Talk:William Spetz

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Updated biography
Please can the page for William Spetz be updated? It is no longer accurate. Could we update to the below?

William Spetz (born 4 April 1996 in Umeå, Sweden) is a Swedish actor and screenwriter. William Spetz grew up in the north of Sweden and began his career at 15 years old by creating comedy videos on YouTube. His blend of observational humor, relatable anecdotes, and quirky characters quickly resonated with viewers, helping him collect a substantial following on the platform with a total of over 20 million views. After that, William Spetz ventured into traditional media, where he started appearing in television, film and on stage.

In November 2015, it was announced by SVT that Spetz would be one of the co-hosts alongside Gina Dirawi for the final of Melodifestivalen 2016, making him the youngest host in history.

In 2019, Spetz starred as Samir Said in the Swedish Netflix original series Quicksand and in 2022, Netflix announced TORE, a 6-episode original dramedy series which Spetz created, wrote and stars in. TORE is scheduled to launch globally October 27, 2023. Hellofrank832809 (talk) 09:40, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

can an Admin help please? Thanks so much! Hellofrank832809 (talk) 09:05, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
 * This does not require the use of the administrator tools; you may make this edit yourself(unless you have a conflict of interest) or you may ask any editor to help you with a regular request. 331dot (talk) 09:18, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
 * You will need independent reliable sources to support it. 331dot (talk) 09:19, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Biography to update
Please can the page for William Spetz be updated? It is no longer accurate. Could we update to the below? William Spetz (born 4 April 1996 in Umeå, Sweden) is a Swedish actor and screenwriter. William Spetz grew up in the north of Sweden and began his career at 15 years old by creating comedy videos on YouTube. His blend of observational humor, relatable anecdotes, and quirky characters quickly resonated with viewers, helping him collect a substantial following on the platform with a total of over 20 million views. After that, William Spetz ventured into traditional media, where he started appearing in television, film and on stage. In November 2015, it was announced by SVT that Spetz would be one of the co-hosts alongside Gina Dirawi for the final of Melodifestivalen 2016, making him the youngest host in history. In 2019, Spetz starred as Samir Said in the Swedish Netflix original series Quicksand and in 2022, Netflix announced TORE, a 6-episode original dramedy series which Spetz created, wrote and stars in. TORE is scheduled to launch globally October 27, 2023. Hellofrank832809 (talk) 09:28, 7 October 2023 (UTC)


 * What are your sources to support this content? 331dot (talk) 09:44, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
 * hi, I am connected to William. What's the best way to do this? Hellofrank832809 (talk) 10:45, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
 * You must disclose a conflict of interest, see WP:COI for instructions. If you are compensated by him in any manner for any purpose, the Terms of Use require you to make a formal paid editing disclosure.
 * We cannot accept your personal word about Mr. Spetz; all information must be sourced to an independent reliable source that can be verified. If the current information is inaccurate and needs to be reworded to indicate it is no longer the case, we can do that. For new information, we must have a source. 331dot (talk) 12:26, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Biography to update
hi. I'm picking up from the previous request. William's bio is no longer current. I have disclosed my COI in my user page. Please can an admin help amend to the below? The image also needs to be changed. Thank you!

William Spetz (born 4 April 1996 in Umeå, Sweden) is a Swedish actor and screenwriter.

William Spetz grew up in the north of Sweden and began his career at 15 years old by creating comedy videos on YouTube. His blend of observational humor, relatable anecdotes, and quirky characters quickly resonated with viewers, helping him collect a substantial following on the platform with a total of over 20 million views. After that, William Spetz ventured into traditional media, where he started appearing in television, film and on stage.

