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Monday, 07 July 2008 18:29
Well apparently the Wikipedia page that someone did for us (edit.. it was found by Horribafuckus125, is in the process of being deleted.. If you want to help us try and save it, post your comments on here Please try and keep it respectable, and thanks!
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written by crazygamer , July 07, 2008
wow congrats on the wikipedia page!


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written by Monado , July 07, 2008
I can't even comment, but it seems as though it does need more reliable resources.
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written by Horribafuckus125 , July 07, 2008
hey thanxs for mentioning me. we shall save this.
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written by Alex , July 07, 2008
I was thinking of making one myself last week. If anyone deserves a Wikipedia page, it's ThatGuy
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written by admin , July 07, 2008
I wonder if these links are 'reliable'
http://technology.timesonline....31656.ece
http://www.lepost.fr/article/2008/06/20/1211673_voir-un-film-en-5-secondes.html
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written by FatAnon , July 08, 2008
Maybe I'm just bitter since I'm an English teacher and every plagiarists under the sun thinks I'll never see through their cleaver cut and paste techniques, but why would you even want a Wikipedia page? Its an unreliable source run by bureaucratic jerks that care more about enforcing rules than accuracy or fairness. Don't believe me? Google "Wikigroaning" and see for yourself!
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written by admin , July 08, 2008
Maybe I'm just bitter since I'm an English teacher and every plagiarists under the sun thinks I'll never see through their cleaver cut and paste techniques, but why would you even want a Wikipedia page? Its an unreliable source run by bureaucratic jerks that care more about enforcing rules than accuracy or fairness. Don't believe me? Google "Wikigroaning" and see for yourself!
Honestly, I don't really care one way or another, but I believe Doug and Rob like.. at least the idea of it. I know I get tons of emails from people asking why TGWTG doesn't have a Wikipedia page though.
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Who needs them?!
written by Raymond T ThatDutchGuyWithTheTransformers , July 08, 2008
Why concern yourselves with Wikipedia?! It is run by a bunch of Morons, who concern themselves more with what bystanders have to add, true or false, then what actual real sources have to say. They are great for undeniable items like History, or solid fact finding. So they are useful for school projects and stuff. But as soon as more personal choices come to order, all hell seems to break apart. They much rather have history be re-written and protect that writer then someone who actually knows what they are talking about have the record set straight.

One of the better examples is their ugly fued with Transformers producer Don Murphy. Some moron started editing his profile page saying stuff like he was opposed to using original cast members in the movie, while it was Murphy who was our only advocate on the team to get original voice actors and who finally convinced the others to at least give us Optimus Prime with Cullen's voice. But other stuff too, like Don Murphy getting in a fist-fight with Quentin Tarantino. They say that they are still bitter enemies, while Don said that they've worked it out long ago.

Personally I would take Don Murphy's word for setting stuff like that straight on the Don Murphy profile page. But Wiki refuses to change the incidents, marking them as freedom of speech. And each time some one corrects them, someone else changes it back to the lies and half-truth.

So Wikipedia? Who needs 'em!
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written by sarasimo , July 08, 2008
I have seen it just yesterday, I like checking in stuff with it altough in may have mistakes. I don't know much about thatguywiththeglasses altough I realy like the episodes, so I'm afraid I woun't be able to edit it in anyway. An article on wikipedia may further promote this site but I don't belive removing it would be such a big deal.
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DAMN YOU WIKIPEDIA
written by Keroshino , July 08, 2008
We must not allow it to pull a Youtube......TGWTG deserves a wiki page damn it....time for a
Wiki-War....
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written by rattlehead91 , July 08, 2008
Wikipedia is a good way to promote That Guy, though. We all know Wikipedia is run by a bunch of basement dwellers, but it's free promotion. The only things to worry about are the users who vandalize and the dumbass admins/mods.
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written by Consequences , July 08, 2008
Doug should write his own Wikipedia page. What's more credible than that?
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WIKI
written by Keroshino , July 08, 2008
AVGN has a wikipedia page...and if he is allowed to have a wiki-page
then so does our friend TGWTG

i mean geez....lol.....come on Wikipedia
don't be a Hypocritical Douche
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written by Monado , July 08, 2008
Doug should write his own Wikipedia page. What's more credible than that?


