Talk:Hasan Piker

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Sam Hyde

Sam Hyde creator of "Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace" has asked to fight Hasan Piker. Hasan decided to call him a "mentally-ill nazi". Whenever Hasan is asked about Sam he goes to his default fratbro form where he tries to bully the person asking the question and walks off like a beta-male. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Th3ManWithRizz (talk • contribs) 09:59, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

This page should not be speedy deleted because...

He's a notable political commentator (like his (ex)TYT colleagues Cenk and Ana) and Twitcher. --Unreal7 (talk) 14:45, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, this article is has been expanded and have addressed previous deletion reasons and issues and notability, improved, added references. Panda619 (talk) 14:54, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

I have restored the tag, Panda619 as the creator (yes, you are the creator since you removed the redirect) you may not remove it. An admin needs to evaluate this. Praxidicae (talk) 15:14, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

No, I am not the creator just because I removed a redirect that you placed for no good reason and also now I will remove the G4 tag since WP:G4 says "It excludes pages that are not substantially identical to the deleted version, pages to which the reason for the deletion no longer applies". Panda619 (talk) 15:24, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

You are the creator, as you created the bulk of the content.[1]. Praxidicae (talk) 15:28, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Yeah I expanded it from Draft:Hasan Piker that already existed, Which I should I have moved the draft to mainspace, but I forgot about the move and just copied the content to mainspace. Panda619 (talk) 15:31, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Redirect restored

Per Praxidicae's nomination of this article for speedy deletion under criterion WP:G4, I have restored the redirect; consider this effectively a G4 deletion of the recreated article. I do not see any new WP:SIGCOV in reliable sources that did not exist at the time of the AfD, and I see no new claims to notability that weren't in the AfD version. The closest thing I saw was the addition of the "Shorty Awards," and that just namechecked him as a member of TYT, which doesn't establish notability for him independent of TYT. Please do not restore this article without going through WP:AFC to propose a new version. If this article continues to be recreated without improvement I will protect the redirect. GeneralNotability (talk) 16:19, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 November 2020

In the third paragraph of the "Twitch" section, the sentence "On October 19, 2020, U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recruited Piker and Pokimane to organize and play Among Us with her on Twitch for the "Get out the vote" initiative." is written. The use of the term "recruited" has militaristic connotations, so changing the sentence to something akin to "On October 19, 2020, Piker collaborated with Pokimane and U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by playing Among Us on Twitch together for the "Get out the vote" initiative.". This uses more neutral language and has already been done on Pokimane's Wikipedia page. 85.229.187.66 (talk) 13:48, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Done. Delta fiver (talk) (UTC) 14:01, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Should there be added context to Hasan Pikers 9/11 comments. Because it seems now that the comments are taken out of a significant context. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bartielomew (talk • contribs) 10:43, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

At the very least, the full context sans expletives should be used, which would be, "America deserved 9/11, {...} Like we totally brought it upon ourselves dude" as his comments are referring to the fact that the 9/11 terror attacks were a direct result of american foreign policy. The follow up of, "Look at the way that this dipshit is running his fucking mouth, justifying genocide right now," is relevant as well, but I'm not sure of the best way to work it in, and that lengthens the quote quite a lot. See here Yakri (talk) 15:27, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

References

New Photo

This photo is really low quality--I see that it's literally a screenshot from a YouTube video. What are our options for a better photo? Are we limited to photos taken by Wikipedians? Are we allowed to try for a better YouTube or Twitch screenshot? How do the copyrights work on those within Wikipedia? Leopard of the Snows (talk) 19:50, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

@Leopard of the Snows: We're limited to images released under a free license. The current image came from a freely licensed video; if there are more such videos we can take another screenshot, or we might be able to find an actual photo someone has taken and released under a creative commons license, but I've had a quick search and turned up nothing unfortunately. Sam Walton (talk) 20:38, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Move 9/11 remarks to new controversy section?

