Couple updates on the Wikipedia page: •Ross and PChal are now under Associated Acts •It’s now correctly stated that he dropped out of community college instead of the University of Oklahoma •Fall Guys was replaced with Among Us, which is still under the umbrella of “other Nintendo titles” •His title of the “Nuzlocke King” has been added •A paragraph was added about his experience at Universal Studios, Japan specifically •Jirard is no longer mentioned under Jacob’s signing with the Creative Artists Agency •Paragraphs have been added for Alpharad Gold, Alpharad Replay, FWOB, Not Alpharad, and WILD/CARD, as well as his Twitch •Romeo and Juliet and Cup Pong were added under “Other Ventures” •The sentence about him being bisexual was added back
- Alpharad came out as bisexual - Got divorced - Went to live with his best friend Jo Three things that are factually true, but suggest a false narrative by put it them in a weird order.
Not gonna lie, completely forgot his last name wasn’t actually Alpharad. Like logically, I knew. But I’m so used to thinking “Jacob Alpharad” that I forgot its not his real name.
Fwiw, as someone who edited wikipedia for a while, the reason those random videos were highlighted was because they recieved notable coverage on major news sites. Generally they don't talk about anything unless there's a good third party source backing up its relevance, and a video that got talked about on Polygon is more likely to make the cut than one that just went viral on its own.
i can also see that wikipedia's guidelines are also why his "unflattering" photo has remained, it's probably the only one they could get a fair use license on. multiple attempts to replace it have failed lol
They changed the wikipedia page after his stream, they got rid of the fake ‘John’ in the name, it’s just Jacob Rabon IV now in the intro. They also added “Currently, he focuses on creating variety content, commonly with his friends” to the intro paragraph, along with other corrections to the page since he went over it
I love that it also adds "Rabon has also admitted that him not becoming an editor was not because of lack of creative freedom, which is a reason he often uses." Like yeah, he just lies a lot, let's just put that up there.
The reason people's wikipedia photos are typically so awful are that they have to be free use, so typically from conventions and stuff. So if Jacob hasn't been to a convention in a while, then it's gonna be an old photo
I originally created your Wikipedia article 5 years ago on a whim because I was bored and really liked your videos. It didn’t get accepted at the time so I kinda gave up and didn’t think much of it, but this video showed me just how out of hand it’s gotten since then lol
Ok Alpha saying that the editing reason was just an excuse has now been cited in his updated wikipedia page: "Rabon has also admitted that him not becoming an editor was not because of lack of creative freedom, which is a reason he often uses"
I'll be honest, I never knew about Jacob being divorced until just now. I recall seeing the wedding photos back when it happened, but never heard anything regarding his wife at the time after that period. I assumed he just wanted to keep his marriage business private from TH-cam.
@circularnectarine1439Toby Fox posted a picture of him covered in foam in a shower and asked for it to be on his wiki page, it wasn't licensed so there was an edit war until he gave the proper image licensing, then it was there for a while, I think it's gone now though. Alpha should be fine though, he doesn't want a specific picture, shouldn't be the same issue
@@DAVINACANIS an incident where toby fox sent out several images of himself naked, standing in a bathtub while covered in foam via newsletter and requested the photo as a replacement for the old one on wikipedia, and a whole licensing thing ensued but as @Cruxin pointed out, no specific image was asked for here, so it should be fine
To be fair, your Charity stream with Jaiden for Red Nose Day was amazing. To this day, it is the only stream I've watched in its entirety, of any streamer. I don't know what exactly it was that made it so great to watch, but I for one am happy that it made it onto your Wikipedia page c:
I really find that personal life section hilarious. - He got married - He got divorced - He talked about being ADHD and ace/aro-spec and bi - That's it (Btw I'm also a bi aro-spec with ADHD. Not that it matters, I just think it's an interesting coincidence.)
