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Cleanup of lead section

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Hi Wikipedia editors, I'd like to suggest a few edits to clean up the lead section of this article on behalf of my client, TaskRabbit. I'm hoping to collaborate on objective updates to the page based on 3rd party sources and am therefore simply suggesting updates, but I will not edit the page directly myself.

The first suggested edit is to remove the word "American" from the first sentence, as TaskRabbit was acquired by IKEA in 2017 (see reference below), and it is less relevant now to describe them as an American company. I also suggest adjusting the tasks in the first sentence to be based more closely on those mentioned in the references (added this reference here[1]). I also suggest adding a sentence regarding the acquisition of TaskRabbit by IKEA and have added a source as well. Thank you for your time and consideration!

Suggested new lead section:

TaskRabbit is an online and mobile marketplace that matches freelance labor with local demand, allowing costumers to find help with everyday tasks, including furniture assembly, help moving, mounting, minor home repairs and more.[2][3][4] Founded in 2008 by Leah Busque, the company has received $37.7 million in funding to date and currently has tens of thousands of vetted,[5] background-checked "Taskers" available to help clients across a wide variety of categories.[6][7] Busque founded TaskRabbit when she had no time to buy dog food, basing it on the idea of "neighbors helping neighbors".[8] In 2017, TaskRabbit was acquired by INGKA group (IKEA).[9]

Sources

  1. ^ Thier, Jane. "TaskRabbit's CEO on how the gig economy helps everyone". Fortune.
  2. ^ Moran, Gwen. Building a Business on Busy Schedules and Making Errands Pay. Entrepreneur. November 21, 2011.
  3. ^ Tsotsis, Alexia. TaskRabbit Turns Grunt Work Into a Game Wired. July 15, 2011.
  4. ^ Thier, Jane. "TaskRabbit's CEO on how the gig economy helps everyone". Fortune. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  5. ^ Jeffries, Adrianne. TaskRabbit takes on another $13 million in funding The Verge. July 23, 2012.
  6. ^ "TaskRabbit: How an app can relieve you of all your chores". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  7. ^ "TaskRabbit Nabs Ex-Googler Stacy Brown-Philpot For COO Spot". TechCrunch. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Temping fate: can TaskRabbit go from side gigs to real jobs?". The Verge. May 23, 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  9. ^ Hsu, Tiffany (28 September 2017). "Ikea Enters 'Gig Economy' by Acquiring TaskRabbit". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

CameronSays (talk) 21:31, 13 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, CameronSays. Thank you for not editing this article directly, in consideration of your CoI. I have implemented some of your suggestions. --Jeremy Butler (talk) 11:35, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your assistance @Jeremy Butler! CameronSays (talk) 17:05, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeremy Butler hello again! Thank you for your review of my previous suggestions. I have drafted additional suggestions for the Infobox as well as multiple sections of the article. Below is an outline of the suggestions, and the full text and sources for all of the suggestions can be found in my sandbox here User:CameronSays/sandbox.
Infobox: Updated headquarters to reflect the switch to a remote-first model, as well as the "cities served" to align with the new section on Global Expansion (see below)
Reboot: Added details around the promotion of Stacy Brown-Philpot to CEO.
Acquisition by Ikea: Removed the last sentence about global expansion and incorporated into a new and expanded section titled "Global Expansion and New Leadership"
Contractors: Updated this section with newer more accurate information
In Popular Culture: Added more examples to this section.
Would you be able to review these suggestions at your convenience? Thank you for your consideration. CameronSays (talk) 17:20, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested updates

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Hello Editors, thank you for your previous collaboration on this page. I would like to share for your consideration a few additional suggested edits for various sections of the page. As noted previously on this page, I will not edit the article directly due to my CoI.

For the sentence added to the lead section about Taskrabbit's shift to remote-first and closing their physical offices, I suggest adding this article from SFChronicle as an additional source. [1]

In July 2022 Taskrabbit expanded into Monaco, and therefore I suggest updating the article in three places:

1) Update the Infobox "Area Served" to read: "Cities across United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Monaco"
2) Add this to the bottom of the "Expansion" section: "In July 2022, Taskrabbit began offering service in Monaco.[2]"
3) In the "Contractors" section, update the following sentence to reference nine countries instead of eight: "It now employs thousands of taskers in nine countries.[3][2]"

Lastly, within the "History" section, I suggest adding a new sub-section after "Expansion" about the changes to the Taskrabbit brand.

Brand Refresh

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In May 2022, Taskrabbit launched a global brand refresh, introducing an all lower-case wordmark with two different “a” characters. The company also removed the image of the “rabbit” from its logo, and updated its default brand colors.[4] [5] [6]

CameronSays (talk) 04:25, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Kost, Ryan (23 May 2022). "TaskRabbit to close all office locations, including S.F. headquarters, as it moves to remote work model". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b Castano, Lilou. "Taskrabbit, une plateforme pour déléguer les tâches du quotidien". La Gazette de Monaco. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference fortunethier was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Il marketplace Taskrabbit aggiorna il marchio e sceglie un nuovo logo". YM! (in Italian).
  5. ^ Almeida, Filipa. "Como a Taskrabbit cresce em Portugal: 5.500 faz-tudo em 18 meses". Sapo Marketeer. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  6. ^ Neves, Carolina. "A Taskrabbit perde o coelho". www.briefing.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 22 July 2022.

Changing capitalization of article title

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Hi Wikipedia editors, I have a question regarding the article title "TaskRabbit." Taskrabbit recently changed the capitalization of their name to no longer include the camel case capitalized "R." It is now simply "Taskrabbit." Is it possible to change the article title to reflect this? Is the best way to achieve this by moving the page? Since Taskrabbit is my client, I have a COI and will not be making any edits directly, but I would be very grateful if another editor could assist me with this. Thank you. CameronSays (talk) 14:24, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

 Done, uncontentious reasonable move, thanks for bringing it up. JesseRafe (talk) 15:31, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the assistance! CameronSays (talk) 17:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Image cleanup

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Hi Wikipedia editors, I noticed that the image in the article

Faux fur-covered Taskrabbit vehicle at South by Southwest

does not appear to be illustrating anything specific related to the article. I'm not sure if it was once relevant to the article content, but it seems like it may no longer be relevant. I would suggest removing it. I do not plan to remove it myself given my COI. Just wanted to share it as a suggestion to improve the article. Thank you for your consideration! CameronSays (talk) 15:38, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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