I think the paragraph on Piker's 9/11 remarks might be better suited to a "Controversies" section. What do you all think? Leopard of the Snows (talk) 04:18, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

I'm not too fussed about this but here's my thinking--a controversies section might separate the 9/11 comments from the overview of his career in a meaningful way. If someone is unfamiliar with Piker's work then the incident might seem indicative of his career, whereas if it's in a dedicated Controversies section then there's a little more context that suggests it's not representative of his career. As far as I can tell, however, most other Wikipedia pages just leave controversies under career, but if anyone agrees with my intuition here then we can change it. For now I'm going to leave it as is. Leopard of the Snows (talk) 19:35, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

I am here once again to discuss this with myself. I've seen on other Wikipedia pages that editors are hesitant to create a "Controversies" section because it potentially encourages future editors to compile all controversial events, so let's just leave the 9/11 comments under "Career" unless Piker has so many varying controversies that he becomes known as a controversial figure and needs a dedicated section. Thank you, myself, for discussing this with me. Leopard of the Snows (talk) 19:19, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

I agree with your final conclusion here :) I think we're often too quick to jump for a 'controversies' section when it's not warranted. Sam Walton (talk) 20:36, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

I think the idea of a controversy section should be revisited. I came here looking for it, because all I know about Hasan is his controversies and I wanted a fair & balanced account of them, rather than twitter/twitch/youtube drama. Trumad (talk) 09:23, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a tabloid for scandal sheets. All the major controversies are covered under Career, Twitch. I think this is suitable for now. Onikaburgers (talk) 03:29, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Turkish-American?

Would it be more correct to mark Piker as being "Turkish-American" under nationality? What are Wikipedia's rules on this? Leopard of the Snows (talk) 19:35, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

As far as what has been discussed before, it seems Hasan was born in the US making him an American citizen and then moving to Turkey later on. His nationality remains American in the lead as that is his disclosed nationality as far as what we know now. Delta fiver (talk) (UTC) 20:06, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Since both of his parents are Turkish, he automatically gets the Turkish citizenship. On top of that he went to school in Turkey, so I can say with 100% certainty that he has Turkish citizenship. 176.227.51.101 (talk) 02:29, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Hasan was born in the U.S then his family moved back to Turkey soon after where he was raised until he was 18. 2A00:23C6:3EC4:1101:B9C3:85D8:A21B:9D27 (talk) 10:35, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

news article which could possibly be incorporated into this wiki article

https://kotaku.com/the-gamers-of-the-year-2020-1845965574 TovarishhUlyanov (talk) 20:43, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Done! I've incorporated it into a new "Reception" section. I was considering including a section like this already, since a number of sources have all written approvingly of similar aspects of Piker's work. Since patterns of opinion have emerged across these sources, I felt they warranted including in this article about him, and this new kotaku source fits into that nicely. Leopard of the Snows (talk) 21:54, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

A quick note on Piker's birthplace

There have been a few edits regarding Piker's birthplace. From what I can see, the Cosmo feature does say Piker was born in Turkey, but New York Times feature from November 2020 says he was born in New Jersey and raised in Turkey. The Politico profile says he was born in New Brunswick, specifically. If you wish to edit Piker's birthplace, please provide another source that suggests he was born in Turkey, otherwise your edit will be reverted. Leopard of the Snows (talk) 01:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 July 2021

Change age from 29 to 30 DLightOToko (talk) 21:30, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: The reference does not mention the age of Hasan Piker within it. Terasail^[✉️] 23:31, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Improper reversion by Panda619

On 20 August 2021, User:Panda619 improperly reverted my contribution. As I stated in my edit summary when adding this content, per Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources, The Daily Beast "is considered generally reliable for news" and The Daily Dot "is considered generally reliable for Internet culture." I request consensus to restore my contribution. Basketcase2022 (talk) 20:06, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

