Talk:Linus Sebastian/Archive 1

I'm removing the section on the hacking incident. It lacks any independent sources indicating this was significant. Since this is a youtube personality, he produces a lot of material. This isn't the place to document every event he explains on his channel or forums, because that would make the page redundant with his own site. If this hacking incident was really encyclopedically significant, it should be supportable by reliable, independent, WP:SECONDARY sources. This is a problem facing the entire article, actually, but we have to start somewhere. The connection to h3h3 Productions seems like speculation, also. Grayfell (talk) 02:04, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Agreed with the last comment, this entry reads more like a biography or resume than an encyclopaedia entry! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.148.173.156 (talk) 11:46, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

In the infobox, under YouTube Information and Channel, the markup does not allow me to use <*/br*> or commas to add the other two youtube channels, only one. Could someone take a look at it? Best, Nicnote • ask me a question • contributions 13:51, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

At this time, the petabyte project could be considered a notable achievement. the main argument against this is that the petabyte project was apparently a sponsored project, and this would classify it as the achievement of the sponsor. Puppy0cam (talk) 23:38, 5 October 2017 (UTC)puppy0cam

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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)

A comment on the image might prevent future updates and be a better warning to future editors rather than this post on the talk page. Editingstuff124 (talk) 07:01, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Is this sufficient to use a frame grab? https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/1674168813259202560 Liam8682 (talk) 20:41, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

This isn't so simple. The media in question needs to be released either under a creative commons license or into the public domain. Linus needs to be the owner of the media in order to do this, and be explicit about what he's releasing / relicensing. - Skipple ☎ 21:01, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

See the additional tweet he sent about it: Linus LinusMediaGroup op Twitter: https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/1674565803734351872?s=20 185.215.252.38 (talk) 11:16, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

This tweet is not sufficient. Wikipedia requires images that are freely usable by anyone for any purpose. So, the statement "for the purpose of updating our Wikipedia page" ironically makes it so that Wikipedia cannot use that content. Saucy^{[talk – contribs]} 07:15, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

I found this: https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/linus-sebastian-is-stepping-down-as-linus-tech-tips-ceo-in-transition-to-new-role-2150195/

Is this image good enough, or will it be deleted at the snap of a finger? Unknown0124 (talk) 02:40, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Unless the image is released under Creative Commons licencing or is in the Public Domain, it shouldn't be uploaded. - Skipple ☎ 02:47, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Got it. Unknown0124 (talk) 13:51, 17 August 2023 (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)

We have already debated the worthiness of this individual in the past. Prior articles were deleted. At this time, Sebastian is one of the most significant YouTubers of his genre and his work (and opinion) is broadly sourced by major tech websites such as Engadget, MacRumours, Forbes, and Lifehacker, to name some. If Sebastian is not a worthy entry, then it would require a total re-evaluation of all YouTube-based celebrities and influencers. In terms of "self promotion", I think you need to be more specific about which areas concern you; I'm not convinced. --Melonbob (talk) 12:13, 11 April 2019 (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)

The picture seems to be offline in the current version. It's on archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20150724073213/https://www.inc.com/john-rampton/30-power-players-in-tech-you-need-to-know.html Eic.luca (talk) 17:34, 2 May 2020 (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)

No, over-reliance on primary sources is a problem, and it should be fixed before the template is removed. The problem is fixed by citing independent sources. There are many articles about YouTubers, and this standard applies to them just as with other WP:BLPs. Grayfell (talk) 01:04, 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)

Please cite a reliable source. Per the above section, this should also be an independent source. As for images, see Wikipedia:Image use policy. Wikipedia has strict copyright policies. If you know of an updated image which is compatible with Wikipedia's copyright, it could be uploaded, but do not assume that images you find online are compatible. Thanks. Grayfell (talk) 01:07, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

How is his beard significant? There are many notable controversies that could be included, but there was hardly a "backlash" against his beard. --NitroblastDigi (talk) 17:52, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

I don't think his beard is significant enough to have a dedicated section dedicated. I agree with NitroblastDigi that there are many more notable events that still need be added to this article. Somerandomuser (talk) 05:56, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

