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There have been several attempts by well meaning people to update the photo of Sebastian to an image that is more recent. Unfortunately, these edits have contained copyrighted material, in particular frame grabs from Linus Tech Tips videos. The current photo is taken from a video that was released under a Creative Commons license, compatible with the Wikimedia guidelines. Any attempt to replace this photo with one that you do not own (or which does not use an appropriate license) including those taken from websites, forums, or videos, will have to be removed. Thanks to anyone who has been reverting the addition of copyrighted photos.
The main reason this 2012 photo still remains is because nobody has yet found an appropriately licensed photo that is newer, or taken a photo of Sebastian themselves and offered it to the wiki. If anyone knows of a suitable replacement, or has taken their own photo, it would be appreciated if you could contribute the picture. -- Melonbob ( talk) 23:17, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
This individual is a salesman - his YouTube videos are very often HEAVILY themed sales promotion dressed up as education / entertainment, even to the point of using his young children to help promote sponsors. This encyclopaedia article comes across as the same (going as far as mentioning a deceased cat!). If YouTube "Influencers" with over a certain number of subscribers / view are deemed significant enough to warrant a Wiki entry, so be it. But the detail in this entry smacks at self promotion of a salesman of the like of Victor Kiam. This Wiki article seems as unabashed as the selling that goes on on the YouTube channel. Sebastian is not as notable character as this entry suggests and needs reeling in considerably. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.148.173.156 ( talk) 11:20, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
I completely agree with Melonbob. They release tonnes of videos which are not sponsored by the manufacturer/retailer that makes/sells the product featured in the video and release tonnes of videos that aren't about a product at all, e.g. their videos of upgrading their servers. It's pretty obvious that the user with the IP 109.148.173.156 has something personally against Linus and/or Linus Media Group and their opinion should not affect this page. -- NitroblastDigi ( talk) 17:50, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
I think we need to consider the growth of the "notable projects" section. The original intention was to list series of videos or ongoing projects which had a significant response from public audiences, and which were defining of the work that Linus Media Group does. I'm unconvinced that the iMac Pro incident or the "secret shopper" project are notable in that they define the body of work that they do, in the same way that Scrapyard Wars , WAN Show, or Floatplane are significant to the history of their production. I'd like to suggest that this section is cut down; that the CPU and watercooling projects (and any other "one off" projects) are reduced into a section, and that future additions focus on large projects and not briefly controversial or unusual videos, of which there are likely to be many in the future. Does anyone else have thoughts on this? -- Melonbob ( talk) 12:26, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
I also fell there needs to be more in that section. Scrapyard Wars, WAN Show, maybe the Employee Lounge as well since it was a fairly long series. Floatplane has gotten big enough that it almost could have it’s own page, but that’s just my opinion. I also don’t think that the iMac Pro incident was very big either and it probably could get removed, again my opinion. TheGoatGuy ( talk) 02:52, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
>> In 2015, Inc. magazine ranked Sebastian 4th in a list of the "Top 30 Power Players in Tech"
Can you please help me verify this link? I dont see the ranking there: https://www.inc.com/john-rampton/30-power-players-in-tech-you-need-to-know.html
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I think that it is true, there are a lot of stuff sourced from youtube.com, but because he runs a YouTube channel I think that the message should be removed. Asking for confirmation. Clarification: The message that says "This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources." 02es ( talk) 00:18, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
There has been some backlash about Linus growing a beard, so i find it sensible to have a beard section with backlash and content about his beard. Or update the picture to feature Linus with a beard. It would make the most sense 02es ( talk) 00:53, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
A section I wrote was removed for lack of third party sources. Yet the LTT website and YouTube channel (which are not third party) are frequently used for citations, without issue (and in several cases are the only sources provided for claims). I don't quite understand - are third party sources only required for certain claims? — SrAlfredos ( talk) 14:30, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Linus is no longer just an individual with a channel. Linus Media Group should be its own wiki. I'm creating one right now -- Brownques ( talk) 15:44, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
There should be a section about Linus's education. As it appears to be he went for a general science major in UBC. He was also advised by family members to go to a business major instead. Source: I can't post Youtube links here, but the video where there was talk about his education is titled "Preparing for 10 GIGABIT Internet! What Could Go Wrong?", precisely in the time stamp 23:33. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amir Husayn ( talk • contribs) 13:15, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
There are sources indicating Linus was a painter from 2004 to 2005, is it noteworthy enough to add it to the article?: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/linus-sebastian-578a0752 https://twitter.com/linustech/status/1287206315685580801?lang=en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=298tsR9Mgh8 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lijason1988 ( talk • contribs) 09:30, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
Linus Tech Tips store should be mentioned on this page or should have a page in its own right.