To anyone reading this, there is also this source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hasan-piker-twitch-criticism-home-b1906619.html . I am not interested in writing about this particular drama but it has become notable by Wikipedia's standards and I agree that this particular reversion was improper. Astral Shepherd (talk) 00:07, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Those are opinions, not facts; and should not be included on a wiki. 2601:642:4C02:617E:99CA:CF9D:34A6:CA1E (talk) 15:23, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Banning from Twitch

Hi SrAlfredos, I want to explain my edit here. I think that the sentence should probably be deleted per Wikipedia:Too much detail. Why is it important that two - as you have said - non notable individuals were banned for the same thing as Piker? How does that relate to Piker? Information added to the article should relate to the person's notability and this seems excessive. Pabsoluterince (talk) 06:06, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Change to the title description

The correct formatting and in accordance with examples, the description should not include the date of birth. Please consider removing the date of birth from the description. Live405 (talk) 12:21, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

 Done Delta fiver (talk) (UTC) 14:43, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Fix alignment of ‘Twitch Information’

Fix alignment of Infobox section to match ‘YouTube information’. Thain97 (talk) 08:28, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

 Question: How? Pabsoluterince (talk) 16:15, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Controversy section revision?

I have to agree on a need of a “Controversies” section. The current format is inconvenient for those who need quick access to the information, particularly regarding the Twitch bans. I could see it being more digestible if the controversies were ordered from oldest - newest, as well as some more recent updates that were put out on the behalf of Twitch. Overall the controversies need more context, as well as a glimpse of public reception. 2001:569:7E1F:8100:FDA9:FEF5:6BCB:28B4 (talk) 13:18, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

"Currently one of the most viewed streamers on Twitch"

No he isn't. This is false information and simple braggadocio and shouldn't be on this wiki. Also the words "one of the most" and "currently" are unquantifiable and dated and shouldn't be used in any wiki. What did children write this bio or something? Oh wait, no it was Hasan himself, of course. Currently. One of the most. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:642:4C02:617E:99CA:CF9D:34A6:CA1E (talk) 15:19, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

https://www.twitchmetrics.net/channels/viewership twelth most viewed this month, try not to be rude if you are also wrong. Aphrodite=Ishtar (talk) 18:53, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Additional Sources

Unions: noticed there is a mention of the strike fund fundraiser, so I think his interview with Chris Smalls from the Amazon Labor Union [2] could be included as well (and him criticizing Terry Crews for appearing in an Amazon ad [3] ). Theres also a WaPo article that mentions Hasan donating $5k to the union GoFundMe. And this NBC article on Waymo workers unionizing with UNITE HERE mentions they were inspired by Hasans stream. And this Slate article on Chiptole workers unionizing began by co-workers talking about Hasan and Noam Chomsky.

Various: I also found some articles on his talent management agency and agent [4] [5], and Salon mentioning Hasans criticism of Jordan Peterson, if you wanna include that [6] or his Andrew Tate[7] and Nicki Minaj [8] debates. Or AOC voters saying Hasan helped convert them [9] And an LA Times mention for his interview with DSA reps during the LA mayoral race. Theres also a few quotes in this NBC article on Esports unions.

--jonas (talk) 18:49, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

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Given Hasan's extensive philantrophy it seems to make sense to make a seperate philantrophy section. Hasan has generated millions in donations, and that should probably be acknowledged in a seperate section than it currently is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ZenSun01 (talk • contribs) 01:29, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Change August 21 2019 Date to August 20 2019

https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/streamer-hasan-says-america-deserved-9-11

The controversy actually happened on Tuesday August 20, not August 21. Bluesharkeye (talk) 01:06, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

More proof the controversial date was August 20 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viLHAvc-NCY&t=750s Bluesharkeye (talk) 04:45, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 July 2023

Change the line in Controversies from "During a Twitch stream on August 21, 2019" to "During a Twitch stream on August 20, 2019"

Evidence being here

https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/streamer-hasan-says-america-deserved-9-11

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viLHAvc-NCY&t=750s Bluesharkeye (talk) 04:51, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. Also source provided failed verification. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 16:36, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Apologies, I'm not familiar with the edit process. Looking into it, is the consensus just done here between editors to discuss if it's valid or not?