I believe this is an attempt at humor. Editingstuff124 (talk) 06:58, 1 May 2022 (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)

See the notice at the top of the article and links therein. — JJMC89 (T·C) 04:09, 13 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)

@Brownques there is Linus Media Group Inc. now. Shane04040404 (talk) 15:29, 12 November 2022 (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)

 Not done: The page's protection level has changed since this request was placed. You should now be able to edit the page yourself. If you still seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:58, 9 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)

Do you have a link + timestamp? Could probably be added to the article per WP:ABOUTSELF. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 18:07, 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)

I have added the ADHD bit. He did not say he has autism so I did not add it. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 17:55, 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)

Agreed and done. Now that he has stepped down as CEO of LMG, the disparities in biographical/non-biographical content are only going to grow. DigitalIceAge (talk) 01:43, 19 May 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)

 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 and provide a reliable source if appropriate. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 08:12, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

It's pretty clear. The linked channel in the comment above was newly started by Linus & LMG in July of last year and launched as a channel on June 29th of this year. Simply add the channel (Gamelinked) to the list of channels on the page. Picard's Facepalm (talk) 16:47, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Already done, GameLinked was added on June 29 to the list of channels at Linus Media Group. It is not within the scope of Linus Sebastian's biography to mention the channel. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 21:59, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Then why are (m)any of the others which are listed on this page? Some he hasn't even appeared on. If that's the logic then several need to be pruned out, or GL needs to be added. It can't go both ways. Picard's Facepalm (talk) 13:46, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

None of the other channels are mentioned in the article's prose. If you're referring to the combined subscriber/view counts, then yes, Gamelinked could be added there. That's just a thing for counting stats and feel free to add it (as an autoconfirmed user). — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 16:57, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Pretty sure that is what @CarlTheObeseCat was looking for, as it is the only location that lists any of the channels - other than LTT. I will take that on shortly. Picard's Facepalm (talk) 18:19, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Consitter simply linking to Linus Media Group#List of YouTube channels. It seems silly to maintain this list in two places. - Skipple ☎ 18:25, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

This gave me a bit of a chuckle.Picard's Facepalm (talk) 18:38, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

I'm not sure what's funny about it? I'm not sure what value maintaining two lists of subscribers and viewers provides. Why not replace the current blists with see Linus Media Group. - Skipple ☎ 19:21, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

 Done Added to bottom of the channel list. Picard's Facepalm (talk) 18:38, 6 July 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)

• This is unnecessary at this point. The last edit of vandalism was 2 weeks ago and it was semi-protected for a period at that time. He is no longer the CEO. Picard's Facepalm (talk) 20:44, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

  I believe this was an edit request, not a protection request. Perhaps I'm reading this wrong. - Skipple ☎ 20:55, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

  You're right - my error in reading (too fast). Apologies. Picard's Facepalm (talk) 13:14, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

•  Not done: - This article is about the individual, Linus Sebastian. There is a separate article for Linus Media Group, where the new CEO is listed in the infobox, which may be what you are looking for. There are multiple line items on this page referring to Linus stepping down as CEO of the company. - Skipple ☎ 20:46, 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)

Just as a note, on my computer (Legacy Vector skin on a large monitor), the image cuts into the references section. I'm indifferent to the photo being added however. - Skipple ☎ 01:07, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

The article itself is quite short on my screen as well, and the 2nd image cuts into the subscriber notes (which honestly needs to be pruned quite a bit - 95% is replicated in the LMG article). If there was more content in the article it would lend to adding more images (regardless of age) - but between the length and no article context surrounding the image - I can't see there being a point to add right now. Happy to concede to consensus of course. Picard's Facepalm (talk) 14:05, 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)