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The citation link on linus changing his mind about retiring is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxjhTVR_dJw CarPBon ( talk) 14:31, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
Linus has publically admitted in WAN show episodes that he was diagnosed with Asperger's growing up and he's also ADHD and is on ADHD meds currently too. 49.36.112.64 ( talk) 18:01, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
Hey, I hope I'm doing this correctly. Never done this ob Wikipedia. Here's the video link for autism: https://www.youtube.com/live/0LqWvOR1xBk?feature=share
And the timestamp is 28:38 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:201:10:8152:207B:1B63:9D93:46D6 ( talk) 13:09, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
For ADHD the video link: https://www.youtube.com/live/-znPFc-0VS8?feature=share
And the timestamp is 1:48:07 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:201:10:8152:207B:1B63:9D93:46D6 ( talk) 13:16, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
For autism I misremembered. He says he's never been diagnosed with autism at the end of the segment. Autism runs in his family strongly though, and he does have some traits that he mentions and believes he has a touch of "Aspie" in him — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:201:10:8152:207B:1B63:9D93:46D6 ( talk) 13:24, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
At this point, I think most would agree that an article about Linus Sebastian as a person rather than the Linus Media Group is less than ideal. I suggest moving it to Linus Media Group. I'm not sure, though, whether the guidelines allow changing the topic of an article entirely. Andibrema ( talk) 12:24, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
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Add Gamelinked has one of his channels to Linus sebastian's Wikipedia page. https://www.youtube.com/@GameLinked CarlTheObeseCat ( talk) 06:57, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
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Change is to was for text about being CEO in text below about box 24.13.4.148 ( talk) 20:39, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
I added this photo+caption to the article the other day, and User:Picard's Facepalm removed it with the message "rm unnec & out of date image". I think it's useful to document the history of someone's career – ideally you want the article to show what they looked like early in their career as well as up to the present. The article is long enough that we can comfortably fit a second photo besides the infobox photo without it being too cluttered. Picard's Facepalm, could you please elaborate on why you removed it? Thanks, IagoQnsi ( talk) 00:36, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
All of the subscription counts on this page are not referenced, nor are the awards. Are references not available? Seems like the claims should be deleted until they can be properly verified. -- Mikeblas ( talk) 17:02, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
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There have been several attempts by well meaning people to update the photo of Sebastian to an image that is more recent. Unfortunately, these edits have contained copyrighted material, in particular frame grabs from Linus Tech Tips videos. The current photo is taken from a video that was released under a Creative Commons license, compatible with the Wikimedia guidelines. Any attempt to replace this photo with one that you do not own (or which does not use an appropriate license) including those taken from websites, forums, or videos, will have to be removed. Thanks to anyone who has been reverting the addition of copyrighted photos.
The main reason this 2012 photo still remains is because nobody has yet found an appropriately licensed photo that is newer, or taken a photo of Sebastian themselves and offered it to the wiki. If anyone knows of a suitable replacement, or has taken their own photo, it would be appreciated if you could contribute the picture. -- Melonbob ( talk) 23:17, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
This individual is a salesman - his YouTube videos are very often HEAVILY themed sales promotion dressed up as education / entertainment, even to the point of using his young children to help promote sponsors. This encyclopaedia article comes across as the same (going as far as mentioning a deceased cat!). If YouTube "Influencers" with over a certain number of subscribers / view are deemed significant enough to warrant a Wiki entry, so be it. But the detail in this entry smacks at self promotion of a salesman of the like of Victor Kiam. This Wiki article seems as unabashed as the selling that goes on on the YouTube channel. Sebastian is not as notable character as this entry suggests and needs reeling in considerably. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.148.173.156 ( talk) 11:20, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
I completely agree with Melonbob. They release tonnes of videos which are not sponsored by the manufacturer/retailer that makes/sells the product featured in the video and release tonnes of videos that aren't about a product at all, e.g. their videos of upgrading their servers. It's pretty obvious that the user with the IP 109.148.173.156 has something personally against Linus and/or Linus Media Group and their opinion should not affect this page. -- NitroblastDigi ( talk) 17:50, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
I think we need to consider the growth of the "notable projects" section. The original intention was to list series of videos or ongoing projects which had a significant response from public audiences, and which were defining of the work that Linus Media Group does. I'm unconvinced that the iMac Pro incident or the "secret shopper" project are notable in that they define the body of work that they do, in the same way that Scrapyard Wars , WAN Show, or Floatplane are significant to the history of their production. I'd like to suggest that this section is cut down; that the CPU and watercooling projects (and any other "one off" projects) are reduced into a section, and that future additions focus on large projects and not briefly controversial or unusual videos, of which there are likely to be many in the future. Does anyone else have thoughts on this? -- Melonbob ( talk) 12:26, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
