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This is a style guide for YouTube related content in the English Wikipedia. The ultimate goal of the guide is to have every YouTube-related article standardized, with every article containing encyclopedic content that helps a viewer.
YouTuber Articles
This section relates to articles that are about YouTubers. Examples:
Infobox YouTube personality
Every YouTuber page, should have an info-box about their YouTube channel. Every subject on Wikipedia that has a YouTube channel should have a YouTuber info-box. It is fine if there are multiple info-boxes on the page about the person.
Infobox Syntax
{{Infobox YouTube personality
| name =
| logo =
| logo caption =
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality =
| occupation =
| website =
| pseudonym =
| channel_name =
| channel_url =
| channel_direct_url =
| years_active =
| genre =
| subscribers =
| subscriber_date =
| views =
| view_date =
| network =
| associated_acts =
| catchphrase(s) =
| silver_button =
| silver_year =
| gold_button =
| gold_year =
| diamond_button =
| diamond_year =
| ruby_button =
| ruby_year =
| stats_update =
}}
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{{Infobox YouTube personality
| name =
| logo = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] -->
| logo caption =
| image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] -->
| caption =
| birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Birth-date and age|birth date†}} -->
| birth_place =
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|death date†|birth date†}} -->
| death_place =
| nationality =
| occupation =
| website =
| pseudonym = <!-- use for individuals only -->
| channel_name = <!-- use for channels only, format: www.youtube.com/user/channel_name (Use either channel_name, channel_direct_url or channel_url - not more than one) -->
| channel_url = <!-- use for channels only, format: www.youtube.com/c/channel_url (Use either channel_name, channel_direct_url or channel_url - not more than one) -->
| channel_direct_url = <!-- use for channels only, format: www.youtube.com/channel_direct_url (Use either channel_name, channel_direct_url or channel_url - not more than one) -->
| years_active = <!-- year of channel's creation until its discontinuation or present day -->
| genre =
| subscribers =
| subscriber_date = <!-- date at which the given number of subscribers is correct -->
| views =
| view_date = <!-- date at which the given number of views is correct -->
| network = <!-- multi-channel network (MCN) to which the channel has signed (past and/or present), if any -->
| associated_acts =
| catchphrase(s) = <!-- unique phrases said by the YouTuber -->
| silver_button = <!-- yes/no; only use if the individual/channel has been awarded with a silver play button by YouTube -->
| silver_year = <!-- year in which the channel reached 100,000 subscribers -->
| gold_button = <!-- yes/no; only use if the individual/channel has been awarded with a gold play button by YouTube -->
| gold_year = <!-- year in which the channel reached 1,000,000 subscribers -->
| diamond_button = <!-- yes/no; only use if the individual/channel has been awarded with a diamond play button by YouTube -->
| diamond_year = <!-- year in which the channel reached 10,000,000 subscribers -->
| ruby_button = <!-- yes/no; only use if the individual/channel has been awarded with a ruby play button by YouTube -->
| ruby_year = <!-- year in which the channel reached 50,000,000 subscribers -->
| stats_update = <!-- date at which given channel statistics are correct -->
}}
† birth date and death date may be in either 'DD Month YYYY' or 'Month DD, YYYY'
Infoboxes Coexist
- Adele, in this page revision, has two infoboxes.
Adele's Infobox person
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Adele's Infobox YouTube personality
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The infobox YouTube personality, co-exists with the infobox person.