Talk:PewDiePie/Archive 1

Archive 1

Archive 2

Archive 3

Previously deleted at AfD

This was previously deleted at AfD (see template at top of page), and later re-deleted per A7 and G4 a few times. I feel the current version is sufficiently different from the version deleted at AfD not to be eligible for G4 speedy deletion; if you believe the article should be deleted, feel free to start a new AfD. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 23:04, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

I've addressed most of the issues discussed in the AfD in the version it is now. If there are still any issues, I'll see what I can do. On another note, he was 66th most subscribed during the AfD and now he is 6th; he has since garnered greater media coverage because of this jump. cheers ⊾maine12329⊿ talks@wiki 04:03, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 18 June 2013

his residence is Montecchio Maggiore (VI), San Paolo and only the town square. Borgoboss (talk) 15:35, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Not done for now: I cannot find any reliable sources stating so, only forum posts. Besides, his place of residence seems to be constantly shifting as well. Current place of residence is redundant. ⊾maine12329⊿ talks✿wiki 01:31, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 7 July 2013

He recently moved to the United Kingdom with his girlfriend, as seen on youtu.be/ZuffWCjhxII — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rtainc (talk • contribs) 09:19, 7 July 2013‎ (UTC)

{{done}} I've changed the article to better reflect his situation, though a youtube video may not be the best citation. ⊾maine12329⊿ talks✿wiki 07:03, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 16 July 2013

I just want to say that Pewdiepie started his channel on December 19, 2006 and this page says he started 2010. Just saying 79.97.86.139 (talk) 13:05, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

His channel was created on April 29, 2010.Soulbust (talk) 15:36, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Edit Request: July 28, 2013

It states that PewDiePie received 11 million subscribers as of July 11th, which is inaccurate. He just received 11 million subscribers yesterday, July 27th.

{{done}} It's now 11 million subscribers as of July 28th. Soulbust (talk) 08:22, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

What he is making

As the soon to be most subscribed to youtuber it would be interesting to find out what he is making. As he is Swedish this information is public. The company he's got registered in Sweden for receiving money from his channel, called pewdie productions AB, had 7208000 Swedish kronor (1090750 dollars) in revenue in 2012. As he has twice the number of views so far this year he could quadruple that in 2013. The company details are public and available here: http://mobil.allabolag.se/viewcompany.php?orgnbr=5568951304 his view numbers over time can be seen here: http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/PewDiePie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.181.135.189 (talk) 22:18, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

List of the games he played

It would maybe be great to add a list of the games he played (as the one you can find on his french wiki page : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/PewDiePie#Liste_des_jeux_jou.C3.A9s — Preceding unsigned comment added by LouisHF (talk • contribs) 11:03, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Trivial. 117Avenue (talk) 21:31, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Most subscribed channel

Since August 16, Kjellberg's channel is the most subscribed channel on youtube. Source: https://www.facebook.com/PewDiePie/posts/621274671238759 , http://vidstatsx.com/youtube-top-100-most-subscribed-channels , and for comparison: http://www.youtube.com/user/pewdiepie and http://www.youtube.com/user/smosh . --McMortimer (talk) 17:17, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

It's since 15 August & its already mentioned in the article.Soulbust (talk) 23:51, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

The page currently states that the Youtube Spotlight has more subscribers than PewDiePie. However when I go to the Youtube Spolight page (http://www.youtube.com/user/YouTubeUK) it only has 2 022 700 subscribers. Is this because of the fact that it is the UK version (I can't seem to access any other version)? If not then I believe that PewDiePie is the most subcribed channel by far. Flickering Wraith (talk) 11:39, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

The article does not say Spotlight has more subscribers than PewDiePie, it says in November Spotlight surpassed PewDiePie's subscriber count, and nothing after that event. 117Avenue (talk) 23:58, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Ah okay, the phrasing made me believe that PewDiePie hadn't gained more subscribers than them since then. My mistake, sorry. Flickering Wraith (talk) 10:28, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 4 October 2013

UPDATE: Pewdiepie reached 14 Million Subscribers in October 2013. Currently stated as 13 Million Subscribers in September 2013. Thegameizhere (talk) 15:47, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

Which is correct. 117Avenue (talk) 03:21, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

I think he/she is saying Pewdiepie reached 14 million subs in October, but the article currently says he had 13 million as of September. STATic message me! 03:30, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

That's exactly what he said, and I'm saying 13 million in September is correct. Do you expect the sub count to be updated daily? Wikipedia is not an excessive list of statistics. 117Avenue (talk) 05:14, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Dude calm down, I was clarifying since your response sounded like you were confused. STATic message me! 05:33, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Well, while that hoopla happened, I took the liberty of updating it for the month. ZappaOMati 23:00, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't know what came over me. Today (the first Monday of the month), is actually the regular day I update the stats. 117Avenue (talk) 05:15, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Italian

Under "Language" it states that he speaks English, Swedish, and Italian, but to my understanding, he does not speak Italian. In this video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuFOFjPCmuA ) at 9:45, he also says he does not speak Italian. I'm not sure if the page is claiming he's fluent or if he's just presented something in Italian since it's under "Presentation," but just to be safe, I wanted to make clear that he does not speak Italian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.179.27.188 (talk) 01:37, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

You're right, all the Expressen source says is he lived in Italy for a summer. Italian was added 20 April 2013, before the page was moved to the main space. 117Avenue (talk) 03:04, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

rose. raised

past participle of 'raise' in english is 'raised' when it refers to charitable money, end of the article. 85.211.200.147 (talk) 13:58, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Edit Request to add new photo

I have a request to add a new photo of Felix. This one is much better than the current one. Rambo1x4 (talk) 02:13, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, Wikipedia can only accept free images. 117Avenue (talk) 21:44, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Separation problem...what's the topic?

