This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Biography This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles United States Low‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States articles Low This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. Articles for creation Stub‑class This article was reviewed by member(s) of WikiProject Articles for creation. The project works to allow users to contribute quality articles and media files to the encyclopedia and track their progress as they are developed. To participate, please visit the project page for more information.Articles for creationWikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creationTemplate:WikiProject Articles for creationAfC articles Stub This article has been given a rating which conflicts with the project-independent quality rating in the banner shell. Please resolve this conflict if possible. This article was accepted from this draft on 21 June 2018 by reviewer Biblioworm ( talk · contribs).

The following Wikipedia contributor may be personally or professionally connected to the subject of this article. Relevant policies and guidelines may include conflict of interest, autobiography, and neutral point of view. Godrestsinreason ( talk · contribs) This user has contributed to the article. This user has been banned and may therefore be reverted on sight. (Company employee, indeffed and banned here)

The Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use require that editors disclose their "employer, client, and affiliation" with respect to any paid contribution; see WP:PAID. For advice about reviewing paid contributions, see WP:COIRESPONSE. Bernie44 ( talk · contribs) has been paid by Chewy. This user has been banned and may therefore be reverted on sight, per WP:REVERTBAN. Disclosed here

Individuals with a conflict of interest, particularly those representing the subject of the article, are strongly advised not to directly edit the article. See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. You may request corrections or suggest content here on the Talk page for independent editors to review, or contact us if the issue is urgent.

This page is not unambiguously promotional, because the subject, Ryan Cohen, is a notable entrepreneur who founded and served as CEO of the company Chewy, which was acquired by PetSmart for more than $3 billion in 2017, the largest ever acquisition of an e-commerce company. Cohen has been profiled in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Miami Herald, Inc. and elsewhere. The Wikipedia page is written in a neutral tone, it is concise, and it does not seem to pass Criteria for speedy deletion.-- Bernie44 ( talk) 00:21, 25 May 2018 (UTC) reply

However, he didn't have a passion for jewelry. An avid pet owner, Cohen saw an untapped online market potential in pet products. is so far from an encyclopedic tone that it falls under WP:G11 from my point of view. I agree that WP:A7 (obviously non-notable people) is not met. We'll see what the admins think. power~enwiki ( π, ν) 00:23, 25 May 2018 (UTC) reply

Fair enough. Removed that bit. I do not think the page could be considered to be purely promotional at this point.-- Bernie44 ( talk) 00:28, 25 May 2018 (UTC) reply

After your two edits, I agree it's not quite G11 anymore. I've removed the tag and will wait for someone else to comment before editing further here. power~enwiki ( π, ν) 00:31, 25 May 2018 (UTC) reply

I completely agree. The notability is apparent, especially with the sources cited. Godrestsinreason ( talk) 11:01, 6 June 2018 (UTC) reply

I believe this subject deserves its own page. He is notable as an entrepreneur for the size and success of the company he founded as demonstrated by the amount of press on the matter from reliable third-party sources. I have reviewed the Talk Page and Revision History, and am aware of previous concerns over paid editing. I have rewritten the page in what I believe is a concise and neutral manner. Best, Brandy Branpedia ( talk) 00:26, 28 November 2018 (UTC) reply

As above, the page is being edited to remove mention of him selling his BBBY stakes (likely by investors in said stock) 2A02:810D:640:69A0:19A:6C82:55A6:829 ( talk) 22:47, 18 August 2022 (UTC) reply

Now we need to add another reference because someone decided to blacklist a well known investment company's web site? Why is this blacklisted, because it's not in Yahoo? My original reference: ^[1] InquisitionX ( talk) 04:16, 20 August 2022 (UTC) reply

I don't think the source is blacklisted, as per Wikipedia:Deprecated sources so I undid that change 2A02:810D:640:69A0:8CFC:EF40:7A31:637C ( talk) 00:38, 26 August 2022 (UTC) reply

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Someone added “A Jewish” next to family and removed “his” so what would have been “his family in Montreal” is now “A Jewish family in Montreal”, it was recently vandalized by racist trolls 2601:6C2:100:70:4BA:EE2D:7D33:BC98 ( talk) 20:14, 21 August 2022 (UTC) reply

 Not done: The page's protection level has changed since this request was placed. You should now be able to edit the page yourself. If you still seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. ScottishFinnishRadish ( talk) 15:45, 22 August 2022 (UTC) reply

