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How is what this person says about cryptocurrency encyclopedia worthy?--84.118.56.83 (talk) 21:16, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Yeah, none of this seems like relevant or necessary information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.248.244.13 (talk) 05:14, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
Since when has venturebeat.com been a trusted source?
Also online multiplayer games have numerous gaming servers, different servers for different parts of the world such as one for Europe, and one for North America, so if a person becomes number one, it would normally just mean they’re number one for that server/that part of the world.
Also the ‘in game’ number one rank changes regularly many times throughout the year, can even change daily so that rank isn’t the ‘official number one’. To achieve being the official number one you have to win at a special event/competition which are normally held at Las Vegas.
HardeeHar (talk) 17:46, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
You’re only officially ranked number one if you won the competition so he isn’t and was never officially ranked number one, he just made number one online on that server on that day and it possibly only lasted a few hours or even few minutes before his rank had dropped to a lower number and someone else was listed as number one. So I don’t see why it’s mentioned in this wikipage.
Every time somebody becomes number one online in COD is it going to be mentioned on the COD wikipage, no cuz that would be stupid and also because reaching number one online doesn’t make you the official world number one, so I don’t see why there’s an exception made for kim.
You mention the claims are widespread online, but the source of the info came from kim whom isn’t a wiki trusted source, and as ive mentioned he isn’t and wasn’t the official number one, he is mistaken.
The reason gaming company's have an official competition to determine the world number one, rather than going off the in game ranking system is because if you went off the in game ranking system there would thousands of people all over the world all claiming they were the worlds number one (just as kim is doing).
It’s also important to know that whilst kim, Wikipedia and numerous sources online claim kim was the world number one that year, officially somebody else was officially rank number in the world that year, a person who attended and won the COD competition.
HardeeHar (talk) 07:45, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
I think it’s a shame that somebody attended and won the COD competition and officially achieved the rank of world number one that year, and that persons achievement is essentially being taken away from them by Wikipedia and other online sources because they’re all citing kim whom wrongly claimed he was the worlds number one because he didn’t know and understand how game ranking system really works.
If every time a celebrity makes claim and magazines and websites print it, and Wikipedia then cites it, Wikipedia will become a completely untrustworthy source of info, this is why Wikipedia insists on using a trusted sources. HardeeHar (talk) 08:18, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
"As he was a minor, he was given a two-year suspended sentence;[47] the judge of the case described Schmitz's actions as "youthful foolishness".[49]" - Reference 47 no longer exits, and the statement made here is wrong. Kim was not a minor in 1998, given that he was born in 1974. Angeloh (talk) 10:49, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
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@Jeppiz: I think your edit here runs a foul of WP:BLP. Perhaps "fraudster" can be added to the lead, but it shouldn't be the sole description as he was also a tech entrepreneur, founding notable companies; it's what allowed him to carry out the various crimes he's been accused of. I'm indifferent about "political activist". Conspiracy theorist may be more accurate based on the sourced content.-- Ponyobons mots 22:18, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
@Ponyo:, @Jtbobwaysf:, I have a hard time understanding your arguments. WP:BLP says content must be verified and accurate, not that it needs to be positive. There are many articles about living criminals being described as such. In this case, I am not quite sure what your objection is. Is is (a.) that you dispute that Dotcom is a fraudster, despite his multiple convictions for fraud?, or (b.) that you dispute that "fraudster" is an accurate description of a person convicted of fraud? Jeppiz (talk) 10:51, 9 February 2024 (UTC)