This is supposed to be a BLP article. However, the majority of it is not about the person, but rather the channel. There's one paragraph about him, and what is called his "career" is nothing but a history of his channel, which is not the same thing as biographical detail. So it begs the question: what's the real notable thing here? The person, or the show named after him? MSJapan (talk) 05:45, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

They both have the same name, so why does it matter? 117Avenue (talk) 06:50, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

YouTube Partnership Program

The guidelines are here and nowhere does it state that one becomes an employee of Google. That is exactly like saying every person who uses AdSense is employed by Google, which is incorrect. Please do not revert the removal of Google and/or YouTube as employers. MSJapan (talk) 22:13, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

As with everything on Wikipedia, when unsourced material is challenged (and removed) it is the responsibility of the editor wishing to add it to demonstrate it is correct and cite it. If Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg is employed by Google then please provide a cite that shows this. Entering into a contract with a company does not make someone an employee of the company unless it is an employment contract. There is a reason why they call it "a partnership" and not "a job". --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 15:35, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Network

Is he still under Maker studios or is he under Polaris? McMortimer (talk) 13:04, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

He's under Polaris now I believe. At least if you go by the trailer video on the Polaris channel. Lamaredia (talk) 19:44, 16 November 2013 (GMT+1) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.209.0.44 (talk)

We need a reliable third party source, otherwise anyone could say he's thiers. 117Avenue (talk) 07:07, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

He's under Polaris, but it doesn't matter as Polaris is a sub-network of Maker. Soulbust (talk) 08:37, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Reference? 117Avenue (talk) 08:45, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Here's a couple stating that Polaris is a sub-network of Maker, and that PewDiePie is under Polaris.

• http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/maker-studios-announces-polaris-network-focusing-on-gaming-and-geek-culture/
• http://www.tubefilter.com/2013/08/05/maker-studios-the-game-station-polaris-geek-week/
• http://newmediarockstars.com/2013/10/makers-gaming-hub-polaris-adds-new-talent-to-join-pewdiepie-and-the-yogscast/

Soulbust (talk) 09:41, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Cool, thanks. 117Avenue (talk) 01:18, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Link to "Official Website"

I noticed the link to the "Official Website" is currently pointing to http://pewdiepie.se/, which does not appear to be affiliated with Felix at all. The more accurate link would probably be http://pewdiepie.net. A post on that site on November 6, 2013, reads as follows:

Hey!

So, just to clarify the intentions and some additional info:

I'm launching a new site under pewdiepie.net

It's not owned by Maker Studios, they are only building the site for me.

I'm hoping to use it as a way to build a community much like this site, but something I could actually take part in.

(Im not a big fan of forums and its part of the reason why you haven't seen much of me here).

Since the forums atm seem to be somewhat of sub community, I didn't want to just throw it away or force it to be something else.

I'd be happy to lend it over to mKerix, but it's up to you guys to decide.

-Pewds

That post appears to have been submitted by the Community Manager of the site, Heiko 'mKeRix' Rothe.

Cheers!

70.140.25.92 (talk) 22:51, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

I've been bothered by it too, since adding it. https://www.facebook.com/PewDiePie/info links to http://pewdiepie.se, but https://www.youtube.com/user/PewDiePie/about links to http://pewdiepie.net/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=5621, it seems there is no official website. 117Avenue (talk) 23:55, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

Amount of subscribers.

I would like for it to be added that PewDiePie once again passed Youtube a few days ago. Proof: http://socialblade.com/youtube/top/50/mostsubscribed 217.211.23.205 (talk) 16:38, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

'Fastest growing'

He's apparently one of the 'fastest growing' Youtube channels. Citation needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.131.96.154 (talk) 21:08, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Please read the history section. The lead paragraph is a summary of the article, and doesn't necessary need to have citations. 117Avenue (talk) 03:11, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Awards

He also won (or have) the guiness record for the most subscribed channel on youtube! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.200.220.139 (talk) 01:37, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Is "Generation C" really the same as "Generation Z"?

In "... a group Google refers to as Generation C for their habits", the link Generation C redirects to Generation Z. Z does not fit with the text that follows, "creation, curation, connection and community". Is that correct?

It would seem Generation C is a much more narrow group than Generation Z.

--Mortense (talk) 14:38, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Probably a discussion for Talk:Generation Z, not here. 117Avenue (talk) 05:27, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Charitable Actions Citation

Hi,

I can see that 'Clarification' is required for "PewDiePie had the goal of raising $250,000, however the charity raised over $450,000". - A good citation to use would be the official PewDiePie's Water Campaign profile on the Charity Water Website at http://my.charitywater.org/pewdiepie. If you scroll down, you'll see what his goal is, and how much he has managed to raise. Would you be able to add this citation? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.173.4.44 (talk) 01:07, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

The clarification is required because this article is about someone from Sweden, living in the United Kingdom, neither countries of which have the dollar as their currency. Thanks for the reference, but it does not say which dollar the amount is in. 117Avenue (talk) 03:39, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for replying. I can see that both countries don't have the dollar as their currency. However, upon looking at the Charity Water Contact Us Page; http://www.charitywater.org/contact/, Charity Water is located in 200 Varick Street, Suite 201, New York, NY 10014. Therefore, I can assume that the dollars is mostly likely to be United States Dollars (USD). What do you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.173.6.107 (talk) 14:26, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

It is indeed dollars that were raised, similar to his current campaign located at Indiegogo. The donation amount is confirmed on his profile at Charity: Water as well. If needed, I may be able to dig up some more sources. MKeRix (talk) 12:46, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 March 2014

Picture on Felix. (PewDiePie) Orangebro22 (talk) 13:43, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. --ElHef (Meep?) 14:23, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Adding personal sites as external links?

Considering there's a fair amount of information on his official site(s), I think links to them should be added. The main video page (currently in development by Maker Studios) now resides on pewdiepie.net, while the forums that have been his frontpage a month ago now reside on broarmy.net. Note that there still are disputes over both sites and their URLs.

