Template talk:Infobox YouTube personality

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'channel_url' is not a 'url'

'channel_url' is not a 'url'. it's an 'id'. Everyone gets confusing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bcxfu75k (talk • contribs) 16:59, June 27, 2021 (UTC)

Channel rather than 'personality'

Given that this template is the only infobox about youtube, would it not make more sense for this to be called "Infobox YouTube channel" rather than personality?

It is currently used to cover at least four broad use-cases:

Those who are notable for other reason reason, who also have a youtube channel.
[Sometimes as a module of their main infobox, and sometimes as or a piece of structured data lower down the page].

1. individuals (for example in The Undertaker, or Jamie Oliver
2. groups/shows/brands (for example, Blackpink or Deal or No Deal (American game show)

Those whose primary/original notability is because of their Youtube channel:
[Where this is the main/only infobox]

3. Individuals (singular or plural) for example MrBeast or The Slow Mo Guys
4. Multimedia production companies for example Cocomelon and ChuChu TV

This template, as currently named "personality", implies that its primary intended use is option 3, but a quick look at the list of the ~3400 articles which currently use it seem to show that the majority are actually option 1. Also, the template name "personality" doesn't account for options 2 and 4 at all.

It seems to me that "Template:Infobox YouTube channel" is the most general name that can linguistically cover all these usecases. Do you agree, and if so would it be sensible for me to make a formal renaming proposal? Witty lama 14:01, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support. The suffix personality makes it unclear whether the template is for channels becoming notable only for their activity on their channel. Darrelljon (talk) 07:04, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Blue Diamond" button

Mr. Beast just reached 400 million subscribers and got a new playbutton which looks like a blue diamond or blue crystal. Can someone add that in?

source: https://www.indulgexpress.com/entertainment/celebs/2025/Jul/30/mrbeast-becomes-first-individual-creator-to-hit-400m-subscribers-receives-custom-youtube-play-button GucciNuzayer (talk) 14:01, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]