Talk:Stewart Resnick

Should we have "farmer", "farm owner" or suchlike in the lead?

• Copied from User talk:Edwardx to allow for a wider discussion.

i think your fastidious adherence to describing that man as only a "businessman" has orwellian undertones to it. i am not trying to remove businessman but add another label that i have demonstrated through both sources and by definition is true. Wikipedia has a common sense policy too, remember. I'd really like to know why i am wrong if in fact i am. if we can get some third party input too that would be great! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:387:8:11:0:0:0:C0 (talk) 20:35, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. I have added a heading to your comment, so that people will know that this is about Stewart Resnick. Otherwise, there would be little or no prospect of third party input. I would suggest that you read Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section before reinserting "farmer", "farm owner" or suchlike. Resnick owned a janitorial services company, and then the Franklin Mint, before he was involved in agricultural produce. And his expertise is in branding and marketing, not farming. Having "farmer", "farm owner" or suchlike in the lead is quite misleading. In any event, there is no mention of anything of the sort in the body of the article.

Before you posted on my talkpage, your edit summary included "not trying to start an edit war". By adding "farm owner" to the lead, that is precisely what you are doing. I will be removing "farm owner" from the article lead, and will copy this thread to Talk:Stewart Resnick, where it would be better to continue, if you hope for some "third party input". Edwardx (talk) 23:21, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

How is identifying who is the wealthiest farmer in the US "trivial"? CommonSenseScholar (talk) 02:08, 19 December 2019 (UTC) Full disclosure so I don't get accused of sockpuppeting: the prior person putting this in here was me. This time the source was NPR, and quite blatantly it said in the headline that he is the richest farmer in the US. This is cut-and-dry, basic Wikipedia. That fact belongs here. I live in California, and this is of interest to people who live here. The state is in perpetual drought, and this guy is making a lot of money using a lot of water in california. The least we could do is properly identify his source of wealth. I guarantee his source of wealth is not his "marketing" or "branding" value. You are refusing to let someone add a salient fact to Wikipedia. This guy uses as much water as the city of Los Angeles and California is in drought.It is NOTABLE!CommonSenseScholar (talk) 02:17, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

By the way, you said " In any event, there is no mention of anything of the sort in the body of the article."

If you do a ctrl + find, you will find (not including my edit) five mentions of "farm" in this page. So your statement was not true. Also, on the "wikipedia edit war" page, seeking third party input is one avenue that is recommended. Your mocking quotes were unnecessary. If you don't pay high California water bills while the state is telling you how many times you are allowed to flush your toilet, maybe you should show some humility on the topic.CommonSenseScholar (talk) 02:32, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

PomWonderful’s Gulf War Profiteering.

The pomegranate juice craze started just when the War began under George W. Bush. This is no coincidence. Pomegranates were originally sourced from North Africa, Algeria in particular. A country whose pomegranates were originally marketed to Iraqis. Pomegranate syrup became unattainable, let alone unaffordable. But, due to the brutal, messy unnecessary war, pomegranate stew became unaffordable even to those who had to eat their own rabbits that had to grow up the closet.

This is a very light treatment of a very serious subject, and the current puff piece needs revisiting the interests of right-wingers who above all else oppose the war in Iraq. Beñamin01 (talk) 11:16, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

WP:NOTAFORUM. If you want this information added to the article you'll need reliable sources to show this information is due for inclusion. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 20:01, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Wedding Date Correction

Hello. I work at The Wonderful Company, and I am hoping an editor would be willing to correct the wedding date of Stewart and Lynda Resnick-they were married in 1972, as is correctly noted on Lynda Resnick’s page. However, on Stewart Resnick’s page the year is listed incorrectly as 1973 in the personal life section. I've studied Wikipedia's guidelines regarding COI editing and believe my disclosures have been posted appropriately. Appreciate any assistance that can be provided in making this correction. RachelOstroff (talk) 19:09, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

The article has the date of 1972 now. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 19:59, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

NPOV

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1hws7gn/one_billionaire_couple_owns_almost_all_the_water/ Polygnotus (talk) 14:08, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

@Polygnotus, what is the relevance of this link and what does it have to with NPOV? IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 19:28, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

@IOHANNVSVERVS: Did you watch the linked video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B19qb1Az94 Polygnotus (talk) 19:30, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

This a talk page for discussion about this article. Posting videos with no explanation is not what this page is for. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 19:39, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

@IOHANNVSVERVS: You forgot to answer my question. Polygnotus (talk) 19:41, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Neutrality tags

These have been here for a while now with no real discussion on them, if no discussion is held we might wanna remove them. Akechi The Agent Of Chaos (talk) 11:00, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

I have removed the tags as no meaningful discussion has been held on the POV of the article. If you disagree with this change reply to this comment as to why. Akechi The Agent Of Chaos (talk) 06:25, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

IDF Donations should be listed in Philanthropy

Hello, I am new to editing Wikipedia and still learning, so forgive me if this is the wrong place for this. Earlier I attempted to edit both Stewart and Lynda Resnick's philanthropy sections to list their generous donations to the IDF historically. The line I inserted was "Between 2015 and 2022, Resnick and his wife donated up to $2.4 million to the American Friends of the Israel Defense Forces." My citations for this are first the article "California pistachio billionaires funding Israel's occupation regime" from MROnline, which in turn cites the Resnick Foundation's publicly available tax filings. Both links are here:

https://mronline.org/2024/02/21/california-pistachio-billionaires-funding-israels-occupation-regime/#edn_1

https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/954658095

I have looked at the tax filings available on ProPublica NonProfit Explorer, and the information is easily verifiable for anyone else following these two links. I understand the heated political nature of this subject, but the donation size (upwards of $2.4 million) and the way in which it was done both merit mentioning in the philanthropy section of both their pages, as the Resnicks verifiably spend years donating millions of dollars, publicly, through their foundation and into another foundation, the American Friends of the Israel Defense Force, who's website can be found here:

https://www.fidf.org/

My edits were almost immediately undone, and I am unsure if this is for political reasons or because of my failure to format my sentence correctly and/or adhere to Wikipedia's guidelines. Please let me know what changes I should make to this edit and whether or not it is valid to submit at all. Thank you! MSCGWW (talk) 21:38, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi MSCGWW (talk). Nothing political going on, heated or otherwise. Assertions on Wikipedia need to be supported by independent, reliable sources. Any source related to the Resnicks is not independent. Nefarious Russions is not an acceptable source. ProPublica is, but I couldn't find the donation you are referencing. Your edit will stick if you have a reliable, indpendent source that confirms the $2.4 million donation. JSFarman (talk) 02:34, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Bias in tone

I took a cursory glance at this page and there seem to be some questionable choices that threaten the neutrality of the article. Under the "criticism" header, there is a critique of the water consumption required for the subject's business, followed by an entire paragraph about how much local investment the subject engages in- this in an article which features a "philanthropy" section. If I'm being generous, this is placement seems highly ill-conceived. Being a bit more realistic, it appears a deliberate attempt to undermine critiques of the subject.

I'm no expert on the matter and can't contribute directly due to my lack of knowledge, but I am at least tertiarily familiar with the many critiques of the Resnick family (as well as recently learning of the controversy over NPOV on the Wonderful Company article). As it stands, the article does a poor job illuminating these criticisms. Caloral (talk) 03:27, 5 March 2026 (UTC)