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 13:50, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Stolen photo

Be on the look out for people adding the stolen photo back of him at the Social Star Awards in 2013. Some silly user (SadSam123) copied it off http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/Hv23wiHEJcc/Arrivals+Social+Star+Awards+Singapore/h5e6nkEGSZx/PewDiePie website and now it has spread to other sites saying it's from here. Original image source http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/pewdiepie-gestures-on-the-red-carpet-during-the-social-star-news-photo/169332040.--JacktheHarry (talk) 11:52, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Edit Request 18 April 2014

He is now at 26 million followers, rather than 25 million. I think he hit 26 million a day or two ago, but can't say for sure. 105.226.206.21 (talk) 17:30, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Already done below TheMesquito^buzz 07:46, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 April 2014

pewdiepie has 26 million subscribers FAHAD.IMRAN77 (talk) 18:51, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Comment: I second this statement. He has, as I'm writing this 26,084,388, according to YouTube, and 26,069,604 according to statsheep. Sources:

• PewDiePie at YouTube
• PewDiePie at statsheep.com (t) Josve05a (c) 20:05, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Already done - Anupmehra -Let's talk! 23:43, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 May 2014

where's the picture 2A02:1812:1409:2900:44F8:A699:1B05:6155 (talk) 13:38, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

 Not done, please elaborate on the change that you wish to made. However, the reason why there is no image is because Wikipedia follows a strictly 'free for everything' guideline. The image must abide by CC-BY-SA 3.0 standard, and must be able to be used or reproduced for any purpose, including commercial. Many authors are not willing to simply give that up for their images, and is an exceptional high standard, so that is why there is no image. Tutelary (talk) 13:41, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 June 2014

you should add a photo of felix Marinebolt1 (talk) 19:42, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

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. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 22:00, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Religious beliefs

In the video "I Googled Myself..", at 0:36, Felix says "I'm agnostic athiest... I don't believe in a God but I can't disprove of one either."

I would like a Religion section added to the Infobox with "Agnostic athiest" and the citation as its assigned value. (I believe this is the best way to do it, though I'm open to other methods.)

(Sorry if I formatted/submitted this incorrectly, I'm extremely new.) Tadcampbell (talk) 13:31, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 13:13, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

@Technical 13:, WP:BLPPRIMARY may be the deciding policy here. It came from the official 'Pewdiepie' channel and may be able to be used. Tutelary (talk) 13:25, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

• I wouldn't consider lyrics from a song that's primary purpose is to generate revenue as being a reliable source on the topic. It's like reporting that Snoop Dogg was killed and came back to life because he sang about it in Murder Was the Case Come back with a peer reviewed notable reporting agency that says it, and I'll happily change it. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 13:32, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

I understand your hesitation, but the video in itself was basically Pewdiepie googling himself, and if you view the video yourself, the remark seems to be rather serious compared to the rest. Of course, with only sourcing to a single youtube video, we have to be cautious about it. Tutelary (talk) 13:40, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

I believe most people don't know what Atheism, Agnosticism, no religion etc. means, so I won't trust them categorizing themselves. 117Avenue (talk) 01:52, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

In response to 117Avenue, and at the same not supporting nor going against the addition of his religion, but just because you believe that most people don't know what those terms mean, doesn't mean that a. we should edit/not edit wikipedia based on your beliefs on people's self-categorization when it comes to religion (or lack thereof), b. that PewDiePie falls into the category of "most people" not knowing what these terms mean, and c. that PewDiePie can't self-categorize himself. Bobcatwaterlion (talk) 07:18, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

References

porn history scandle

at 10:52 of one of his walking dead videos you can see he watched porn as seen on his history can you add that on personal life or a contreversy thing because it made tons of people mad — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.154.186.234 (talk) 19:32, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

 Not doneA video gaming male in the western world watching porn is not a scandal or content suitable for the page.--JacktheHarry (talk) 19:46, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

For a more professional response, if it was such a scandal, you need to provide reliable sources dictating this. A quick google search reveals blog posts and youtube videos, but no reliable sources that I see to include. Tutelary (talk) 19:48, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Revert

I am absolutely not seeing the notability in terms of the 'rape joke' thing. One small mention in an article is not enough WP:DUE weight and an addressing on his blog does not mean inclusion into the article. This does not meet the standard for a BLP. If we allow everything inclusion into the article due to merely being mentioned, Obama would've been labeled a communist years ago. It is a wholly insignificant event and in addition is poorly sourced to one article and the subject's main blog. Tutelary (talk) 20:16, 8 July 2014 (UTC) Addressing the sources raised;

• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/digital-culture/pewdiepie-this-profane-bro-you-never-heard-of-is-youtubes-biggest-star/article17079452/

This source is reliable but only briefly mentions the 'rape joke' event as a passing mention at best, failing WP:DEPTH at worst and is not appropriate for BLP, and at best, only supporting the notion of a single statement.

• http://www.p4rgaming.com/pewdiepie-interview-if-im-number-one-on-youtube-then-there-is-no-god/

This is a self published interview between the subject and does not even mention any bit of the controversy regarding the jokes. Also, if you look at the other articles the site publishes, it may be considered a questionable source and not able to be used.

• http://www.n3rdabl3.co.uk/2014/04/humble-weekly-bundle-support-pewdiepie-support-charity/

It appears that the site may not be reliable due to the fact that they only screen applicants for 'passion' and do not pay them a wage, making them somewhat an ambiguous source wise. However, due to the higher standard of BLP, I would not trust it for this.

• http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/06/why-game-journalists-hate-pewdiepie.html

Again, only a passing mention of the terms of 'rape joke' and not adequate enough for a BLP.