In November 2015, it was announced by SVT that Spetz would be one of the co-hosts alongside Gina Dirawi for the final of Melodifestivalen 2016. In 2019, Spetz starred as Samir Said in the Swedish Netflix original series Quicksand and in 2022, Netflix announced TORE, a 6-episode original dramedy series which Spetz created, wrote and stars in. TORE is scheduled to launch globally October 27, 2023. MP1210 (talk) 11:00, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I've fixed your disclosure for proper display(you inadvertently had coding in place to suppress proper display). You have an edit request open- any editor may review it, it does not require the use of the admin tools. You still need to provide sources for this information. 331dot (talk) 11:19, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
 * thanks so much! Which information in particular should I provide sources for? This is an updated bio for him -so it's facts coming from the subject of the article :) MP1210 (talk) 11:25, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
 * The purpose of a Wikipedia article is primarily to summarize what independent reliable sources say about a topic, not what the topic wants to say about itself. Every substantive fact about a living person needs to be sourced(see WP:BLP), we can't just take your word for it. For one example, the claim "quickly resonated" needs to be cited so that we know what independent source is making that claim. 331dot (talk) 11:29, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
 * okay thanks. Is there any other item on the updated bio that needs references? We just want to update it as the one on there is very old. MP1210 (talk) 14:13, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
 * As I said, every substantive fact about a living person needs to be sourced. 331dot (talk) 14:22, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
 * okay, my final 2 questions: Can we leave it to Wikipedia editors to update from this page, or do we need to re-submit ourselves? And 2, is there an option to make this conversation private? thank you for your help and sorry for the many questions. MP1210 (talk) 14:24, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia matters should be handled on Wikipedia, for openness and transparency. Only if highly sensitive personal information is involved are matters discussed privately(via email, typically through "email this user" function, do not post your email address).
 * You are the one making this edit request, you need to be the one to support it. I'm not sure why you need the help of others- you either have the sources or you don't. If you do not have the sources, you should remove the edit request template but leave this discussion so that others see it and maybe help. You are going about this backwards; you should have the sources and then write your proposed edit, not create your edit and then look for sources to support it. 331dot (talk) 14:37, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Updates
Hello. I have removed my previous comments regarding the procedure to update outdated informations in order to include a clean request. Please change his role from 'comedian and television personality' to 'actor and screenwriter' (source: https://theeurotvplace.com/2022/12/tore-netflix-announces-new-swedish-dramedy-series/ and https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/450324/)

thank you MP1210 (talk) 14:34, 13 October 2023 (UTC)


 * I've restored the comments. Please stop removing comments from the article talk page. They are part of the conversational record, and supply context for other editors' responses. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 15:28, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Reply 18-OCT-2023
I think it may be too early in the subject's career to label them as a screenwriter. That leaves the only label under question being that of "actor". Acting as a television personality in the past, combined with the two roles mentioned in the supplied references, might push the subject of the article closer to the "actor" label (as television personalities arguably "act" in their roles). It would benefit the request to see a numeric accounting of these roles: how many up to this point were as a "television personality" and how many were in the type of fictionalized roles that the term actor traditionally applies to. I'm assuming the term "comedian" applies to the subject's comedic "television personality" content. If those roles outweigh the traditional actor roles that the subject has recently undertaken, then that label shouldn't be removed in place of a label that is only justified by a smaller number of newer content (the aforementioned two actor roles provided by the references). Taking all of that into consideration, I don't think there's enough information justifying a change of titles just yet. Regards, Spintendo  05:26, 18 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello. Are we able to replace television personality with 'actor', please? All the roles he has had in feature films and tv have been acting roles. Describing him as television personality (like a television host/presenter) is not accurate. Other similar subjects on Wikipedia, for example Rege-Jean Page, are defined as 'actor' on Wikipedia - but Rege-Jean's acting roles have been mostly on television, similarly to William (further reference on this HERE)
 * William has had 12 roles in tv shows (Valfeber, Hoppas farfar dör, Solsidan, Art & Bob, Lingonligan, Quicksand, Andra åket, Filip och Mona, Trex, Mäklarna, Alla Vi Karlssons, and TORE) 2 short films (THE WASTING BATTLE and LEA & SKOGSPIRATERNA) and 4 feature films (MINI ZLATAN AND UNCLE DARLING, which was BFI London Film Festival selection - reference HERE; DAY BY DAY, reference HERE; SUNE VS SUNE, reference HERE, I LOVE YOU, reference HERE) All of these list William as a credited actor (some feature him in the poster). This should warrant his change of role to actor. Please could you assist? thanks so much again MP1210 (talk) 09:38, 22 October 2023 (UTC)