Talk:Michael Stevens (YouTuber)

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Semi-protected edit request on 25 March 2018
i would like to add the following: On March 24 2018, Michael Steven announced on the platform YouTube that he was the owner of the channel named HowToBasic. This came at an complete shock, but was to be expected. HowToBasic is an YouTube channel targeted at the HTD (How To Do) Category on YouTube and has over 10 million subscribers. Michael Steven never showed his face on the channel to keep himself anonymous, but was recently exposed. He didn't have a choice in the matter, so he made an video (named Face Reveal) clarify the whole situation while keeping his comedic attitude. Hassab Abban (talk) 19:20, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Sro23 (talk) 20:19, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 April 2019
Please change subscribers from 14.27 million (March 22, 2019) to 14.36 million (April 24, 2019). Myles314 (talk) 13:21, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done NiciVampireHeart 13:27, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 April 2019
There need to be a mention about the curiosity box, a project he worked on quite a lot. He wrote the foreword of the book "How to speak science" from Bruce Benamran. Also, he has a daughter now. Hectorroche356 (talk) 19:24, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg 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. – Þjarkur (talk) 20:05, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2019
Add photos and describe new types of content he has been branching out to. BlackLuv696969 (talk) 07:25, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg 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. Saucy[talk – contribs] 07:43, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 July 2019
The channel DONG (Do Online Now, Guys) has been renamed to D!NG for demonetization purposes 84.236.65.158 (talk) 18:25, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the information. I have added it, with a reference. -- MelanieN (talk) 22:50, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

Outdated section on Brain Candy Live
The section states "A second United States tour is scheduled for March–May 2018." It is long past that date, so that sentence should be removed. Are there any sources stating that Brain Candy Live isn't coming back? Because if so, that may also be good to add. If not, it should probably be noted when the last show was, and note that no new information about the future of it has been released. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sebastian Hudak (talk • contribs) 01:21, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 October 2020
Change the Vsauce Youtube Channel's subscriber count (under the section Youtube Information) from 15.8 million to 16.1 million. Levmarchuk27 (talk) 04:54, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Melmann 11:04, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The source is their own channel; I've never seen having to use reliable sources/secondary sources/etc. for subscriber and view count. ✅. GhostP.   talk  13:02, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 October 2021
Replace the entire filmography section with the following: The removed reference, TV Tropes, is unreliable as a reference and external links per WP:RS|unreliable and WP:ELNO 2603:7000:1F00:6B91:7D96:D0FE:31F0:6D3D (talk) 23:12, 27 October 2021 (UTC)


 * ✅ Next time, instead of making such a lengthy edit request, just say that source for America Declassified is unreliable, and provide something which demonstrates its unreliability. I had to do a bit of searching to figure out exactly what you wanted done. MxWondrous (talk) 15:47, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 January 2022
Under "Personal life" verify that Michael got married in 2016 with source [2]: https://twitter.com/tweetsauce/status/759434936558489600 Flugsten (talk) 09:56, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks! hemantha (brief) 12:47, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 April 2022
Please Ignore This Section Make the second (not first) use (in this article) of London (the city located in England, UK [United Kingdom]) link (internal Wikipedia link, which can be used multiple times, see MOS:REPEATLINK, “[c]itations stand alone in their usage, so there is no problem with repeating the same link in many citations within an article; e.g. |work= The Guardian ”) to the corresponding wikipedia article. 2603:7080:DA3C:7A33:F4FF:3B44:570:60A8 (talk) 10:16, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: That deals with links to publications in citations, not wikilinks in the prose. Per WP:MOS the first usage in the article after the lead is wikilinked. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 10:58, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 April 2022
Request to Wikilink second usage of London (city) to corresponding Wikipedia article, as it is relevant and standard practice. 2603:7080:DA3C:7A33:F4FF:3B44:570:60A8 (talk) 11:09, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. Please stop opening additional requests and removing them when you get answers you don't like. Additional requests will be removed as duplicates. This behavior is disruptive  ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:08, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

London wikilink
Should London be Wikilinked? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7080:DA3C:7A33:F4FF:3B44:570:60A8 (talk) 12:17, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 July 2022
Change the 26th Reference's hyperlink ("47 YouTubers Laugh Without Smiling"), from "https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=99" (an invalid YouTube link) to "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KqgWfut6Ic&t=99s" (the proper YouTube video). Zombie1Kenobi (talk) 01:11, 31 July 2022 (UTC) ✅ Of the universe (talk) 21:55, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 May 2023
The citation for "YouTube Stars Talk Health Care at the White House" has a broken link. Please change the link from https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=185 to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT77xhri9KQ (?t=185 does not seem to have any effect.) Jack9761 (talk) 02:14, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ - the t=185 is actually important (it marks the relevant timestamp of the video), it just needs to follow the URL you suggest after a & rather than a ? to be correctly parsed by YouTube. Tollens (talk) 02:43, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 September 2023
Instead of 2.4 billion views, it's 3.1 now, source is the same Drudax01 (talk) 19:18, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Tollens (talk) 19:41, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 October 2023
Vsauce has hit 20 million subscribers, and has also hit 3.23 billion views. Yes, if you go to https://www.youtube.com/@Vsauce/about, it's true. Can you please change it? -Hyperoperations (talk) 17:14, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Typos
Vsauce is incorrectly spelled “Vsause” throughout the article. 2600:1700:6230:5590:119B:EB51:DB39:2641 (talk) 22:52, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * It was only in one recently added paragraph. It was poorly written so I decided to remove it rather than fix the spelling. --DanielRigal (talk) 00:22, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 27 June 2024

 * 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: moved. Rough consensus against making Michael Stevens the primary topic, but consensus to change their disambiguation. (closed by non-admin page mover) BilledMammal (talk) 18:44, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

– Probably the primary topic. Pageviews analysis shows that the article is significantly more popular than the others listed in the disambiguation (and the second-most common includes a middle name). —  Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧   (talk &#124; contribs) 17:16, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Michael Stevens (educator) → Michael Stevens
 * Michael Stevens → Michael Stevens (disambiguation)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Weak support on pageviews alone; long-term significance is inconclusive. Also support moving to Michael Stevens (YouTuber) which is the actual way he's known; (educator) has long been errant. Hameltion (talk &#124; contribs) 17:28, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I agree that, if disambiguation is needed, "YouTuber" is better, per WP:TITLECON, as it's used in titles like Drew Gooden (YouTuber) and Tom Scott (YouTuber). —  Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧   (talk &#124; contribs) 19:02, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose. There are 17 men listed upon the Michael Stevens disambiguation page with little indication that any single holder of this common name has achieved such renown in the English-speaking world as to overwhelm the combined notability of the remaining 16 men. As for the parenthetical qualifier, would support Michael Stevens (educator) → Michael Stevens (YouTuber) per Hameltion and Vigilant Cosmic Penguin. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 21:44, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Leaning oppose and move the first to Michael Stevens (YouTuber) per User:Roman Spinner, and the relative WP:RECENTISM of any social media figure. BD2412  T 22:29, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose per long-term significance. Support move to Michael Stevens (YouTuber). -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:31, 2 July 2024 (UTC)