Talk:John Sculley

message: This article is quite poorly written and in need of an almost complete rewrite.  It is an overly glorified biography of John Sculley and contains unverifiable value statements like "He is best known".  I don't know how it was once considered a good article but it is clearly in need of work.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Simonmetcalf (talk • contribs) 16:30, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Low Quality Article

message: The article quotes a text, whereas under Sculley from 1989 to 1991 Apple had witnessed its «first golden age». I can testify as a Computer- and PC-user at that time Mac's great superiority. I can't of course judge, whose merit that was. However I didn't find the quote in the mentioned text. Besides, what would have been the second, third and so forth golden age? Not now anyway, but that's another story...--Werfur (talk) 21:09, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: «first golden age»

message: :He is best known for his marketing skills, particularly in his introduction of 'the Pepsi Challenge' at PepsiCo, which allowed the company to gain market share over its rival, Coca Cola. Sculley followed this strategy at Apple throughout the 1980s and 1990s
Samsara (talk • contribs) 17:45, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: His marketing strategy, it says it right there. — Wackymacs 18:26, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed the wording slightly, is it better? — Wackymacs 18:27, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which strategy? 

message: This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed. 
The article does not cite source of many important statements. I marked them with appropriate tags. It is important because the article is about a living person.  
I will check back in no less than seven days. If progress is being made and issues are addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far. Regards, Ruslik 09:54, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Sweeps (on hold)

message: I made a deletion and placed POV tags in this article because the information about Sculley's stint at Apple is written with the objective of promoting a particular thesis. Wikipedia isn't the place for that kind of op-ed writing. Too much of the Apple stuff uses sources from op-ed style pieces, as opposed to objective news pieces. Just because it's on CNBC doesn't mean it's not opinion. ask123 (talk) 13:43, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tags 

message: I just watched a documentary on Steve Jobs where he states clearly "What can I say?  I hired the wrong guy." when referring to Sculley.  This tidbit should be included for balance as this article seems off-balance in favor of Sculley.  His tenure at Apple is not nearly as positive as the article would have it appear.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonny Quick (talk • contribs) 01:09, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Steve Jobs "hired the wrong guy" 

message: Strange words in article appear to be non-english text.Richard416282 (talk) 08:03, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalisim, Gibberish in text

message: He has been portrayed three times now :-) Medico80 (talk) 17:08, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time for a depictions section? 

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message: Referenced citation for the line "The magazine MacAddict named the period between 1989 and 1991 as the "first golden age" of the Macintosh.[22]" http://lowendmac.com/orchard/06/john-sculley-years-apple.html makes no reference to MacAddict or the "First Golden Age" of Mac. Recommend removing citation.
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thread_title:  First Golden Age 

message: Content about a lawsuit which is to supposed have been filed against Scully keeps getting removed by . This editor has claimed to be married to Scully, so it obvious that there are COI related issues involved here. These in fact have been discussed at :WP:COIN#JohnScully. Being a COI editor, however, does not forbid someone from editing a particular article; they can still do so, but are encourage to follow the guidelines laid out in :WP:PSCOI. One of the things a COI editor is allowed to do per :WP:COIADVICE is to remove BLP violations. This seems to be the reason why Diane0524 is removing this content. I was going to discuss this at :WP:BLPN, but figure I'd try here first. So, the first thing we need to figure out is whether this is a BLP violation. The edit sums being left describe the content as "contentious", "hurtful" and "false" which seem to imply such a thing. On the other hand, there are sources cited in support so perhaps it is accurate to a degree, but simply incomplete. If it's a case of the former, the content should not be re-added per :WP:BLP; if it's a case of the latter, maybe we need to find better sources to complete the narrative. FWIW, claims of legal action usually have a beginning, middle and end. If the lawsuit was litigated and resolved, then information about the resolution should be found and added to the article. If the lawsuit never was litigated, then perhaps the information should be left out per :WP:UNDUE because it creates the impression that Sculley might have done some wrong without any resolution to indicate otherwise. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:00, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for starting this discussion .  has been asked numerous times to provide evidence or engage on talk pages about this but has not yet done so. But you are right, we can still look into the issue and determine whether the content is contentious or undue. Have you been able to find out anymore about the lawsuit and whether there was a clear resolution to it one way or the other? I have tried but as I am outside the US can only access what is available online and have had no success. Melcous (talk) 01:28, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
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message: in 1990 I was working for Mission Catering and Deli in Fremont, Ca then owned by Mary Chamberlin. She sold it that year to John Sculley. He ran it into the ground within 2 years. Before he owned it, it was one of the top 10 in northern California and he destroyed it. I did not like working with or for him an left myself in 1991 after 25 of working with Mary. ````  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.166.255.61 (talk) 14:42, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
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message: The biograpgy.com article is incorrect, as are numerous other websites. I'm reading his autobiography, Odyssey, and it's clear he was only ever President of Pepsi. He was the leading candidate to become the next CEO at the point in time when he decided to go to Apple. Don Kendall was the CEO. https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/09/business/apple-gets-president-from-pepsi.html Nevster (talk) 23:04, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  He was not CEO of Pepsi 

message: The article states "Sculley later acknowledged such an act was his greatest mistake, indicating that he should instead have targeted the dominant Intel architecture." but he had such a program in place - the Star Trek project.  That project was killed by Sculley's successor Michael Spindler.  Sure it mae have been a sideline that may have went nowhere but it was there...under Sculley.--174.99.238.22 (talk) 09:26, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Star Trek Project

message: Conflicting info here. 2A02:14F:1F6:31BD:31EB:77EC:27D6:C013 (talk) 12:50, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was he born in April 6 or august 3?  

message: He (co)wrote a book Odyssee: Pepsi to Apple which was published in 1987. Someone Not Awful (talk) 23:41, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Book