• http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/blog/pewdiepie-is-the-most-famous-web-celebrity-youve-never-heard-of

Written by a 'contributor'. What does that mean? Additionally, it's the subsection of a 'blog' and according to WP:BLOGS, should never be used for a statement about a BLP. You also removed the forbes mention because it was only a 'contributor. Wouldn't this be the case here, too? Tutelary (talk) 21:46, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

All in all, if these are all the sources that can be found about it, and given that the BLP standard for sources is much higher than normal; it should not be included. Indeed, some of these sources could be used for other articles similar, but not for this BLP, especially since it's contentious. These are poor sources imho and due to such, I have reverted again. I am very willing to take the 3RR exemption due to BLP; Libel lawsuits are a waste of time and although PewDiePie seems rather friendly; he may decide to take action. Tutelary (talk) 21:46, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

I was the person who originally added it. I think this would make quite obvious that I do believe that it should be included. I wanted to be careful as to how I worded the information on the article due to it involving jokes about a topic as sensitive as rape. However, I think it should stay in the article, as it happened early in his career, and he himself thought it was notable enough to not only make a tumblr post addressing it, stating he would cease the use of his jokes (October 2012), but also later made an actual video adressing it. It's titled I'm sorry, and he beings speaking about the topic after addressing another issue (December 2012). It's no longer on his channel, but several copies of it are found on YouTube. The fact that it's no longer on his channel, is irrelevant, because the whole "rape joke" controversy was notable enough to make a video and a tumblr post about it in the first place. Another thing is that yes, it is a brief mention in his article, because it happened for a short while, early in his YT career. I don't think it would require more than the reliable globe and mail post and the tumblr reference. Otherwise, references would drown out the actual information. Either way, I believe that the information should be added in an objective way, as it is a controversial issue. But I feel it is necessary to the article as it shows a controversy in his career, and how he dealt with it, and later how he kept his promise to cease the jokes (which in a biography of a human being, shouldn't their referenced development as a human be included). I doubt PewDiePie would take action, as long as the information is presented in an objective, referenced manner. We shouldn't hide the less popular things that happen in a human's life, especially when it is referenced, even by that person themselves. Bobcatwaterlion (talk) 05:13, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

The reasoning on why I was mentioning the certain level of depth in this case is that depth usually--but not always refers to notability. If certain news media organizations specifically outline in great detail the cases of him making a rape joke; and a significant portion of his following decides to outcast of chastize him for doing that, then that is a long term effect and I can consider it to be significant to the article. Additionally, him removing his video may be the subject not trying to be associated with the jokes in any case. So in any case, if you want to propose text, I'm more than willing to collaborate with you on it. Tutelary (talk) 17:23, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Tutelary, you are wrong to say it is not covered in detail by sources. The rape jokes have been mentioned in an interview, his blog, a dedicated video, the globe and mail, and paste magazine. How can they be discussed in anymore detail? There's nothing more to discuss, which is why a single sentence is enough in the article to represent that. Iy shows the subject has admitted it and is open about it.--JacktheHarry (talk) 19:35, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Let's all to work towards a compromise here. I don't think it should be covered severely in depth, and I do have certain reservations about including it, but I can be swayed. It should not be done in Wikipedia's voice, and should be clearly attributed to each and every source, IE: Globe and Mail stated...X magazine said...PewDiePie on his official blog stated...all of that. How about you propose the text that you want to add and we'll discuss it here, so we don't get into another revert war. (Esp since BLP is an exemption from 3rr). Tutelary (talk) 19:47, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

If these are reliable sources, then you would not be exempt from WP:3RR. I strongly recommend that you stop threatening further edit warring and take the issue and the sources to WP:BLP/N. Dreadstar ☥ 22:10, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 July 2014

Under the section "Personal Life," please change the following,

"Bisognin is also a popular YouTube personality, having over 2.8 million subscribers on the website."

to say,

"Bisognin is also a popular YouTube personality, having over 3.8 million subscribers on the website."

as per the following reference

TheGypsyRose (talk) 12:49, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Done Tutelary (talk) 14:48, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

References

2013 net income

Here's the FY2013 income statement for Pewdie Productions AB. Link taken from the previous section, "What he is making"

Bokslut Antal anställda Omsättning (TKR) Res. e. finansnetto (TKR) Årets resultat (TKR) Summa tillgångar (TKR) 2013-12 1 29 632 28 793 23 716 33 224

Vinstmarginal Kassalikviditet Soliditet Kost. per anst. (TKR) 97,20 % 550,43 % 81,83 % 485,00

The net profit was 23 716 000 Swedish kronor.

98.210.60.236 (talk) 02:15, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 August 2014

Pewdiepie reached a huge milestone of 29 million subscribers on the 5th of August 2014 and is expected to reach 30 million subscribers within 3 months. 82.36.140.43 (talk) 10:19, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

 Not done as it is currently only 1 August - how do we know what will happen on 5 August ? - and it would also need a reliable, independent, source - Arjayay (talk) 14:30, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 August 2014

Pewdiepie's Youtube channel has reached over 30 million subscribers as of 23 August,2014. Blurrabbit (talk) 14:57, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Done by User:Soulbust. —Mr. Granger (talk · contribs) 16:37, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

References

Lack of an image

Why does this article not have an image, correct me if I'm wrong on this cause I don't often upload images but wouldn't it be appropriate to print screen one of his videos and upload it? Or is there an issue with that? SilentDan (talk) 11:36, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia only accepts free images, a screenshot of a video is not free and would be deleted. Look at Wikipedia:Image use policy for help. There is no image at the moment, as there are no free ones available.--JacktheHarry (talk) 18:03, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Archives / largest

I see an archive box, but i can't find any archived talk pages. Anyway, isn't his youtube the largest? It is on all stats sites (like this one), but i don't know if those are valid recources. PizzaMan (♨♨) 16:18, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

 Done - I've set up the archive with MiszaBot & added link to prev archive :), Cheers, –Davey2010 • (talk) 18:27, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

pronunciation

anyone have any videos where he says his name?--JacktheHarry (talk) 18:05, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

There were his "Fridays" videos where he says it, particularly: "I GOOGLE MYSELF" and "ARE YOU A BRO"? NFLisAwesome 17:30, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 November 2014

at the end of 19 million subscribers put now in 2014 he has 30 million subscribers this is 2014

208.108.215.108 (talk) 17:02, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

 Not done - unless I'm missing something it was already updated back in September/October? –Davey2010 • (talk) 17:45, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 December 2014

Hi all, I noticed there are 2 areas that are either incomplete or awkward in structure. However, the article is semi-protected and this is a new account so I can't fix them myself. In particular, they are:

"PewDiePie's channel is under Polaris, a gaming network, part of Maker Studios, a multi-channel network that drives the growth of the channels under it.[63][64][65][66] His channel also appeals strongly to younger viewers, a group Google refers to as Generation C for their habits of "creation, curation, connection and community".[63] Other articles have documented that 95% of gamers engage in watching online videos related to gaming, providing further insight on PewDiePie's rise in popularity on the internet.[57][67]

In October 2014, PewDiePie began hinting at the possibility that he may not renew his contract with Maker Studios, once it ends in December 2014.[68] Reports that covered this information also added that PewDiePie expressed his frustrations with Maker the studio's parent company, Disney; PewDiePie was quoted saying, "The fact that Disney bought Maker Studios doesn’t really change anything for me. If I ask for help, they reply, but that’s all the contact we have. We’ll see what happens."[69] PewDiePie previously expressed his disdain with Machinima, another YouTube network, and their treatment of him.[70] After a legal process departed from the network.[69] Rather than re-sign with Maker, PewDiePie has mulled the option of launching his own network, although he has declined to provide in-depth details on the subject.[61][71] However, in light of news outlets reporting the gamer's disinterest with Maker, PewDiePie tweeted, "I feel like I was misquoted in the WSJ and I'm really happy with the work that Maker has been doing for me."[72]"

Change to:

PewDiePie's channel is under Polaris, a gaming network, part of Maker Studios, a multi-channel network that drives the growth of the channels under it.[63][64][65][66] His channel also appeals strongly to younger viewers, a group Google refers to as Generation C for their habits of "creation, curation, connection and community".[63] Other articles have documented that 95% of gamers engage in watching online videos related to gaming, providing further insight on PewDiePie's rise in popularity on the internet.[57][67]

PewDiePie previously expressed his disdain with Machinima, a rival YouTube network that he had been signed with prior to Maker Studios.[70] Feeling frustrated with how Machinima treated him, PewDiePie hired a lawyer to free him from his contract with the network.[69]

In October 2014, PewDiePie began hinting at the possibility that he may not renew his contract with Maker Studios, once it ends in December 2014.[68] Reports that covered this information also added that PewDiePie expressed his frustrations with Maker the studio's parent company, Disney; PewDiePie was quoted saying, "The fact that Disney bought Maker Studios doesn’t really change anything for me. If I ask for help, they reply, but that’s all the contact we have. We’ll see what happens."[69] Rather than re-sign with Maker, PewDiePie has mulled the option of launching his own network, although he has declined to provide in-depth details on the subject.[61][71] However, in light of news outlets reporting the gamer's disinterest with Maker, PewDiePie tweeted, "I feel like I was misquoted in the WSJ and I'm really happy with the work that Maker has been doing for me."[72]

This edit would make the flow of the paragraphs much smoother. As is, it sort of jumps around a bit between talking about Maker to mentioning Machinima before talking about Maker again. Also, this fixes the issue with the fragmented sentence in the original version.

The other edit I suggest making would be:

Beginning in April 2014 and spanning into August, Kjellberg, along with his girlfriend Marzia, began a marketing campaign for the Legendary Pictures film As Above, So Below.[80][81] Kjellberg's videos for the marketing campaign included a miniseries featuring him participating in the "Catacombs Challenge". The challenge involved Kjellberg searching for three keys in the catacombs to open a container holding "the Philosopher's stone."[82] Kjellberg and Bisgonin's videos were able to earn nearly 20 million views.[83] Maker Studios, which PewDiePie and Marzia are signed to, as well as represented by brokered the ad deal between the two and Legendary Pictures.[82]

Change to:

Beginning in April 2014 and spanning into August, Kjellberg, along with his girlfriend Marzia, began a marketing campaign for the Legendary Pictures film As Above, So Below.[80][81] Kjellberg's videos for the marketing campaign included a miniseries featuring him participating in the "Catacombs Challenge". The challenge involved Kjellberg searching for three keys in the catacombs to open a container holding "the Philosopher's stone."[82] Kjellberg and Bisgonin's videos were able to earn nearly 20 million views.[83] Maker Studies, which PewDiePie and Marzia are represented by, brokered the ad deal between the two and Legendary Pictures.[82]

The last sentence in the original version appears to be burdened with awkward phrasing. Perhaps this would be better as it flows nicer and doesn't have the added bit of redundancy.

DakotaJM (talk) 16:11, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

Done Stickee (talk) 00:36, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

American accent

How does a foreigner speak English with no or very little noticeable accent??

The only explanation is that he moved to USA before reaching 12yo--74.58.222.193 (talk) 11:41, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

"Religion = None" vs. "Religion = Agnostic" or "Religion = None (Agnostic)" in infoboxes.

Per WP:BRD and WP:TALKDONTREVERT, This comment concerns this edit and this revert.

(Please note that nobody has a problem with the use of "Agnostic" in the article text. This only concerns infoboxes.)

There are many reasons for not saying "Religion = Agnostic" or "Religion = None (Agnostic)" in Wikipedia infoboxes. They include:

It implies something that is not true

Saying "Religion = Agnostic" in Wikipedia infoboxes implies that agnosticism is a religion. It is like saying "Hair color = Bald", "TV Channel = Off", "Type of shoe = Barefoot" or "Hobby = not collecting stamps"."

"Religion = None (Agnostic)" is better -- it can be read two different ways, only one of which implies that agnosticism is a religion -- but "Religion = None" is unambiguous.

It is objectionable to many Agnostics.

Many Agnostics object to calling agnosticism a religion,[1][://atheism.about.com/od/Criticism-Critique-Agnosticism/a/Is-Agnosticism-Religion.htm][2][3]

It goes against consensus

A similar question regarding atheism was discussed at length at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 142#Changing "Religion = none" to "Religion = Atheist" on BLP infoboxes. Opinions were mixed, but the two positions with the most support were "Religion = None" or removing the Religion entry entirely. More recently, it was discussed at Template talk:Infobox person#Religion means what?, and so far the consensus is for removing the Religion entry entirely. I think it is safe to say that if "Religion = Atheist" and "Religion = None (atheist)" are against consensus, then so are "Religion = Agnostic" and "Religion = None (Agnostic)".

