikilink to the Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship page. Edit summary

Philanthropy

Added information about John’s involvement in several philanthropic initiatives led by Barack and Michelle Obama. Edit summary

Publications/Bibliography

Updated the “Bibliography” section to include the most recent book; removed the redundant “Publications” section (which was a prose-based duplicate of the “Bibliography” section) Edit summary
Relocated bibliography location Edit summary

Filmography

Removed prose mentions of television cameos and appearances from “Other appearances”; added properly-formatted table of film and television appearances. Edit summary

^ Perman, Stacy (July 21, 2023). "'Shark Tank's' Daymond John granted permanent restraining order against former contestant". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
^ Levin, Gary (October 30, 2023). "The new list of best-selling 'Shark Tank' products of all time". USA Today. Retrieved September 24, 2024.

['Shark_Tank's'_Daymond_John_granted_permanent_restraining_order_against_former_contestant-1] Perman, Stacy (July 21, 2023). "'Shark Tank's' Daymond John granted permanent restraining order against former contestant". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 26, 2024.

[The_new_list_of_best-selling_'Shark_Tank'_products_of_all_time-2] Levin, Gary (October 30, 2023). "The new list of best-selling 'Shark Tank' products of all time". USA Today. Retrieved September 24, 2024.

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