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Name

I realise that the name is sourced to a news article, but i am unconvinced that it could be said to be his name as he has never stated it and has said multiple times that he values his privacy. Nor does the news article appear to have any source for the name, suggestions?

Person or channel?

I think it would be better to make this article about the youtube channel, not the person. I get why Vi Hart would be about the person and not the youtube channel. We actually know something about the person and she is known for other things than the youtube stuff. But here that's just not the case. It would be like making an article about Henry Reich, only known for minutephysics.

I'd hapily make the needed changes. I just didn't want to do it without consensus from the rest of the contributors. Amphicoelias (talk) 19:16, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Completely agree. The CGPGrey channel is the notable thing, not the person C. G. P. Grey --192.43.244.42 (talk) 00:11, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Section on his desire for anonymity

should this section be in or not? Please explain why you think yes or no.

Anonymity

He is very secretive about his appearance, often having his face blurred out or hidden when he appears in other people's videos.^[1] He also chooses to represent himself as a stickman with square glasses in his "thoughts from the screen" vlog-series. He has said that he "very highly" values his anonymity. He explains this by saying that he likes "being able to walk through the streets of London at night without being recognised and "not having my face in the videos forces me to me to concentrate much more on the visual side of an explanation for particular topic so I can't just shoot myself talking about it."^[2]

No. Article is about the channel. Look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MinutePhysics and related channels to see how they are written. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.144.224.169 (talk) 09:27, 7 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

^ examples of this can be seen in these videos: [1], [2] and [3]
^ "Science YouTubers - Sixty Symbols". Sixty Symbols. YouTube. August 2, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2013.

[1] xamples of this can be seen in these videos: [1], [2] and [3]

[2] "Science YouTubers - Sixty Symbols". Sixty Symbols. YouTube. August 2, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2013.

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+I realise that the name is sourced to a news article, but i am unconvinced that it could be said to be his name as he has never stated it and has said multiple times that he values his privacy. Nor does the news article appear to have any source for the name, suggestions?
 == Person or channel? ==
 I think it would be better to make this article about the youtube channel, not the person. I get why [[Vi Hart]] would be about the person and not the youtube channel. We actually know something about the person and she is known for other things than the youtube stuff. But here that's just not the case. It would be like making an article about Henry Reich, only known for [[minutephysics]].