It is unsourced

If anyone insists on keeping "Religion = Agnostic" or "Religion = None (Agnostic)" in any Wikipedia infobox, they must first provide a citation to a reliable source that established that the individual is [A] An Agnostic, and [B] considers agnosticism to be a religion.

It attempts to shoehorn too much information into a short infobox entry

In the article, there is room for nuance and explanation, but in the infobox, we are limited to concise summaries of non-disputed material. Terms such as "atheist", "agnostic", "humanist", "areligious", and "anti-religion" mean different things to different people, but "Religion = None" is perfectly clear to all readers, and they can and should go to the article text to find out which of the subtly different variations of not belonging to a religion applies.

It violates the principle of least astonishment.

Consider what would happen if Lady Gaga decided to list "Banana" as her birth date. We would document that fact in the main article with a citation to a reliable source (along with other sources that disagree and say she was born on March 28, 1986). We would not put "Birth date = Banana" in the infobox, because that would cause some readers to stop and say "wait...what? Banana is not a birth date...". Likewise we should not put anything in an infobox that would cause some readers to stop and say "wait...what? agnosticism is not a religion..."

In my opinion, "Religion = None" is the best choice for representing the data accurately and without bias. I also have no objection to removing the religion entry entirely. --Guy Macon (talk) 00:04, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 December 2014

Hi l have some news on pewdiepie's youtube channel about the comments. And about the subscribes update (How many subs he got now on Youtube) please answer back as fast as possible thank you //Daniel (bajs12bajs)

Not done: as you have not requested a specific change.
If you want to suggest a change, please request this in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ".
Please also cite reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 17:15, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 December 2014

I will put the BroFist logo in the document en a photo of PewDiepie ~Miguel~2000~Teirlinck~ (talk) 20:43, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

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. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 21:32, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Page Move

I was wondering if you could move this back to "PewDiePie" as his name's not even "Arvid" (it's Felix, Arvid's his middle name}, and obviously the person moving this didn't bother with asking here first, Thanks, –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 15:54, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Brilliant Thanks Fuhghettaboutit - Much appreciated, –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 16:04, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

(e/c– you're too fast!:-) Here's the message I was writing) @Davey2010: Hey Davey. Done. @FLCLFan25: Hi FLCLFan25. This move appears to go against our common names policy as well as other naming considerations, and as such, appears to be a controversial move on its face. See also WP:PSEUDONYM. That does not necessarily mean it is not warranted, but the move should be discussed first through the requested moves process. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:08, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Haha sorry :D, Thanks :), Regards, –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 16:23, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:PewDiePie/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Supernerd11 (talk · contribs) 17:45, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

• I've never reviewed a GAN/FAN before, so if I do anything wrong, feel free to correct me. From what I can tell, this article's pretty good. Looking over the reflist at the end, most of the refs are good (although there's a couple like Facebook used that aren't reliable), and there's few unsourced claims (the first line in "Continued growth (2014-present)", where it mentions that he said that he'd upload less; and the bit in "Becoming the most subscribed user (2013)" where it says that he retook the spotlight). Assuming Tumblr and the other unreliable sources are okay since they only seem to be used for minor things, I'd be all for supporting this. Supernerd11 _{Firemind ^_^ Pokedex} 17:45, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Yoshi24517's suggestions

I've decided to help with this review. Let me know if you want these comments. After all, it is your GAR.

Let's see, Facebook is usually unreliable, as User:Supernerd11 said, so you might want to find some other references to support those areas. There should be an image in the beginning of the article, maybe a picture of him, or maybe his logo on Youtube. (Just saying, anything else works too.)

Punctuation: I found the word "isn't" and if it is not in quotes, then you should probably try to change it so it says "is not."

Let's see, another thing I found is that per WP:MOS, dates shouldn't have -th after them. For example, if there was a date that said January 30th, it should be changed to January 30.

Every little comment was found by the peer reviewer.

Overall: I think this article should be promoted to GA status. @Supernerd11: I know that it is your GAR, so I'll let you decide what to do with this article. Thanks for lettng me provide comments. Yoshi24517^Chat _Online 23:02, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for commenting on this; it'd been awhile with nobody doing anything here. Going through with Ctrl-F, it appears that someone's already fixed the date and contraction issues, so that's good. There's a picture of his channel logo down, and while it seems odd that it's further down and the

PewDiePie/Archive 1

is at the top, it's technically about the person, so that's why it'd be further down. I'm not aware of any CC-BY-SA or free-er images of him specifically, and haven't been able to find any by looking (although I don't do a lot of image work, so there could be some very good websites I'm missing). Also haven't been able to find a better source for the ill-sourced bits. Supernerd11 _{Firemind ^_^ Pokedex} 04:19, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Tagging to promote: @Supernerd11: Yoshi24517^Chat _Online 23:56, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

I apologize for the hiatus, but let's see who else might be interested: Tezero and Sergecross73 probably will, maybe Jaguar and Mdann52? I've worked with Tezero before on some video game-related stuff, I've seen the others in GAN discussions in the same vein as this one. Supernerd11 _{Firemind ^_^ Pokedex} 15:45, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

@Supernerd11: not sure where you would of seen my name before, I haven't done any GAN's for a while, but here I am :) I've looked through in some detail, and apart from some gen fixes, this looks ready to go to me. Suggest promotion. Mdann52 (talk) 17:21, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

It's pretty good. I notice a few short paragraphs and some small parts that could be better worded, so I'll take care of that. For future reference, Supernerd, I suggest going through each of the GA criteria individually. The only ones I think any new reviewer who's an experienced editors would really have trouble with are reliable sources and prose quality, in which case I'd suggest just looking at other GAs or asking other editors for input. Tezero (talk) 00:29, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping, though I'm at work at the moment and I can't check through the whole of the article, but from a first glance it seems the prose is looking almost solid enough. I would advise to cut down on some of the citations in the lead per WP:LEADCITE - as it discourages non-controversial information to be cited. I take a unconventional but agreeable approach on focusing on the quality of the prose in contrast to technical points. ☯ Jaguar ☯ 11:53, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Alright, going through the criteria point-by-point to make sure everything's good:

• No immediate failures (excessive cleanup banners, copyright infringement, or far from satisfying any of the GA criteria):  Done
• Well-written (clear prose and not too wordy, spelling and grammar, MoS guidelines):  Done
• Verifiable (good sourcing, no original research):  Done
• Broad coverage (talks about PewDiePie as a whole, stays focused):  Done
• Neutral (unbiased, due weight given):  Done
• Stable (doesn't change frequently, especially in edit war-like situations:  Done
• Illustrated (has necessary images & properly tagged, not too many graphics): Needs a picture of him (and maybe one or two of something he's done), but I haven't been able to find a free image, so still counts as  Done

Supernerd11 _{Firemind ^_^ Pokedex} 16:16, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

@Supernerd11: In that case, you may close the review per Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Instructions. Thanks, C679 17:31, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on Feburary 28, 2015

Hello!So we know PewDiePie is one of the fastest growing channels on Youtube and therefore I came across a problem - In the semi-protected region of the article it says he has 34 million subscribers(which now is 34.8 million subscribers) and as of Feburary 2015 he had 7.9 billion views(which now is 8 billion).So, I suggest to change them to the latest references/details. Thank You! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Komchi (talk • contribs) 15:41, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

An image is requested.

We need a free picture of him. Gamingforfun365 (talk) 08:11, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 April 2015

Hello an new event happened of him and I would like to write it. Thank you!

Empereur42 (talk) 01:32, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone will add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. Kharkiv07^Talk 01:43, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Custom infobox

What's with the custom infobox? Template:Infobox YouTube personality (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). Looks terrible, nothing was wrong with the original, I think we should go back.--JacktheHarry (talk) 23:18, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

Request for Comments

There is an RfC on the question of using "Religion: None" vs. "Religion: None (atheist)" in the infobox on this and other similar pages.

The RfC is at Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion.

Please help us determine consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 22:38, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

PewDiePie categories

Because PewDiePie is a Swedish atheist, you should put Swedish atheists in the category section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.4.207.61 (talk) 00:27, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 July 2015

Claiming that he isn't any more happier since his income increased, PewDiePie additionally dislikes the concept of fame, and more specifically, that he is famous.

SHOULD BE

Claiming that he isn't any happier since his income increased, PewDiePie additionally dislikes the concept of fame, and more specifically, that he is famous.

 Done Soulbust (talk) 18:58, 25 July 2015 (UTC) 82.6.214.122 (talk) 04:53, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 July 2015

The English pronunciation should be: /ˈʃɛlbərɡ/ SHEL-bərg

(a video where he says his name)

Reference number 3 (http://www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/kjellberg) is obviously not to be trusted, since the pronunciation there is submitted from "us but i do a swedish accent" and the additional information is "last name of most fabulous person ever". It should be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.7.246.113 (talk)

Done Stickee (talk) 01:05, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 August 2015

I believe there could be more detail and more description about him. I would also like to add more photos of him Thanks Fritzo147(Fraser) Fritzo147 (talk) 10:01, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

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. Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 07:07, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Lead paragraph

From this revision that I wrote to this one that I didn't there are several things I'm removing, although there are various things I'm keeping. Let's break it down

• as well as his nickname Pewds, is a Swedish web-based comedian and producer, best known for his gaming/vlog videos uploaded to the YouTube channel of the same name.

I'm changing this to: Swedish web-based comedian and producer of Let's Play commentaries and vlogs on YouTube. It's closer to the former revision. Removing mention of the Pewds nickname because that nickname isn't popularly used among cited sources.

• and has collaborated with other channels, including Smosh, Rhett and Link, Ryan Higa, and more.

Removing this because although true, it isn't notable enough to include in the lead. It would work better as a mention in the body, but for that it would need a third-party source.

• PewDiePie generally receives positive acclaim from critics, fans, and casual audiences alike, but has been criticized many times over. Although considered goofy, unfocused, sometimes even obnoxious, and annoying by some writers, most media outlets agree that PewDiePie's content is genuinely unfiltered.

reverting this back to former revision, because PewDiePie does not receive general criticism, in the image section that I spent a lot of time researching for there seemed to be just as much praise and criticism, hence polarizing. Removing the term "unfocused" because when originally expanding this lead, I used phrases that were explicitly used in quotes from media writers/outlets. Keeping the "genuinely unfiltered" over the former "genuine and unfiltered" because I feel it flows better this way now.

• He has been a main point of controversy, with his earnings from YouTube videos a constant topic, since earning $7 million dollars from 2014, but he himself had uploaded a video, entitled Lets Talk About Money, explaining that he doesn't care about the money and still believes in what his original plan was: to entertain his "bros".

Removing this for a few reasons. One, references aren't often used in the lead except for statistical things (like the amount of views and subscribers he has). I understand the money thing is a stat, but it is discussed later in the lead in a paragraph that fits it better (that paragraph describes his dislike of articles that cover his earnings, and that he dislikes the fact that the media calls him famous, etc.)

• Indian YouTube personality, Marzia Bisognin (known by her followers as CutiePieMarzia), as well as their pugs, Maya and Edgar Allen (named after Edgar Allan Poe), who are featured occasionally.

Marzia is Italian not Indian, and the name of the pugs is perhaps too specific for the lead.

• In 2015, PewDiePie announced his official game, entitled after many comments from "bros": PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist, and is scheduled to be released in the summer, although the game's official release date hasn't been announced yet, as well as his book: This Book Loves You, a parody of self-help books, with a release on 20 October 2015.

Keeping the information, but once again removing the references as they are not for the lead.

Soulbust (talk) 08:49, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

• I don't know which version was what, but I restored the lead from the GA version. All this chit-chat about his dogs, his girlfriend, his parents (and a link for "business people"?) has no place in a GA. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 20:27, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

References

PewDiePie - Digital Age -HJF

I very much like that there were many different resources incorporated into the paragraphs with adding links into the actual words making it easier for the reader to quickly glance at a reference as they read. I do appreciate the fact that they do not get too much into Felix's personal life so that he has his privacy and the authors do not try to snoop into every little things. For the most part, this article is not biased and gives clear statements based on facts given by multiple sources, however, I didn't see much about PewDiePie's early life. I would have really liked to know more about the Swede when he was younger as well, rather than just his YouTube career so I could get a sense of how he became the kind of person he is. Perhaps if someone interviewed him about his life as a child it would have added more possible background on this YouTube Celebrity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.62.206.150 (talk) 19:04, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

South Park parody.