I suppose refs linking to each of the YT channels could be done if that level of busywork is indeed determined to be necessary.... although that looks to already have been done on the article for Linus Media Group, which this article of coruse links to. --Picard's Facepalm • ^{Made It So} _Engage! • 14:01, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Now that the infobox bugs have been resolved, it's apparent that no references are provided for the views, subscriber counts, or awards here. It seems like this article should be about Linus, and not his channels -- since the channels have separate articles. Removing the channel stats, at least, from this page lets them be properly presented and referenced elsewhere. -- Mikeblas (talk) 14:58, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Oh I agree with your last sentence for sure. I tried having that discussion on here before - noting that it was silly to maintain channel counts in 2 articles. I was quickly overridden, however. You are welcome to take up that torch - and you will have my support. --Picard's Facepalm • ^{Made It So} _Engage! • 15:50, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

I'm in favor of removing the channel counts here as well and I'm struggling to understand an argument against it, especially seeing how Linus Media Group is fairly well established now. I'm wondering if there's an appropriate way to reference the other article?... "see Linus Media Group#List of YouTube channels" seems inappropriate for info box. - Skipple ☎ 18:33, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Seems that there is an edit war currently going on in the section of the 2023 controversy, where users change whether Gamer's Nexus video is "an investigation" or a "hit piece". I think there should be some sort of protection in this article to avoid these kind of edit wars. Zenixtronix (talk) 01:56, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

I'm in favor of protecting it. Apparently Linus had complained about the wikipedia article recently publicly. 46.110.47.41 (talk) 11:39, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

I agree with this. Sebastian recently read out his article on the WAN Show, live to his audience, and critiqued the claims in it. This has spawned a series of a good faith edits which are not supported by other sources. This was also the cause of some edit warring on the dates around his NCIX video production. It should be noted that Sebastian did not ask people to edit his page and has raised valid concerns about the use of primary sources (himself) on some claims, as well as the interpretation / framing of some information (particularly the Nexus section). ProtoKiwi (talk) 12:51, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

To provide some context. The WAN Show talked about the news that Wikipedia turned off experimental A.I. summaries, and opened the article about himself to check it out. That spiraled into him commenting on what was correct and what was wrong, as an example on the fact that you need to actually check the sources when using Wikipedia as the citation for anything. Solbu (talk) 17:11, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

I think it would be fair to acknowledge Sebastian's dispute of the claims in the paragraph. Something like

Sebastian has expressed objections to both the portrayal of himself and his company, as well as the journalistic ethics of the report. In public statements, he disputed the characterization presented, suggesting that the report lacked context and purposely misrepresented key aspects of his business practices. 104.201.80.210 (talk) 19:04, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

it is quite weird that wherever sebastian was mentioned for the controversy part of the article it's now replaced with 'Linus media group' as if to imply he somehow wasn't responsible for his employees gross mistake, it should be reverted back to sebastian as it was 103.134.103.103 (talk) 11:03, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Not really, it implied that Linus himself did the actions when he didn't and wasn't aware of it. Linus media group employs around a 100 employees, and this was a miscommunication between departments, none of which involved Linus personally.

For example, when an Apple employee left a prototype iPhone in a bar, you wouldn't say that Steve jobs left an iPhone in a bar, even when Steve Jobs would be ultimately responsible as founder and CEO of Apple for the lapses in security. Selvakk2k (talk) 13:46, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

This section of the article should probably just reference the section on the Linus Media Group wikipedia page as it is not just critiquing him, but also the company as a whole.

It could be worded as "As CEO of the Linus Media Group, he was involved in multiple controversies, including allegations of misconduct and the fostering of a toxic work environment." 2A02:8071:64F0:1B80:7946:A200:5CA7:446C (talk) 13:31, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

FYI that "Linus Fact-Checks His Own Wikipedia Page" was released by LMG Clips. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 16:39, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

The result of this are edits that were made without referencing the new source (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJbLHLnTrd4&t=0m50s "low viewership" was correctly cited and is now "exploding viewership"). 2001:9E8:C392:D200:7D9D:8C43:D50E:C246 (talk) 19:34, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Good point, I've corrected this for now to be consistent with the source. ProtoKiwi (talk) 23:00, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

There's a paragraph about the Gamers Nexus controversy (the one that starts "In August 2023, a controversy emerged via an investigative video...")