It would be very reliable if Doug or his brother, Rob write it up, or atleast send it to someone who can do so.
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Aw, shucks
written by Dove , July 08, 2008
Well, I typed in That Guy With The Glasses and no results popped up.
Wikipedia: 01, ThatGuy: 00 smilies/cry.gif

Doug should write his own Wikipedia page. What's more credible than that?

When I read that, I thought of Time Curry in clue: "He decided to put his information to good use and make a little money off of it. What could be more American than that?"
Yeah, off topic...
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written by Horribafuckus125 , July 08, 2008
when typing in that guy with the glasses you can't have any spaces. it's a lot easier when you search for nostalgia critic and click the link to thatguywiththeglasses
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written by Shining Aquas , July 08, 2008
Wikipedia has no reason to delete the article though, so long as it is run entirely by fact, the concept in point is valid (I'm pretty sure Doug actually ya know EXISTS), and it contains no copyrighted material on it without permissions (at least I think that part is true. I dunno)
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This problem did happen with the AVGN
written by Jigglysaint , July 08, 2008
I know the Nerd has his own page, and that for sure TGWTG deserves one, but in reality people had to fight long and hard for his page. It wasn't untill he started to creep into news articles and interviews that he was allowed to have his own page. It was deleted several times, including banned.

In order to satisfy their demands, TGWTG needs more mainstream coverage. Hooking up with The Game Heroes was good, as was this feud with the Nerd. Perhaps in time you will see That Guy among the greats some day.
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We CAN Save It!
written by Dove , July 08, 2008
All we have to do is lengthen out the paragraphs and put more substance in them, also put in a reference section (Wikipedia LOVES them), also add in more sections to the page. Wikipedia CAN delete pages if the mods find them too trivial or un-encyclopedia-like. Also maybe even add an uncyclopedia account.
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Wikipedia.
written by Lee is Still Gaming , July 08, 2008
Wikipedia is run by drama mongers and fools. Regardless of how popular the Nostalgia Critic will become, vengeful administrators will organize and eliminate. The AVGN article was destroyed many, maaaaany times due to this tactic, sometimes within 30 minutes of being nominated for deletion in the middle of the night, and I'm sure they'll try it again someday while the fans are sleeping.
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written by Ghostmayhem , July 08, 2008
I normally wouldn't say the site needs a wiki page...but...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avgn
...yeah...
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written by Spectere , July 08, 2008
Wikipedia is run by drama mongers and fools. Regardless of how popular the Nostalgia Critic will become, vengeful administrators will organize and eliminate.

It's not about being "vengeful," it's about maintaining a high level of quality. You simply cannot do that by keeping unsourced and unreferenced claims, especially not when just anyone can jump in and edit the thing.

And besides, it's not like other Internet celebrities haven't gotten Wikipedia pages of their own (like the AVGN, Tay Zonday, etc). The difference between them and That Guy is that they've received massive amounts of media coverage. That Guy hasn't been popular for long enough to get that.

Now that he's starting to get interviews that'll probably change quickly, but for now the reference material just isn't there.
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written by Sylvester Ink , July 09, 2008
Spectre is correct. While I've been a fan of That Guy since I originally saw his 5 Sec videos on Youtube, the fact is that his work is still largely unknown to the public. Gaining notability takes some time, and fortunately That Guy is well on the way, but at the moment there still needs to be work done on that front.

There have been plenty of other Wikipedia articles that have taken some time to gain enough notability to remain permanent, and the AVGN was one of them. As I recall, there were at least 2 attempts to get an article up for the AVGN before it was finally notable enough to remain on Wikipedia. Then there are others who have deserved a Wikipedia entry for some time but still don't have one.

On the other end of the spectrum, there are guys like Yahtzee, of the Zero Punctuation video game reviews. Yahtzee was already notable for some award-winning games he made, and so when he became famous for the video reviews, the Zero Punctuation article was fast-tracked into approval. And even still, it was decided to combine it into the entry about Yahtzee instead of giving it its own article.

The point is, these things do take time, and admittedly That Guy's website has only been around for about half a year now. (Give or take.) Given time, if it remains to be notable enough, That Guy will definitely have his own article, but until then, patience is required. In the meantime, let's not spam the discussion. It's not some sort of vote.

Wikipedia is NOT for publicity. It's a repository of pertinent information, and if no control was maintained over it, it would be a useless mess.
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written by ToonMaster , July 09, 2008
What can I do to help save it? I think it sounds cool!
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written by Spectere , July 09, 2008
What can I do to help save it? I think it sounds cool!