Why is there no mention of the South Park episode parodying PewDiePie as "CartmanBrah"? This would seem to be a natural inclusion in this article. Gil gosseyn (talk) 02:15, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

  Never mind. Obviously, I didn't read the article close enough, since I see that it already includes the South Park episodes. Duh. Sleep-deprived brain fart. Gil gosseyn (talk) 10:28, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Overall the article about PewDiePie was good and had a lot of information that I did not know. However, one thing that left me a bit confused was the dates. One section had one date and another section roughly about the same thing had another date. Other than that, it was a good article about him.

Esthwang (talk) 02:37, 22 October 2015 (UTC)Esther

http://www.businessinsider.com/pewdiepie-made-74-million-playing-video-games-2015-7

Semi-protected edit request on 2 November 2015

You have down that Pewdiepie makes only 15 million in 2015 when he makes $25,693,886 a year. DustinTheGod (talk) 17:08, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Image

If this article is about the person not the youtube channel, then shouldnt his actual face be there in the articles infobox. And then the brofist logo could be placed in the YouTube Career section. XXxNoscopeGodxXX (talk) 20:06, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Kjellberg's views on income

I made some edits to the article recently relating to Kjellberg's views on income.[4] I was seeing an obvious tendency for excessive focus on the biography subject's own views about earnings. His own views are relevant, but only to a limited extent. In this article version, it went too far as far as I'm concerned. An international celebrity with a 7-figure income from a source that is fairly novel is in itself notable. I don't doubt that Kjellberg might be frustrated when media reports on something other than his persona or his productions, but there is nothing unusual or unfair about it in this context. And it really doesn't matter if these are deeply felt views or a deliberate marketing strategy, because the idea of Kjellberg's public persona as genuine and spontaneous is part of his success. He has a vested interest in upholding that notion, deliberately or not. Any media coverage that is perceived as going against this should not be immediately followed by protests from Kjellberg or attempts to draw attention to things like how much money he has raised for charities.

Please watch the POV here. There is such a thing as being too sympathetic with the biography subject.

Peter ^Isotalo 13:45, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

G2A connection

Is PewDiwPie's business relationship with gray-market game key reseller G2A considered notable? BFeely (talk) 16:05, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Editor

Felix has hired an editor (Brad Woto) as early as last year. He can be found in many of his videos and it is stated in Brad Woto's podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfYSOG2OBSQ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.210.237.220 (talk) 02:38, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 May 2016

I want to replace 19 million subscribers w/ 20 million subscribers 74.12.101.51 (talk) 17:40, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

 Not done He's at 46 million subscribers now. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 13:43, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 June 2016

Can you PRETTY PLEASE change it from Swedish people under nationality "Swedish" to "Swedes"? :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by LoveIsAllYouNeedandAll-INeed (talk • contribs) 11:46, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

@LoveIsAllYouNeedandAll-INeed:  Not done "Swedish" is the correct term for the nationality of people from Sweden. Please supply references proving that he is a part of the Swedes ethnic group if you wish to change it. Anarchyte (work | talk) 07:08, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Comment request was made by a sock account. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 17:24, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Over 47 million subscribers

Article needs updating as he now has over 47 million subscribers as of 7th September, 2016

Please provide a source for this milestone. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 13:48, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 August 2016

Tylerlovesstuff (talk) 19:49, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

Not done: This is not an edit request. 21:27, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

Twitter temporary suspension

Pewdiepie's twitter account was suspended for an ISIS based joke, but it's been restored. I'm not good with editing, so could someone look into adding something relating to this? --CitroenLover (talk) 18:17, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

How long and notable was the suspension? Was it for a certain time or did he appeal and it got restored? AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 00:20, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

No idea how long it was, but it's notable because of his twitter having been unverified and suspended for an ill-timed joke and losing millions of followers and tweets as a result of the suspension. Given PDP is the #1 YouTube channel, nearly anything that happens to his brand (be that his channel, twitter feed or a facebook page that he runs) is notable by itself, given that so many people will see it.

Some sources for what happened: here, here and a video from him. --CitroenLover (talk) 09:57, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Suspended for some hours or even a couple of days on Twitter for a joke doesn't seem notable at all. People get suspended every day, and by the way he unverified himself for other reasons. Also, it seems the account is already getting its followers back.--Sakretsu (talk) 12:08, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

This is about the same impact as a celebrity changing or dropping their Twitter account because it was hacked into or because they needed to go offline for whatever reason. I'd fit this under WP:NOTNEWS, unless it was his main record-setting YouTube account that got suspended or changed, and he had to reset all his views and subscribers. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 14:39, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 September 2016

Please change the number of subscribers from 47 million to 48 million because there are more subscribers as of September 7th, 2016.

Snuffball (talk) 11:42, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. EvergreenFir (talk) 17:41, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 September 2016

Hey!

Just thought it would be good to include a snippet regarding his latest social media (Twitter mainly) behaviours eg. un-verifying himself or constantly changing his Twitter profile username and full name. There is even a site, which detects under what name PewDiePie is currently present at http://whoispewds.com/

Some sources: PewDiePie explains why he has un-verified http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/pewdiepie-twitter-isis-joke-1201849083/ Marina Joyce jokes http://www.wetheunicorns.com/debate/pewdiepie-marina-joyce-jokes-parody-mocking-debate-too-far/#Z4st8AHxWkgSdFOg.97 Banned from Twitter after ISIS joke http://thenextweb.com/gaming/2016/08/31/pewdiepie-just-suspended-twitter-making-isis-joke/

Tomlis20 (talk) 10:49, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

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. nyuszika7h (talk) 09:53, 1 October 2016 (UTC)