Also, can you clarify why the sources provided failed verification? The first source, the article mentions the event happened on Tuesday of August 2019, which is the 20th. I understand that the article doesn't necessarily provide direct evidence, but other than saying the event happened on Tuesday, the article was also published on Aug 21, 2019 9:58 am. Hasan said the controversial comments during a nighttime stream, so it's unlikely that the article was published in the morning the same day Hasan said the comments.

The second link I provided was a YouTube link to one of Hasan's past streams where he himself says that the event happened on the 20th. I understand that maybe he himself could also be wrong, but I have not been able to find any verifiable evidence that the comments were actually made on August 21st other than memes so in this case I trust the man himself.

Given this information, why would both of these sources not be enough? Bluesharkeye (talk) 15:13, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

@Bluesharkeye I couldn't find explicit evidence to support the changes, you would like to be made, hence it's considered as failed verification. Please provide a better source with explicit evidence. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 17:15, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the reply. I think the first source I provided was pretty decent evidence. I don't think we're going to find the exact clip because Hasan deleted the VOD. The second source I'd argue is very explicit evidence because it's literally coming from his own mouth.

I've also found multiple articles saying the day this happened was on Tuesday August 2019, which is the 20th.

1. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7385477/Hasan-Piker-rips-Rep-Dan-Crenshaw-saying-brave-insurgent-took-eye.html

"Piker, who is a contributor on the liberal Young Turks network, dug into the Republican Texas Congressman during a Twitch livestream on Tuesday."

2. https://www.foxnews.com/media/hasan-piker-dan-crenshaw

"During a Twitch livestream on Tuesday night, Piker blasted Crenshaw for his continued opposition in the House to stop sending arms to Saudi Arabia. Piker questioned why Crenshaw would be opposed, considering he lost his eye while serving."

3. https://www.foxnews.com/media/liberal-commentator-profanely-attacks-rep-crenshaw-claims-brave-soldier-took-his-eye

""What the f--k is wrong with this dude? Didn't he go to war and literally lose his eye because some Mujahideen -- a brave f-----g solider -- f---ed his eyehole with their d--k?" Piker asked Tuesday on the live streaming video platform Twitch."

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwvOS5kxqks

This is the video Hasan was watching about Dan Crenshaw on Joe Rogan's channel which was uploaded on August 20th 2019. I've followed Hasan for years now and I know he watches Joe Rogan clips the day they come out, sometimes waiting for them on the YouTube page to be uploaded.

I don't know what other evidence I can provide at this point to prove that the date written on the Wiki is incorrect. I haven't found a single piece of evidence that the date happened on the 21st and I'm sorry if this is rude, because it's not my intent, but unless you do, I don't think you can consider my evidence as not explicit enough. I honestly don't know why the meme revolves around the 21st. All I can think of is maybe he got banned on that day, but regardless it wasn't the actual date he said the comments and I think I've provided plenty of evidence proving this. Like I said, I don't think we will ever find a clip that shows the timestamp because Hasan deleted the VOD that night. Bluesharkeye (talk) 22:49, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

 Done. Pursuant to WP:CALC, basic calculations like days of the week don't need an explicit date reference. All the sources refer to it happening on the Tuesday of that week, which was the 20th. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 23:37, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 August 2023

Change Paragraph 2 of “Personal Life to “In April 2023, Hasan adopted a Tibetan Mastiff mix puppy that he named ‘Kaya’, a Turkish name that means “rock”. His Twitch chat helped to name her by voting in a Twitch poll containing a list of possible names he chose.” 2601:603:1680:820:A9EE:F5DB:6FCC:C735 (talk) 06:21, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