First time ever hearing his last name (or at least to my memory.) and it was not what I expected. I don’t know what I expected honestly. You either have the most basic last name ever like Smith or you have something pretty out there. Feels like there is no inbetween
I think to make substantial changes to Personal Pages, a direct primary source goes a long way to making it accurate. Reviewing the page and making these public clarifications goes a long way towards this effort, and putting it all on video makes it easier to cite. It's been like a week, and pretty much all of the wrong info is already fixed. If your information is inaccurate, just correct it publicly and people will get to work.
John Jacob Rabon the Fourth His name is my name too Whenever we go out The people always shout "There goes John Jacob Rabon the Fourth!" Da da da da da da da
Alpharad being content director of a major esports team and organizing multiple extremely successful tournaments. Also Alpharad: eh I wouldn't call myself an esports personality or tournament organizer. I think that's called imposter syndrome.
I don't understand why he disagrees with being known for his smash bros content. His youtube career was primarily smash bros for 7 years. Doesn't matter how much he wants to distance himself from it now, he'll always be known as a smash bros guy, or the "how to play 101" guy, and he just has to accept that.
So crazy the amount of changes the page has since been through. But apparently, the 2020 image is still the only license free photo they have clear citations for, so it looks like Jacob might have to give the wiki a good photo they can honestly use or something XD
Ive been watching you for as long as i can remember, already knew you were somewhere in the Ace/aro/whatever spectrum from you asking chat not to assume things, but you're like the first other person ive met that is sorta a little aro/bi. So im just gonna use this random video to rant on. Everyone is a little Aro and a little Ace of course, but realizing you're more Aro than not is such a hard thing to do, cause you're still attracted to people, but dont want a traditional relationship, like for years ive been saying that id much rather just have a friendgroup who i live with rather than a wife. And everyone always says "yeah some people just arent ready for it yet". And that has stopped me from realizing i wad Aro for so long, with the mindset of "well but i still think he's cute, so i cant be Ace right". Thats Why i think its awesome seeing such a popular youtuber who kinda shows that Aro is a thing
>got married
>moved in with jo
>bisexual
>divorced
OMG they were roommates!
XDXD
The true sequence of events
Mmmmmh
>asexual
petition to make alpharads new wikipedia page show him with cat ears.
Signed
Signed
Nah do the one in the suit from ace of hearts
You can just go and do that right now, you don't need a petition
@@J.Blazerfor copyright reasons they can't, Alpha is the only one who can provide pictures from his content to Wikimedia Commons.
Couple updates on the Wikipedia page:
•Ross and PChal are now under Associated Acts
•It’s now correctly stated that he dropped out of community college instead of the University of Oklahoma
•Fall Guys was replaced with Among Us, which is still under the umbrella of “other Nintendo titles”
•His title of the “Nuzlocke King” has been added
•A paragraph was added about his experience at Universal Studios, Japan specifically
•Jirard is no longer mentioned under Jacob’s signing with the Creative Artists Agency
•Paragraphs have been added for Alpharad Gold, Alpharad Replay, FWOB, Not Alpharad, and WILD/CARD, as well as his Twitch
•Romeo and Juliet and Cup Pong were added under “Other Ventures”
•The sentence about him being bisexual was added back
They should have replaced fall guys with stumble guys
There's also no picture now.
They need to add hard dk lol
His name was also corrected to just Jacob Rabon IV
Great patch notes
This channel’s getting a lot of mileage off of that one 10 year anniversary stream
It's a break from all the shiny-hunting clips
10 years worth of it maybe
As it should
I do love how the Wikipedia tells the narrative that he got divorced and ran away with Jo to LA.
- Alpharad came out as bisexual
- Got divorced
- Went to live with his best friend Jo
Three things that are factually true, but suggest a false narrative by put it them in a weird order.
Not gonna lie, completely forgot his last name wasn’t actually Alpharad. Like logically, I knew. But I’m so used to thinking “Jacob Alpharad” that I forgot its not his real name.
Fwiw, as someone who edited wikipedia for a while, the reason those random videos were highlighted was because they recieved notable coverage on major news sites. Generally they don't talk about anything unless there's a good third party source backing up its relevance, and a video that got talked about on Polygon is more likely to make the cut than one that just went viral on its own.
Interesting, makes sense!
