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Yo uhm does anyone know where I could find a copyright-free Image of Smant? I can’t look on social media (don’t ask why) I have trash art skills and would not even attempt at drawing even his avatar Rew256 (talk) 22:43, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well for one, exceptions can be made for channel avatars on wikipedia articles if and only if:
  1. The article is fully published instead of being a draft.
  2. The icon is shrunk to a low quality.
If you would like to upload an image of SmallAnt himself (the person), then you will have to seek a freely licensed image, i.e: anyone can use, copy, modify, and sell it. The image has to be explicitly described as freely licensed by its creator, otherwise it can't be uploaded. I have personally tried to look around for free images of SmallAnt but I have been unable to do so. However, if you believe it is necessary, I can go ahead and contact SmallAnt myself and ask him to upload a free image of himself for this Wikipedia article. ―Howard • 🌽33 09:24, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Rew256, also I can recommend some sources for you to consult in the making of this article:
―Howard • 🌽33 09:33, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Distractify is an unreliable source and shouldn't be used in BLPs (WP:DISTRACTIFY). KnowDeath (talk) 23:55, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, you’re right. I'll strike that out. ―Howard • 🌽33 06:41, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Rew256 (talk) 12:48, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Should I go ahead and ask SmallAnt for a photograph? ―Howard • 🌽33 14:56, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would really appreciate it if you would do that Rew256 (talk) 16:32, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I believe it would be better to first have the text of the article ready for publication. ―Howard • 🌽33 17:24, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I guess that is probably the best idea Rew256 (talk) 17:59, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The best bet to find a copyright-free image of a famous person is to either look up photos of them in public and ask the creator to release the photos under a free license (like what happened with Eminem) or find a YouTube video with a CC-BY license and screenshot the frame with the famous person. Asking the person in question for a photo/permission is also a possibility. Though getting satisfactory results like that is uncommon, it's still worth trying. Getting a response from Smant doesn't seem to be that hard.
In the case of asking for permission, this can be used as a base. Dabmasterars (talk) 06:57, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Topics for SmallAnt article (in no particular order)

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Games (probably in order from most streamed to least streamed)


Early Life (before gaming career) Rew256 (talk) 02:32, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Personal Life section

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I have not been able to find any secondary sources reporting on SmallAnt's personal life at all - only primary sources. As such, with no sources to support the personal life, I removed the section. If anybody manages to find a secondary source for his personal life maybe we could make a section as it would be useful to have a personal life section in a BLP. ArjunQM (talk) 22:30, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Some evidence of SmallAnt's real name (other than the photo of his license) can be found in an interview he did with Anthony Padilla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4eMzNyRV5k . I have no idea what that's worth. ―Howard • 🌽33 22:37, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I'm finding it difficult to source something like a person's name. This interview is an example of him being referred to as Tanner Minecraft, but I'm not sure that the Anthony Padilla interview would work as a reliable source - Padilla is more of a content creator than a fully recognised journalist in a reliable publication. Also not sure about primary sources like the license image, but I don't think there's any other way to verify the name of a person other than whatever they say - primary sources. ArjunQM (talk) 22:54, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would say the Anthony Padilla interview is permissible as a primary source given that personal names are not difficult to obtain directly in an interview. There is also no prohibition on primary sources for basic biographical data, per WP:ABOUTSELF. I would say at least the personal name and birth date are allowed to be sourced using primary sources. ―Howard • 🌽33 07:57, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That sounds reasonable to me. ArjunQM (talk) 09:46, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]