Should this even be here? Almost the whole controversy had to do with LMG rather than Linus himself, so should this not be in the LMG article? April83c (talk) 17:31, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

Yeah this probably belong there instead of here. It's not been helped by Linus' recent review of this page, which is setting off people into framing the Gamers Nexus piece as a 'hit piece'. TechKnight25 (talk) 23:36, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

I have no objections to it being shifted to the LMG article. I don't see why this particular LMG incident needs to be in his career section. At the moment, its inclusion does imply a sort of direct blame on Sebastian in particular. ProtoKiwi (talk) 02:03, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

I will say, anecdotally, there are a number of people who do directly blame Linus within the scope of the Gamers Nexus vs LTT controversy. I do also believe Steve from Gamers Nexus said something to a similar effect in one of his statements at one point. But that's just my two cents. Weirdguyz (talk) 07:22, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

I'm fine with it being on the LMG article even though I think there should be a reference along the lines of (this is just from the IP above) "As CEO of the Linus Media Group, he was involved in multiple controversies, including allegations of misconduct and the fostering of a toxic work environment", how does this sound to you? Squawk7700 (talk) 22:26, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

I like the idea of describing these issues as happening while he was CEO, to avoid downplaying his connection to the issues he fronted, without implying he was directly responsible for it. However, we need to be cautious about ambiguous phrasing. "Multiple controversies" -- exactly what / when / by who? "Involved in" -- involved in how, and to what extent? What was the evidence, investigation, and outcome? Only with that information is it possible to make an informed decisions about whether it's fair to mention this on Sebastian's biography at all. ProtoKiwi (talk) 01:06, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Linus said at one point his signature was the same as his autograph but he had changed it multiple times since. Should it say "Autograph" instead of "Signature"?--WayToGooooooo (talk) 19:21, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

There's been a back and fourth of Sebastian's height being added to this article. It's been removed a couple of times by myself and others, both for lack of non-primary sources or sources that demonstrate why this fact is relevant in the first place.

My feeling is that it's not relevant to include Sebastian's height. He's not an athlete, he's not known for his height and his size is otherwise unremarkable. The guidelines on the infobox template suggest adding height only if this information is notable. It is not typical to include height information on articles for the sake of it, as this goes against the philosophy of articles style as per WP:INDISCRIMINATE.

I'd like some consensus on this as it's starting to turn into an edit war. Is there anything I'm missing here that justifies including his height? ProtoKiwi (talk) 03:43, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

@WayToGooooooo if we could get your opinion on this as I know this is something you've researched. ProtoKiwi (talk) 03:54, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

The reason why I think his height is relevant is basically the same as the 2 other users.

I think it affects his content a bit more than other Youtubers as it's brought up as a joke from time to time. And he's not the only one who brings that up; there's that one sponsor like Selvakk2k said (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SChh6MnYzjU&t=2m51s), and there's even a Smosh video ranking him among other folks that are perceived to be short (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA5A9fKq7Qs). --WayToGooooooo (talk) 15:25, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

Linus's height may be more relevant than most other YouTubers as it's a bit of a running gag — jokes about him being short are frequently made in his videos and among his fanbase. Whether that is relevant enough in the context of Wikipedia to include his height in the article, I'm not sure. Saucy^{[talk – contribs]} 10:51, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

Is that something which characterises his work in a notable way? Sebastian is on the shorter side of adult height but he's within normal range. Admittedly I don't watch LTT videos any more but it's news to me that his height ever had relevance in his work. My concern is that this is indeed an audience gag and not something of encyclopedic relevance, and perhaps not even in good faith. ProtoKiwi (talk) 10:56, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

I don't know if it's encyclopedic or not, but a frequent sponsor makes fun of his height, often buying vanity websites that refers to his height that link to their website. His height is also something that is mentioned as comic relief in his videos.

That being said, I don't think he has mentioned it being any impediment to his career or his personal life. It's not notable other than the fact that it is part of his persona. Selvakk2k (talk) 08:50, 12 July 2025 (UTC)