Yeah, I've heard once that a good way to get something added to your Wikipedia page is to mention it in an interview.
i can also see that wikipedia's guidelines are also why his "unflattering" photo has remained, it's probably the only one they could get a fair use license on. multiple attempts to replace it have failed lol
@@durdleduc8520 Couldn't, if someone explains this to him, he just take a photo and give it directly to Wikipedia for use?
@@Rot8erConeX yeah but clearly that hasn't been done yet?
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how much effort John puts into his videos?
i like the added irony of commenting about video effort on a Not Alpharad's unedited stream clip
@@erich_ika Hey, put some respect on Not Alpharad's name! There are a couple of jump cuts sprinkled throughout this clip!
@@mootwo_ai probably did that
@@mootwo_ You're right. I repent my past actions. From now on, I will appreciate how much effort Not John puts into his videos.
Is that THE famous TH-camr John Alpharad?
They changed the wikipedia page after his stream, they got rid of the fake ‘John’ in the name, it’s just Jacob Rabon IV now in the intro. They also added “Currently, he focuses on creating variety content, commonly with his friends” to the intro paragraph, along with other corrections to the page since he went over it
Also his picture is gone lol
I love that it also adds "Rabon has also admitted that him not becoming an editor was not because of lack of creative freedom, which is a reason he often uses."
Like yeah, he just lies a lot, let's just put that up there.
@@SudsyDiamond the picture is back
@@Nyuu3I was hoping for that
He will always be john Alpharad to me now.
That personal life section can really be taken out of context.
Didn't know you ran away with Jo
Turns out the dudes he was fucking was just Jo /s
4:43 Jaiden somehow became clickbait even within Wikipedia
The man, the legend
John Alpharad
Inventor of Rad
...I watched the whole thing, but I'm still reeling from the first minute where I learned it's pronounced "Rayben" and not "Rah-bon".
Jacob Rayban
Yup. Same here. I read this "Rah-ban" like the villain from Dune.
Oh my god, same!
The reason people's wikipedia photos are typically so awful are that they have to be free use, so typically from conventions and stuff. So if Jacob hasn't been to a convention in a while, then it's gonna be an old photo
He looks better with brown hair anyway
As an Alpharad Plus/Deluxe/Gold fan I'm shocked Mario maker was never mentioned
Minecraft; the way home getting its own section on the page
That's what they get for not ordering a Creeper
I originally created your Wikipedia article 5 years ago on a whim because I was bored and really liked your videos. It didn’t get accepted at the time so I kinda gave up and didn’t think much of it, but this video showed me just how out of hand it’s gotten since then lol
Thank you for your wiki service, PizzaDelivery
Ok Alpha saying that the editing reason was just an excuse has now been cited in his updated wikipedia page: "Rabon has also admitted that him not becoming an editor was not because of lack of creative freedom, which is a reason he often uses"
I'll be honest, I never knew about Jacob being divorced until just now. I recall seeing the wedding photos back when it happened, but never heard anything regarding his wife at the time after that period. I assumed he just wanted to keep his marriage business private from TH-cam.
Neither did I, but that's probably because I don't use twitter
i’ve been subscribed to him since 2018 and this is my first time hearing about all of it. i didn’t even know he had a partner at the time lol
Someone took all of his criticisms to heart and changed it to make his corrections
Wait his name isn't John Jacob of the Jingleheimer Schmidt family?
well his name is my name too
@@heroponriki518wait your name is also Jacob Rabon IV?
I think the funniest part is that the first thing he mentioned was the picture.
No one changed it.
Was happy to hear about Jacob moving to LA with his long term gf Jo.
Don't you dare downplay Copypasta Theater. That was fine art.
