Talk:Daniel Howell/Archive 2

It's Time to Stop
Hey, do you all see the top of the talk page ( Specifically,, , )? It says "This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Dan Howell article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject." And in the talk page guidelines it says this, "Stay on topic: Talk pages are for discussing the article, not for general conversation about the article's subject (much less other subjects). Keep discussions focused on how to improve the article. If you want to discuss the subject of an article, you can do so at Wikipedia:Reference desk instead. Comments that are plainly irrelevant are subject to archival or removal." Wikipedia's an archive of information, not fangirling/fanboying. If you want to do that, Wikipedia does have this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk. I get it if you're new, but please try to use Wikipedia properly. Danke! &#123;&#123;SUBST:JackOfTrades1776&#125;&#125; (talk) 15:39, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Daniel Howell
Please note that the name of his channel is Daniel Howell and not Danisnotonfire as of May 1st.

Source: Dan's newest video — Preceding unsigned comment added by PhanPat394 (talk • contribs) 22:35, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Phil Lester
Philip Michael Lester is Dan Howell's best friend and alleged boyfriend. Many fans believe and have come up with proof as to how these two may in fact be a couple Tlw225 (talk) 14:57, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

dan and phil are husbands, even disney confirmed it Charliexperienz (talk) 14:11, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

There is no proven fact that they are together Annabellewiki (talk) 22:02, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

April 2017 Move
They have since announced their move to a duplex apartment in London. Flyingbasilisk (talk) 00:03, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Name change (from Dan Howell to Daniel Howell)?
I would like to request that this page be moved from "Dan Howell" to "Daniel Howell", after the announcement of Daniel retiring the name "danisnotonfire". Although the main video dealt mainly with the "danisnotonfire" name, within the video, he also states that the change would be to "Daniel Howell" and not "Dan Howell", due to the reasons stated within the video. As I am not too sure about this, should this page be renamed to "Daniel Howell"?

For now, I will change the infobox at the top to say "Daniel Howell" instead of "danisnotonfire", and add some information about the name change. Alex Tenshi (talk) 08:05, 2 May 2017 (UTC)


 * In videos since that he has still gone by Dan. He mainly goes by Dan, but would be okay with Daniel. Anybody looking him up on Wiki would most likely search 'Dan Howell'. CorrectYourMistakes (talk) 13:58, 3 August 2017 (UTC)


 * And Dan Howell redirects here. —C.Fred (talk) 18:37, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

wrong channel name
97.103.28.140 (talk) 19:40, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

i just thought i should inform you that his channel name is no longer 'danisnotonfire' as it is now 'Daniel Howell' i look forward to that being changed


 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: If you're referring to the infobox stating "danisnotonfire", from what I can tell with the template, this shouldn't be changed as it is a link to the channel, and since he channel link didn't change (like Daniel said in the video, he only changed the display name, while danisnotonfire is still the actual channel name), there's no need to change it. If you're referring to the body, this has already been done.

Requested move 10 May 2017

 * 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. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: Moved. EdJohnston (talk) 15:05, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Dan Howell → Daniel Howell – Since 1 May 2017, Howell has changed all his social media platforms, as well as his YouTube display name from either "danisnotonfire" or "Dan Howell" to "Daniel Howell". In this video, Howell announced the change, and subsequently, all his social networking changed to "Daniel Howell". Alex Tenshi (talk) 08:57, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Support move. "Daniel" is clearly preferable to "Dan" in this case.  ONR  (talk) 14:38, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Daniel James Howell the meme lord — Preceding unsigned comment added by 34.204.61.227 (talk • contribs)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Something went wrong with your move, as the article has been replaced with a redirect to itself! Can you recover the deleted revisions? -- John of Reading (talk) 15:21, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I see that you're already dealing with it. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:22, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * All fixed now. Sorry. EdJohnston (talk) 15:24, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 31 October 2017
Please change 'Associated acts	Phil Lester' to Spouse Phil Lester' (˜˜˜˜). Reliable sources: EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HIS SUBSCRIBERS! Phan9000 (talk) 15:08, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Please read Identifying reliable sources to see why "..every single one of his subscribers" is not considered a reliable source. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 15:17, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Young Minds
I feel like it should be noted that after releasing his video detailing on his struggle with depression, Dan has become an ambassador for the charity Young Minds. Link here: [] 108.31.120.44 (talk) 21:26, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

Edit request
Hatnote:

New article created. 146.229.240.200 (talk) 18:04, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 March 2018
Remove nickname "Dan". He doesn't want to be called Dan anymore, just Daniel. Jamestmiles2005 (talk) 07:19, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: It is generally not up to the people themselves to decide their nicknames. Most of his usernames still utelise "Dan". Additionally, would need a source. —   IVORK  Discuss 22:13, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

“Dan” shouldn’t be removed since that is what his mutuals address him as. In a live show he said he’ll always be Dan to us and there was no reason to start calling him Daniel just because of the channel name. Izzymendoza 714 (talk) 21:58, 26 June 2018 (UTC)