I knew adding the lawsuit would cause some kickback. But I didn't expect it would be entirely deleted within a few hours! Recommend using the talk page to discuss. Wikipedia reports what reliable sources say. The problem is not the case, or Wikipedia, it's what reliable sources are saying - take it up with them. Removing it from Wikipedia won't remove it from WSJ and wherever else it's being reported. -- Green C 04:58, 5 September 2022 (UTC) reply

Hi Ryan 41.13.110.36 ( talk) 01:45, 24 April 2023 (UTC) reply

Would like you to build a mall in South Africa Eastern cape,my contact and also WhatsApp 0711141446 tnx 41.13.110.36 ( talk) 01:48, 24 April 2023 (UTC) reply

This is the first time I have seen spam like this in a Wikipedia talk page. Gabe114 ( talk) 15:55, 3 October 2023 (UTC) reply

Ryan Cohen's Twitter bio now reads: "she/her/hers." This could suggest that Ryan Cohen's pronouns are she/her/hers. However, it is also possible that it may have another meaning.

Given the ambiguity, I wanted to open up a discussion to see if anyone has more context or thoughts on whether there should be an update the pronouns in Ryan Cohen's Wikipedia article.

RouterIncident ( talk) 16:05, 28 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Yes. Apparently there is a Twitter account, purporting to be that of Ryan Cohen, that says "She/her". [1] This is resulting in IP editors changing the entire to reflect "she/her".

There are a couple problems:

• Twitter is notoriously unreliable. The account might not be controlled by Ryan Cohen ie. by a disgruntled employee, family member, hackers, fake account
• It might be a joke by Ryan
• It's a primary source and only a single source. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Why are there no other sources that discuss the fairly major news that the CEO of GameStop is going by she/her? It makes no sense.
• There is no history of Ryan going by she/her or having any tendencies
• Given the history of shenanigans that go on around GameStop, and Ryan, particularly with stock manipulation, we need to treat this with a great deal of caution.
• In summary: Wait for better secondary reliable sources.

-- Green C 16:00, 28 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello,

"This account might not be controlled by Ryan Cohen" - It's his official account and I doubt a bad actor would not leave any damaging tweets if they are disgrunted

"It might be a joke" - What exactly is a joke in changing pronouns?

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." - I don't see how pronouns are extraordinary. Also, I've never in my life seen a news article entirely dedicated to someone changing their pronouns, especially if that person isn't very famous or just an investor. With Ava Kris Tyson, which is definitely a more famous person, I've only seen news report once she talked about being gender non-conforming and when she shared transition timeline pictures. However, even with her, when she changed her pronouns to "any" or in the end "she/her" I did not see any articles about that. Quirkykoala ( talk) 18:10, 28 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Sounds like you should have no problem demonstrating there are reliable secondary sources. When you find some, please post them here. -- Green C 19:05, 28 July 2024 (UTC) reply

For now, while we wait for a secondary source, does it not make sense to make the article gender neutral (either just "Cohen" or they/them) to make sure there is given neutrality to the subject? Quirkykoala ( talk) 19:17, 28 July 2024 (UTC) reply

does it not make sense. What makes sense is reliable secondary sources. It is independent confirmation they want to be called he/she, everywhere including not only Twitter. There is too much ambiguity for us to change anything on Wikipedia yet. -- Green C 22:10, 28 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Profile Picture is now updated as well as female we can safely edit it. 76.184.232.154 ( talk) 00:42, 29 July 2024 (UTC) reply

It is readily apparent from Ryan Cohen's recent twitter that this topic is some attempt to troll, and completely unserious Bleaf1 ( talk) 02:35, 29 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Even if it is, wouldn't it set a dangerous precedent to not take someone seriously when they come out with something so personal and vulnerable? 84.217.210.209 ( talk) 13:13, 29 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Didn't he tweet "TRUMP 2024" only a couple of weeks ago? This seems more like a lame attempt at trolling than a serious change in gender identity. 2800:BF0:1E:16D5:B5D0:254D:5D13:FF91 ( talk) 17:28, 29 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Wikipedia requires reliable sources. As soon as they take it seriously, this article will do the same. The dangerous precedence would be to ignore that requirement on a BLP. -- Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 11:19, 30 July 2024 (UTC) reply

That profile picture looks distinctly AI generated. I'd rank this as dubious and reliable secondary sources are needed for a change of such significance. -- Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 10:25, 29 July 2024 (UTC) reply