Is he unaware of the Toby Fox foam shower incident? Never request a replacement Wikipedia photo without very clear licensing.
the WHAT
@circularnectarine1439Toby Fox posted a picture of him covered in foam in a shower and asked for it to be on his wiki page, it wasn't licensed so there was an edit war until he gave the proper image licensing, then it was there for a while, I think it's gone now though. Alpha should be fine though, he doesn't want a specific picture, shouldn't be the same issue
@@DAVINACANIS an incident where toby fox sent out several images of himself naked, standing in a bathtub while covered in foam via newsletter and requested the photo as a replacement for the old one on wikipedia, and a whole licensing thing ensued
but as @Cruxin pointed out, no specific image was asked for here, so it should be fine
To be fair, your Charity stream with Jaiden for Red Nose Day was amazing. To this day, it is the only stream I've watched in its entirety, of any streamer.
I don't know what exactly it was that made it so great to watch, but I for one am happy that it made it onto your Wikipedia page c:
I love of all the changes to be made after a refresh, all that is noticeable is that Jo is now on the wiki page
Lmao you're right it does sound like that
-got married
-came out as bisexual
-got divorced
I really find that personal life section hilarious.
- He got married
- He got divorced
- He talked about being ADHD and ace/aro-spec and bi
- That's it
(Btw I'm also a bi aro-spec with ADHD. Not that it matters, I just think it's an interesting coincidence.)
dude, I think that means you're divorced. congratulations
Mine is similar too haha, married, realized I am bi and ace
@@erich_ika Can't be divorced if I've never been in a relationship to begin with.
Life is pain.
@@erich_ika That made me laugh more than it should. ty!
@@erich_ikatime to consult marriage counselor dougdougdoug
I feel like Wildcard is kinda just FWOB 2, but with Alpha's new friends
Norwegian is the only other language with this page, i have never been prouder of my country
Jacob I know you’ve been trying to rebrand but your still very much known as a smash guy
The dark tendrils of Smash penetrate deep into the skin and can never truly be removed 😔
First time ever hearing his last name (or at least to my memory.) and it was not what I expected. I don’t know what I expected honestly. You either have the most basic last name ever like Smith or you have something pretty out there. Feels like there is no inbetween
john jacob jingleheimer schmidt Rabon IV
The article is so much more different now
I scrolled through the updated wikipedia page while watching this video. Its funny to see pretty much everything he criticized be corrected now
In case you're curious, the Alpharad Wikipedia page is now very different already.
I think to make substantial changes to Personal Pages, a direct primary source goes a long way to making it accurate.
Reviewing the page and making these public clarifications goes a long way towards this effort, and putting it all on video makes it easier to cite.
It's been like a week, and pretty much all of the wrong info is already fixed. If your information is inaccurate, just correct it publicly and people will get to work.
Is Alpharad forgetting about when he famously called M2K his rival in one of his earliest Pokémon series, Randomized Fire Red with Dylan, on FWOB
I like it how they edited this page since but kept the unflattering picture of him
Damn, a 10 minute Not Alpharad video!
Thanks Jome!!
I can’t believe they actually went and fixed a ton of the things he complained about, even as the stream was happening, super cool to see
That's because wikipedia can be edited by anyone. The "they" updating it mid-stream were people in his audience.
I can't believe wikipedia doesn't say he's the nuzlocke king smh
it does
I'd personally keep the Red Nose Day charity stream mention, that's shit I respect
Lmao I just did a Wikipedia speedrun with Jacob as a prompt last week.
And I got to him through Jaiden
Did you know that Cristina Vee has a whole separate Wikipedia page for just her filmography? She’s not the only one like that, though.
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, his name is my name too!
In 2025 the photo is still there
Nah that picture is perfect
Yeah its better than his current look.
@@declanwatsonI disagree, I love how the white hair looks on him
John Jacob Rabon the Fourth
His name is my name too
Whenever we go out
The people always shout
"There goes John Jacob Rabon the Fourth!"
Da da da da da da da
Its so funny that his wikipedia page has been corrected since this, but the picture is still the same
i was today years old when i learned that my dad and alpharad have the same birthday
Good job, John. You really showed those Wikipedia editors who's boss.
I paused the video at the beginning to visit his Wiki page and it’s still the same image of him LOL
of course I know John Jacob Rabon IV. his name is my name too!
11 months later, still that one image.
13 months later, still that one image.
Alpharad being content director of a major esports team and organizing multiple extremely successful tournaments.