 Already done Lightoil (talk) 00:56, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

controversies section

no mentioning of hasans support of the annexation of crimea and supporting chinese claims on taiwan and being againist military aid transfers to ukriane? Monochromemelo1 (talk) 14:51, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

These should be included 175.39.88.109 (talk) 00:12, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

These controversies have not received enough coverage to warrant inclusion in this article. Additionally, being familiar with Hasan's statements on the matter his views on these matters are more complex then you are stating here, you are clearly acting out of bad faith. Aphrodite=Ishtar (talk) 18:59, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Care to elaborate what denotes "enough coverage"?

It seems some editors here are using personal opinion judgements rather than WP rules. 82.16.132.36 (talk) 22:36, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 October 2023

Hasan recently created controversy by saying Tibet deserved to be invaded and annexed by the PRC and Tibetans have greatly benefited from PRC rule

https://twitter.com/PostLeftWatch/status/1708640453665649035?t=ASTJQf6Th6jptNT9sSrFfw&s=19 175.39.88.109 (talk) 00:10, 3 October 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. JTP ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:31, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Not true

The statement "He is currently one of the most-viewed and most-subscribed-to streamers on Twitch" is not true today. And the ref is to over four years ago. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:297C:3C45:61E7:E82C (talk) 05:28, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Agreed. He is ranked #122nd here: https://twitchtracker.com/channels/most-followers?page=3 --82.192.173.74 (talk) 13:27, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 November 2023

I was going to add to his political stance that he has some ideas and takes representative of marxism, and also that he is friends with other Marxist youtubers. that's all. not too important Erik1918 (talk) 00:47, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. - FlightTime (open channel) 00:48, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

“Baby settler” controversy

Hasan October 2023 controversy of labeling infant victims of 7/10 attack as “baby settler”. Should this be added to list of controversy? 23.93.18.48 (talk) 23:05, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Source? 75.54.114.162 (talk) 01:09, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Controversy section revision?

As stated previously, I think a need for a "Controversies" section is needed more than ever. Hasan has had multiple controversies in the past few years, with mainy gaining mainstream media spotlight.

Hasan has been banned from Twitch multiple times due to controversies.

It's now 2024 and Hasan is a very large streamer, especially one of the largest in the left-wing sphere.

These are basic but a starting point for those wishing to review:

https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/hasanabi-s-five-contentious-takes-landed-hot-water

https://www.pcgamer.com/twitch-mega-streamer-hasanabi-suspended-over-ongoing-cracker-controversy/

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/leftist-streamer-hasan-piker-says-155952661.html?guccounter=1

https://www.vods.tv/blog/hasanabi-streamer-and-political-commentator#controversy

https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/17/hasanabi-called-cringe-loser-interviewing-hot-houthi-pirate-20130484/

Controversies follow this guy, with the most recent being in relation to the Houthi attacks in Yemen.

Controversies are, at this point, a mainstay of his streaming career and should be addressed as such in the article. 82.16.132.36 (talk) 22:47, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

I think it would be wise to re-submit with the following changes:

-remove all sources that are considered unreliable

-choose a different format that fit better into the structure, being mindful of Wikipedia:Criticism

-re-read the requirements for WP:BLP

Your suggestion may have some validity, but I would rather it be refined before engaging with it. FortunateSons (talk) 19:08, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

New topic based on ADL report - extended-confirmed Editors only

Based on this reporting by the ADL (which is an RS), and should therefore be added to the reception section (with attribution). FortunateSons (talk) 19:03, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2024

there is no mention of "muslim rights" in the cited source for the same. That should be removed if no valid source is provided. Myh98 (talk) 01:11, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

The linked source literally says "Muslim rights" in the second sentence of the second paragraph. If you (or anyone else) has a problem with the source that's another story, but I disagree that it is not mentioned in the source. Bestagon ⬡ 13:08, 29 April 2024 (UTC)