I also fell there needs to be more in that section. Scrapyard Wars, WAN Show, maybe the Employee Lounge as well since it was a fairly long series. Floatplane has gotten big enough that it almost could have it’s own page, but that’s just my opinion. I also don’t think that the iMac Pro incident was very big either and it probably could get removed, again my opinion. TheGoatGuy ( talk) 02:52, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
>> In 2015, Inc. magazine ranked Sebastian 4th in a list of the "Top 30 Power Players in Tech"
Can you please help me verify this link? I dont see the ranking there: https://www.inc.com/john-rampton/30-power-players-in-tech-you-need-to-know.html
73.110.46.197 ( talk) 09:08, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
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I think that it is true, there are a lot of stuff sourced from youtube.com, but because he runs a YouTube channel I think that the message should be removed. Asking for confirmation. Clarification: The message that says "This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources." 02es ( talk) 00:18, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
There has been some backlash about Linus growing a beard, so i find it sensible to have a beard section with backlash and content about his beard. Or update the picture to feature Linus with a beard. It would make the most sense 02es ( talk) 00:53, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
A section I wrote was removed for lack of third party sources. Yet the LTT website and YouTube channel (which are not third party) are frequently used for citations, without issue (and in several cases are the only sources provided for claims). I don't quite understand - are third party sources only required for certain claims? — SrAlfredos ( talk) 14:30, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Linus is no longer just an individual with a channel. Linus Media Group should be its own wiki. I'm creating one right now -- Brownques ( talk) 15:44, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
There should be a section about Linus's education. As it appears to be he went for a general science major in UBC. He was also advised by family members to go to a business major instead. Source: I can't post Youtube links here, but the video where there was talk about his education is titled "Preparing for 10 GIGABIT Internet! What Could Go Wrong?", precisely in the time stamp 23:33. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amir Husayn ( talk • contribs) 13:15, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
There are sources indicating Linus was a painter from 2004 to 2005, is it noteworthy enough to add it to the article?: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/linus-sebastian-578a0752 https://twitter.com/linustech/status/1287206315685580801?lang=en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=298tsR9Mgh8 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lijason1988 ( talk • contribs) 09:30, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
Linus Tech Tips store should be mentioned on this page or should have a page in its own right.
-- Editingstuff124 ( talk) 06:42, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
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The citation link on linus changing his mind about retiring is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxjhTVR_dJw CarPBon ( talk) 14:31, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
Linus has publically admitted in WAN show episodes that he was diagnosed with Asperger's growing up and he's also ADHD and is on ADHD meds currently too. 49.36.112.64 ( talk) 18:01, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
Hey, I hope I'm doing this correctly. Never done this ob Wikipedia. Here's the video link for autism: https://www.youtube.com/live/0LqWvOR1xBk?feature=share
And the timestamp is 28:38 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:201:10:8152:207B:1B63:9D93:46D6 ( talk) 13:09, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
For ADHD the video link: https://www.youtube.com/live/-znPFc-0VS8?feature=share
And the timestamp is 1:48:07 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:201:10:8152:207B:1B63:9D93:46D6 ( talk) 13:16, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
For autism I misremembered. He says he's never been diagnosed with autism at the end of the segment. Autism runs in his family strongly though, and he does have some traits that he mentions and believes he has a touch of "Aspie" in him — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:201:10:8152:207B:1B63:9D93:46D6 ( talk) 13:24, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
At this point, I think most would agree that an article about Linus Sebastian as a person rather than the Linus Media Group is less than ideal. I suggest moving it to Linus Media Group. I'm not sure, though, whether the guidelines allow changing the topic of an article entirely. Andibrema ( talk) 12:24, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
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Add Gamelinked has one of his channels to Linus sebastian's Wikipedia page. https://www.youtube.com/@GameLinked CarlTheObeseCat ( talk) 06:57, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
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Change is to was for text about being CEO in text below about box 24.13.4.148 ( talk) 20:39, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
I added this photo+caption to the article the other day, and User:Picard's Facepalm removed it with the message "rm unnec & out of date image". I think it's useful to document the history of someone's career – ideally you want the article to show what they looked like early in their career as well as up to the present. The article is long enough that we can comfortably fit a second photo besides the infobox photo without it being too cluttered. Picard's Facepalm, could you please elaborate on why you removed it? Thanks, IagoQnsi ( talk) 00:36, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
All of the subscription counts on this page are not referenced, nor are the awards. Are references not available? Seems like the claims should be deleted until they can be properly verified. -- Mikeblas ( talk) 17:02, 9 June 2024 (UTC)