Also Alpharad: eh I wouldn't call myself an esports personality or tournament organizer.
I think that's called imposter syndrome.
I think it's more that it's weird to say he's particularly "known" for that. I think most people "know" him as a Nintendo game youtuber.
If you go to his Wikipedia page now, pretty much every wrong information Jacob explicitly mentioned in this video are corrected now!
as a long time viewer, shocked the "How to 101" series wasnt mentioned
The fixed a lot of ot. Even the picture. But then they changed the picture back 😂
I like how the image hasn’t changed still lol
I would like to confirm that Alpha photo has been changed
I don't understand why he disagrees with being known for his smash bros content. His youtube career was primarily smash bros for 7 years. Doesn't matter how much he wants to distance himself from it now, he'll always be known as a smash bros guy, or the "how to play 101" guy, and he just has to accept that.
The IV? Jacob rabon *IV*
watching this while having the wiki page up in another window to see what they changed was really funny
9 months later and thats still his wikipedia picture
They just straight up removed the picture
My favorite part of this was when joe john jacob went "It's Joejohnjacobin' time" and joejohnjacobed all over the place. That was awesome.
wikipedia can use pics only from the public domain
0:10 HE LOOKS LIKE A WIDE MR.BEAST (:°0°)
Naaah that’s crazy to say
"Wide”? That’s kinda um well rude…
Sorry, not wide as in fat. Wide as in someone took a Mr. Beast photo and stretched it in photoshop.
Good to see John going over his acomplishments
Wikipedia editors as soon as this video aired: *editing noises
No mention of sleepaways either is crazy. i remember having that album on loop in hs
john alpharad
Love it when someone reads their wiki page!
I love some good John Alpharad content
I love how the phot still isn't changed
It's crazy I was looking through his wikipedia page about less than a week ago 😂
So crazy the amount of changes the page has since been through. But apparently, the 2020 image is still the only license free photo they have clear citations for, so it looks like Jacob might have to give the wiki a good photo they can honestly use or something XD
Copy pasta theatre was so good it had to be mentioned
1.5 months later the picture has still not been updated lmao
Can't wait until we get a Wiki page of our own.
Someone needs to add a whole section about Mongy Monday
Its only a matter of time til you make total drama island a reality with your friends jacob. You can't escape the truth.
I tried looking, but I genuinely can't find a licensable picture of you that's any better than the one already on Wikipedia.
copypasta theatre is one of my favourite videos of all time ngl
Man I really loved when John the 4th switched Mewtwo the Onix into a Jynx
7 months later, still the same picture
I like how Wikipedia just updated his profile.
9 months later they still didn’t replace the photo 😂
Ive been watching you for as long as i can remember, already knew you were somewhere in the Ace/aro/whatever spectrum from you asking chat not to assume things, but you're like the first other person ive met that is sorta a little aro/bi.
So im just gonna use this random video to rant on.
Everyone is a little Aro and a little Ace of course, but realizing you're more Aro than not is such a hard thing to do, cause you're still attracted to people, but dont want a traditional relationship, like for years ive been saying that id much rather just have a friendgroup who i live with rather than a wife.
And everyone always says "yeah some people just arent ready for it yet".
And that has stopped me from realizing i wad Aro for so long, with the mindset of "well but i still think he's cute, so i cant be Ace right". Thats Why i think its awesome seeing such a popular youtuber who kinda shows that Aro is a thing
Daraphla aka john the pranker, famous for his devious malicious and diabolic pranks
It's September 2024, and Jacob still has a non-cat-ears-wearing profile picture
John Jacob "My name is actually not "John Jacob" Alpharad" Rabon IV
Oh now I see why he got divorced his attention span wasn’t good enough to stay focused on one person
I like how the image is still NOT updated lmao
Can’t wait for the cat ears picture to go up
I was really hoping that they would update his photo to be from the stream when he was asking to have the photo changed
I like how everything has updated except the pgoto
that’s crazy, I just looked up this wikipedia page a week ago and
Watch them not fix the mistakes and just add ‘read his own wiki’ to the history section.