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![]() | On 01:04, 28 August 2022 (UTC), it was proposed that this article be moved from Bill Wurtz to William Wurtz II. The result of the discussion was Not moved. |
The videos " history of japan" and " history of the entire world, i guess" should be split into their own articles. Although the first maybe should be titled " history of japan (video)" or " history of japan (Bill Wurtz video)" -- I'm on day 4 ( talk) 18:54, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
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Because bill wurtz spells his own name in all lowercase, shouldn't the article reflect this, as with e e cummings, bell hooks, or danah boyd? Sea Captain Cormac 23:06, 21 May 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cormac Nocton ( talk • contribs)
He is pretty much known for using lower case but mainly on his website. I did note that he rarely uses capital letters on his site (sort of a trademark) although he uses caps in his videos. Should I source it because someone will probably delete it for vandalism or something. B-Movie Fan ( talk) 16:35, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
Should I add history? Quite a few things happened on his website before history of Japan and history of the world B-Movie Fan ( talk) 04:42, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
Should "history of japan", history of the entire world, i guess, and "hi, i'm steve" be put in quotation marks ("example") or italicised (example)? It seems since they are short pieces of work, they should be put in quotation marks. — Jeluang Terluang ( talk) 17:54, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
MEET BILL WURTZ, THE INTERNET MUSICAL GENIUS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF, by Mel Magazine https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/meet-bill-wurtz-the-internet-musical-genius-youve-never-heard-of
Feel free to use this article to improve the bill wurtz page and provide it with more information.
BoatyKappa ( talk) 15:40, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
I don't think it's accurate to call Bill's work outsider music, but I don't want to remove the genre tag without discussing it first. Outsider music is generally by self-taught musicians, and considering Wurtz studied at Berklee and has a very technical composition style, it doesn't really fit. Thesixthstaff ( talk) 18:25, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
As of now, the Discography section of the article is blank except for a link to a source. Work on this can be done in the Article's sandbox page. - Trg5503 ( talk) 01:09, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
Bass guitar and drums should be added due to the fact that he clearly plays the instruments, and piano should be changed to keyboards for accuracy. Any objections? — Preceding unsigned comment added by PerhapsXarb ( talk • contribs) 08:48, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
A great interview with Bill done by Mark Vigeant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3BrlAvG6fM It was originally livestreamed on Twitch, but since Twitch deletes VoDs after a certain time, it's best to use this youtube version.
In the interview bill talks about a lot of stuff that can be of interest for the improvement and expansion of this page. Please take a look! BoatyKappa ( talk) 19:57, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
Feel free to use this article to improve the page further. "How Bill Wurtz’s Videos Make the Internet a Better Place" https://www.okwhatever.org/topics/wtf/bill-wurtz-videos BoatyKappa ( talk) 08:34, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
Someone on reddit made a tool that lets you search through all of Bill's answers to fan questions. Great tool to find sources! https://dbarthe.github.io/billwurtz-search/
BoatyKappa ( talk) 15:12, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
This article is pretty awesome so far, I appreciate all the work that has gone into it. Especially like the style section, well written and has plenty of citations.
I just want to express my concern that we might be getting unhinged in our reliance on the questions page. It's a great and cheap resource, but I'm going to eventually work on - and I hope everyone else can tag along - on trying to get find and cite more writing that are secondary sources. It's important we have a balance of difference sources, would be great if we get this up to a standard for a Good Article. Not blaming anyone, I've used the questions page plenty myself, just want to set a goal.
Surprise Wurtz' interview with Bass Magazine hasn't been referenced yet? It was done in a print publication (and should be cited as such) but it can be read here https://outline.com/W2rCZM
Thank youuuu Derick1259 ( talk) 14:25, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
Found all these articles that would be great to reference and write from.
More Derick1259 ( talk) 09:28, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
Moar Derick1259 ( talk) 09:22, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
Great job on the article so far! I think we are pretty much caught up to the present, and we mostly only need to expand it when Bill Wurtz releases something new.
A couple of things though that could improve the article further:
1. Combining the two infoboxes? (musician / youtube)
This would make the info easier to read. Example of a good infobox here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodie_Clark I'm sadly a novice when it comes to the technical aspects of the wikipedia layout, but it would be great if anyone could combine them/create a new better infobox.
