Talk:SethBling

Should Minecraft maps be italicized?
Hm?  Ꞷ  umbolo   19:12, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
 * They're not standalone creative works, so simple capitalization as a proper noun (no quotation marks) would be most appropriate (World 1-1, Green Hill Zone, Dust II) (not watching, please ping ) czar  13:22, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Interview
Hey, there's been a recent interview with Seth from MitchFlowerPower that Seth has reuploaded to YouTube. I watched the interview live, it has a bunch of useful info. It'll help fill in some gaps to help you with your WP:GAN. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGLGDnrG78, good luck! Zoom ( talk page ) 18:02, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I noticed the interview but didn't know whether I should watch it. Thank you very much!  Ꞷ  umbolo   20:16, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
 * are there any specific gaps in the article you can point out? Thanks. w umbolo   ^^^  14:42, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Pre-GA review
Over-reliance on primary sources. If you have bountiful secondary sources discussing his work, pull the social media and primary source video links to focus on that secondary source commentary, as that dictates what the media/public finds important about his work. (not watching, please ping ) czar  13:18, 17 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Since you said his work twice, I stripped nearly all primary sources from the two career sections. These references to primary sources I've kept:
 * This signifies that SethBling worked only as a consultant. This is also made clear in the video which is currently not referenced in the article.
 * SethBling is already notable for his world records so it is useful to state his record time and date.
 * This supports an exceptional claim made by SethBling, which is attributed as such inline and quoted.
 * The other sections still include primary sources because they would be very short without them. w umbolo   ^^^  21:08, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * The article should be written from reliable, secondary source. So claims sourced to verizoncraft.github.io and a comment on Reddit shouldn't be seen as noteworthy for his biography unless that claim is also made in reliable, secondary sourcing. Remember that Wikipedia is written for a general audience—sections like "The program singly won gold in the 50cc Mushroom Cup and the 50cc Flower Cup, and won silver in the 50cc Star Cup" read as trivia. Focus on what a major newspaper/magazine would use when writing a profile of him. Similarly, we take our proportionality from secondary sources. If no major external source confirms his world record times or that he was the "first" to do something, those factoid likely don't fit the biography we aspire to write. czar  21:36, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the feedback. I have implemented accordingly. The whole article, except the infobox and the "Early life" section, is now sourced with reliable sources. I will remove a few non-English/unreliable sources which are leftover/clutter. ✅ w umbolo   ^^^  11:13, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Gentside Gaming does not seem like a reliable source, however it is owned by a subsidiary of France's biggest magazine publisher, Prisma Media. I believe I should delete all content that is supported by it. w umbolo   ^^^  19:09, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Ya, I don't see any hallmarks of reliability at Gentside (no masthead, EIC had no prior experience, no editorial policy, etc.) By the way, the primary source work you excised might fit at another wiki, perhaps one focused on streamers, if you want to see it used somewhere. (Wikipedia's scope is tighter than most wikis.) czar  20:18, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the feedback. I have implemented accordingly. The whole article, except the infobox and the "Early life" section, is now sourced with reliable sources. I will remove a few non-English/unreliable sources which are leftover/clutter. ✅ w umbolo   ^^^  11:13, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Gentside Gaming does not seem like a reliable source, however it is owned by a subsidiary of France's biggest magazine publisher, Prisma Media. I believe I should delete all content that is supported by it. w umbolo   ^^^  19:09, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Ya, I don't see any hallmarks of reliability at Gentside (no masthead, EIC had no prior experience, no editorial policy, etc.) By the way, the primary source work you excised might fit at another wiki, perhaps one focused on streamers, if you want to see it used somewhere. (Wikipedia's scope is tighter than most wikis.) czar  20:18, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Dustbowl and 2Fort
The two maps have control points and capture the flag functionality, respectively, like in Team Fortress 2. Sources only say The Minecraft version of Dustbowl contains control points, like in Team Fortress 2. No source says that 2Fort has capture the flag functionality. What should be kept? Perhaps neither?

Minor: 2Fort or 2fort?  Ꞷ  umbolo   09:06, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * "2Fort" per the video game reliable sources custom Google search. Generalize: "SethBling and ... recreated levels and gameplay from the FPS TF2 (spell out) within the game of Minecraft." The specifics are trivia unless you're looking to make a point about what those traits signify. (not watching, please ping ) czar  21:40, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ w umbolo   ^^^  14:42, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Some things SethBling said as sources
These are self-published sources and might not be appropriate at all, so I am listing them below instead of digging down the timestamp only to find everybody objecting to it. Some of these are useful, some of these are contextual. Again, I wouldn't list these if they weren't significant.

SethBling's new logo

He doesn't do Minecraft anymore Uploaded a MC video on Sep. 15, 18. Does create MC videos regularly since https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z_SElAAzSE
 * fails WP:TPO but appreciated strike w umbolo   ^^^  12:43, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

He began speedrunning in May 2014

He never ever played Splatoon on console found in RS and added to article

He rode a mechanical bull once and hurt himself

He attends some Jewish events

He derides himself for his username "affix" 'Bling' he came up with in high school

note to self: date = 27 feb 2018. w umbolo  ^^^  13:28, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

SethBling talks about his work at Xbox at Microsoft
1:21–1:57 in this video. w umbolo  ^^^  14:53, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

SethBling and PangeaPanga collab?
Looking at this Ars Technica article, I can't really verify this:

"The honor of being the first people to edit a new level onto a stock Super Mario World cartridge went to a couple of popular Mario streamers. SethBling and PangeaPanga worked together to hardcode a tool-assisted movie file to automatically build a level as soon as TASBot took control of the game. The pair decided to recreate a castle level that was part of an exciting blind Super Mario Maker race earlier in the marathon."

w umbolo  ^^^  15:40, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Theatre Journal?
Theatre Journal Volume 67, Number 4, December 2015. Around pg. 702. w umbolo   ^^^  16:26, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Commons:Voice intro project
regarding the interview with MitchFlowerPower, is there any specific thing SethBling says that you would recommend to be recorded so that we have a recording of his voice per Commons:Voice intro project? I would say from 1:15:55 but that seems like too much advertising. w umbolo  ^^^  17:52, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * There's too much advertising in that and the licensing is all standard YouTube. I'll try to find something. Zoom  ( talk page ) 20:30, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Mitch's video (it was published first) is licensed CC-BY. w umbolo   ^^^  20:41, 6 June 2018 (UTC)