Talk:HTTP cookie

message: It's not my place to edit this into the HTTP cookie page, so I'm leaving a note here. My name is Gary Robinson, and I'm the original inventor of the tracking cookie, and the coiner of that term. (The tracking cookie was independently invented a few months later at DoubleClick.) I am the sole inventor listed for patent 5,918,014 with priority date Dec 27, 1995.[1]
The term "tracking cookie" is coined in that patent at column 10, line 9. The technical mechanism is described starting at column 9, line 38.
Google eventually came to own the patent, which has now expired. It also describes mechanisms for privacy and user control of their data. I do already have a wikipedia page,[2] and it seems like the tracking cookie section of the HTTP Cookie page should link to it. But I leave that for other people to decide about and do, if it is judged to be appropriate. 
In any case my suggestion is to edit the Tracking part of the Uses section to refer to the patent and to me. I'd do it myself, but my understanding is that it would be inappropriate for me to edit something about me.
[1] https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/c3/d4/40/239073914fa7fc/US5918014.pdf
[2] Gary Robinson Garyrob (talk) 14:06, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Invention of the tracking cookie in 1995 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: not moved. Per consensus, not primary topic. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 23:02, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: HTTP cookie →  – First, WP:COMMONNAME. "HTTP cookie" is not a very common name for cookies on the Internet — in fact, I don't think I had heard of them being called that until I found this article. The Google Ngram Viewer shows a dramatic drop in usage after 2005, when it spiked and never recovered. This article is currently buried near the very bottom of Cookie (disambiguation) and took me a while to find because  redirects to Cookie (the food). Per WP:SMALLDETAILS, the plural form should be sufficient to distinguish Internet cookies from edible ones, plus there is clear evidence that Internet cookies are the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for the term "cookies". HTTP cookie actually dwarfs Cookie in terms of pageviews, but obviously the food is the long-term primary topic for "cookie". For the plural form "cookies", however, this is clearly the one most people are and will be looking for. InfiniteNexus (talk) 00:34, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 16 October 2023 

message: A previous RFC to move to "cookies" failed (as IMHO it should have, for reasons given above). However, there was some support to change to Cookie (Internet) or similar and I don't think that got serious consideration.
The term "cookie" is deeply embedded in modern parlance, in a way that HTTP Cookie is not, and this would aid searchers without creating confusion about the baked good.
I'd be OK with Cookie (HTTP) or Cookie (Web) as well. Oblivy (talk) 02:04, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I've given this nearly a week and no comments.  Unless someone raises their hand to object I'll do the page move shortly. Oblivy (talk) 02:59, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: That wasn't an RFC, it was a move request, and you ought to post a formal move request too. (FYI, this isn't an RFC either: submitting an RFC involves more than including the letters "RFC" in the title of a discussion.) See the procedure at WP:Requested moves. Largoplazo (talk) 09:37, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  RFC - move to Cookie (Internet) 

message: #REDIRECT Target page name
 176.54.176.219 (talk) 11:15, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Charliehdb (talk) 11:33, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 21 May 2024