Try to find sources that fit the Wikipedia notability guidelines (more information on this is available on WP:NOTE) and use them to help flesh out ThatGuy's article. It might be difficult or impossible to save the article with what's available now, but it's always worth a shot.

Adding votes to the AfD isn't going to help anyone. If the worst case scenario occurs (the article gets deleted), try again after more notable sources become available.
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written by estefan , July 12, 2008
Looks like they're deleted the page. smilies/cry.gif I wonder if there's anybody from CNN or wherever who hopefully visits the website. If anybody deserves a report on a news station, it's That Guy.
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If TGWTG doesn't count as an internet celebrity...
written by Spellman , July 12, 2008
Deleting that Wikipedia page was just picky. If ThatGuyWithTheGlasses isn't considered to be an internet phenomena worth noting right now, it's going to be at the pace that it's getting popular. The feud with the Angry Video Game Nerd gave the site a bump, but the site is also taking measures to make sure that we ourselves get the word out too. I think I heard something about being able to embed videos from this site on our own sites which is a start.

Anyways, like I say, this site is putting out quality videos more than 3 times a week and while it hasn't gotten much a great deal of exposure yet, it will. What I see happening is that Wikipedia page be out for a couple of months, and then the case for the page is going to be re-opened when they realize how popular this site is. No biggie, guys.
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Damn!!!!!
written by Keroshino , July 13, 2008
TGWTG Wiki page has been “Deleted”.....
Bad move Wikipedia....
It will be back eventually....
you have only delayed the enevidible
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Alternative
written by whiteness , July 14, 2008
I know it sucks that the Wikipedia page was deleted. However, there is an alternative that has been created to rescue just such pages. It's called Internet Wikia, http://internet.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page. It was started by some who had their pages deleted from Wikipedia for various reasons(including "lack of notability"), but thought that it should be able to be seen by others who appreciate all things found on and related to the Internet. Check it out, and if someone copied the source code form the original Wikipedia page, feel free to follow the instructions to recreate the page there. This would at least give the rest of us who haven't yet seen the page the chance to see it and add to it. Thanks!
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written by estefan , July 15, 2008
I didn't have the code for the That Guy Wikipedia page, but I have started writing the page at the link Whiteness has provided. I have so far written a short history of That Guy on the Internet and a description on 5 Second Movies and hopefully I (or maybe somebody more informed than me like That Guy or The Other Guy or Mike the Admin) can also work on the page.

Here it is: http://internet.wikia.com/wiki...TheGlasses
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Great Jorb
written by Keroshino , July 16, 2008
Nice work estefan.......though it could use some site links
so far.....so good
its a great start
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I guess if the only way to get TGWTG on wiki...
written by nsonic79 , July 16, 2008
Is for him to somehow get some news coverage on the evening news. That'll probably satisfy wiki's standards.
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written by admin , July 16, 2008
Is for him to somehow get some news coverage on the evening news. That'll probably satisfy wiki's standards.
Since the time has passed and nothing ever came of it.. I guess I can talk about this now. We were contacted by CNN to appear on their morning show (I believe the email was about 2 months ago, followed by a few phone calls), but nothing ever really came of it..
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written by ilTGWTG , July 17, 2008
The AVGN gets a wiki-page but Thatguy can't BULLSHIT man BULLSHIT he deserves a page in wikipedia.Don't delete it wikipedia!.
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written by Grimbot , July 19, 2008
Once again Wikitwits display their retardness.

Reliable source... geez, they accused hollywood movie producer Don Murphy being unreliable source of information ABOUT HIMSELF.
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that guy with the glasses is back on wikipedia
written by Keroshino , November 25, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Gus ȟ
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written by Keroshino , November 25, 2008
i meant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Guy_with_the_Glasses ȟ
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Hold it!
written by SpikesGirl1 , November 25, 2008
Sure, okay, Wikipedia has been picky with having Doug up there. But aren't you all still forgetting something? The TGWTG wiki I've been creating? Which is also on WIKIA?

...Well, in any case, here's the link. It may not be Wikipedia, but that was my whole point in starting it - to at least give this community SOME kind of wiki page! So, if ya wanna help...

http://thatguywiththeglasses.wikia.com/wiki/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses_Wiki
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