2. Adding an image of Bill Wurtz in real life? For instance one of him at VidCon or the Shorty awards.
Again, I'm definitely not an expert when it comes to images on wikipedia (copyright and stuff). Could anyone help out with this or is it impossible without someone donating their photo copyright for public domain?
Thanks in advance! BoatyKappa ( talk) 16:44, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
sorry, didn't mean to completely destroy everything. i don't know how to fix this. Billy rocky fernansa ( talk) 20:11, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
There's been a recent edit by @ St. Jimmy Jammy: to the infobox that puts his music down as 'comedy'. It's a perfectly good faith addition, and it's not unfound; the body of the article has sourced discussion over his 'comedic style'. I just wonder if it is placing undue emphasis by describing it as such in the infobox, I mean it hasn't been described as of the genre 'comedy' per se. Of course on the other hand, all genres are being treated with a grain of salt, with that one footnote noting Wurtz' lack of interest in genre names. So I'm not jumping on reverting it, I'm just wondering. I would like to point to one thing Wurtz' said on the questions page that refers to this article https://billwurtz.com/questions/q.php?date=201907071924 - I couldn't ascertain what it exactly means (if the questioner is lying, or the article was lying), but it was a source of concern for me. JAYFAX ( talk) 08:31, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
i was thinking if we should add a date of birth to this article. should we add it? Billy rocky fernansa ( talk) 15:38, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
ok. Billy rocky fernansa ( talk) 20:41, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
i'm not sure this would count as a completely reliable source, and you probably know about it already, but there is a reality page from dec 8 2013 where he's talking about getting older. what do you think? Toxicnapkin ( talk) 00:24, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
According to https://billwurtz.com/instrumentals.html his first recording came out in 2002. It also says "©2002-2018" at the bottom of that page.
I have a feeling I read somewhere (possibly on his questions page?) that he indeed did start earlier but I can't find the source. Can anyone find it or should we change the infobox to say "2002-present" again? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BoatyKappa ( talk • contribs) 14:54, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
He recently posted on twitter and instagram. He hasn't done that in almost 2 years! Get ready for new content soon. He seems to have completed the Blender/Final Cut transition. BoatyKappa ( talk) 13:43, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
@BoatyKappa I don't think this is the best place to post this SirKFCPepsi ( talk) 10:13, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
Are "History of Japan" and "History of the Entire World, I Guess" documentaries? When I think of documentaries I think of long-form, live-video, narrated videos about topics backed by interviews and citations featuring experts. Bill Wurtz' videos don't fit this category, I don't think. I suppose you could call them animated comedy shorts but I think that's stretching it as well. Despite putting hours into them, Bill didn't intend them to be exhaustive and clearly doesn't take them that seriously — see the answer he gave which is quoted within the section on the video). Therefore, I don't think these videos should be italicized but should be quoted like the other videos. — Elliot Winkler 05:05, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
Somebody keeps adding this as his real name but they don't have a source. Could they perhaps cease doing this until they have one? thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sir-Joshi01 ( talk • contribs) 02:58, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
there's this post on expert mode. It's a i'm not sure if a random picture on the website is the most concrete evidence, but it seems reasonable since there's no reason for him to lie about his name Toxicnapkin ( talk) 00:37, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: ( non-admin closure) Not moved per WP:SNOW Imzadi 1979 → 01:04, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
Bill Wurtz → William Wurtz II – He has a dad and a son with the same name, also his real name is William, not Bill. 2600:1700:6180:6290:9DF4:436E:5E7F:66B ( talk) 23:14, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
The video came out 5 years ago and I think now it's pretty safe to say that it's noteable and not just a flash in the pan viral video. It has many indapendant articles about it, it's frequanlty shown in schools, and it still is referenced and parodied all the time online. What does everyone here think LJFIN2 ( talk) 05:11, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
it is now necessary. nobody will stop asking. 71.60.239.210 ( talk) 22:59, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
Would it be fair to add Jazz Fusion to Bill's list of music genres? I think a significant portion of his work fits under the umbrella, with a lot of his music using aspects of Funk, Folk, and R&B. It's also how he's identified his own music in some (non-referencable) interviews on Youtube. Cerrathegreat ( talk) 06:10, 22 January 2024 (UTC)