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{{AFC comment|1=This was declined 6 times previously for notability not being established and I still don't think he fits the criteria, especially since the redirect is protected. ― [[User:Blaze Wolf|<b style="background:#0d1125;color:#51aeff;padding:1q;border-radius:5q;">Blaze Wolf</b>]][[User talk:Blaze Wolf|<sup>Talk</sup>]]<sub title="Discord Username" style="margin-left:-22q;">Blaze Wolf#6545</sub> 13:42, 10 January 2023 (UTC)}} |
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{{AFC comment|1=Please note that the main article redirect at [[W2S]] is '''fully protected''' since 2020. You need to discuss at the talk page for Sidemen whether he has enough independent notability from Sidemen, supporting with reliable sources, especially since 2020. See also [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/W2S]] [[User:AngusWOOF|<strong><span style="color: #606060;" class="nowrap">AngusW🐶🐶F</span></strong>]] ([[User talk:AngusWOOF#top|<span style=" color: #663300;">bark</span>]] • [[Special:Contributions/AngusWOOF|<span style="color: #006600;">sniff</span>]]) 19:45, 6 March 2022 (UTC)}} |
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{{AFC comment|1=Please note that [[W2S]] redirect is fully protected so he needs to show a lot more independent notability from Sidemen before reconsidering this draft. [[User:AngusWOOF|<strong><span style="color: #606060;" class="nowrap">AngusW🐶🐶F</span></strong>]] ([[User talk:AngusWOOF#top|<span style=" color: #663300;">bark</span>]] • [[Special:Contributions/AngusWOOF|<span style="color: #006600;">sniff</span>]]) 19:42, 6 March 2022 (UTC)}} |
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{{AFC comment|1=This was copied from https://sidemen.fandom.com/wiki/W2S — [[User:Diannaa|Diannaa]] 🇨🇦 ([[User talk:Diannaa|talk]]) 20:21, 21 May 2021 (UTC)}} |
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{{Short description|English YouTuber}} |
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{{Draft topics|biography|internet-culture|software|technology}} |
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{{AfC topic|blp}} |
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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} |
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{{Infobox YouTube personality |
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| name = Wroetoshaw |
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| image = Harry in London in 2017.png |
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| alt = |
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| caption = Lewis in 2017 |
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| birth_name = Harold Christopher George Lewis |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1996|11|24}} |
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| birth_place = [[Guernsey]] |
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| nationality = [[British]] |
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| occupation = {{flatlist| |
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* [[YouTuber]] |
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* [[Online streamer|live streamer]] |
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}} |
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| pseudonym = Wroetoshaw |
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| channels = {{ubl|[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjtLOfx1yt1NlnFIDyAX3Ug W2S]|[https://www.youtube.com/user/BlueJumperGaming W2SPlays]|[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZiJzk4wTIzaqHI4FXZ_eRQ W2SClips] }} |
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| years_active = 2012-present |
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| genre = {{flatlist| |
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* [[Video game culture|Gaming]] |
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* [[vlog]] |
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}} |
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| subscribers = 16.3 million (W2S) |
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3.89 million (W2S+) |
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549 thousand (W2SClips)<!-- list only subs from his personal channels, not Sidemen --> |
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| views = 4.76 billion (W2S) |
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571 million (W2S+) |
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148 million (W2SClips)<!-- list only subs from his main channels, not Sidemen --> |
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| associated_acts = [[Sidemen (YouTube group)|Sidemen]] |
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| silver_button = yes |
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| silver_year = 2013 |
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| gold_button = yes |
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| gold_year = 2014 |
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| diamond_button = yes |
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| diamond_year = 2017 |
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| stats_update = 25 November 2021 |
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}} |
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'''Harold Christopher George Lewis'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Sidemen: The Book |publisher=Coronet Books |date=18 October 2016 |isbn=978-1473648166}}</ref> (born 24 November 1996), better known as '''Wroetoshaw''' or '''W2S''', is an English [[YouTuber]] and [[Internet personality]]. He is one of the seven members of the British YouTube group known as the [[Sidemen (YouTube group)|Sidemen]].<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/who-are-the-sidemen-how-ksi-and-friends-amassed-123-million-followers-cdnbjjswd | title=Who are the Sidemen? How KSI and friends amassed 123 million followers | last1=Billen | first1=Andrew |website=[[The Times]]}}</ref> and is best known for his football challenges and ''[[FIFA (video game series)|FIFA]]'' gameplays. |
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''[[Business Insider]]'' listed Lewis as one of the United Kingdom's most popular YouTube personalities.<ref name="BI1">{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/these-are-the-uks-most-popular-youtube-channels-2015-10#16-wroetoshaw-18-year-old-harry-robertson-is-one-of-the-biggest-fifa-soccer-video-game-vloggers-5|title=The 20 biggest British YouTube stars|first=Lara|last=O'Reilly|website=[[Business Insider]]|date=29 October 2015|access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="BI2">{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-uks-most-popular-youtube-channels-2016-11#7-w2s-creator-harry-is-one-of-the-biggest-fifa-vloggers-on-youtube-13|title=The 19 biggest British YouTube stars|first=Hannah|last=Roberts|website=[[Business Insider]]|date=24 November 2016|access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref> As of January 2023, he has accumulated over 16.6 million subscribers and 5.2 billion views across three [[YouTube]] channels. |
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== Early life == |
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{{BLP sources section|date=January 2023}} |
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Lewis was born in [[Guernsey]] in the [[Channel Islands]] but grew up and spent many years on neighbouring [[Alderney]]. His family moved to Guernsey in 2004 when he was around the age of 7 or 8. |
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He has two siblings, a younger brother and a younger sister. |
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During his childhood, Lewis played football for one of his local teams called 'Rangers F.C.'. |
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He first found interest in gaming when his parents bought him a [[Nintendo GameCube]] from a [[car boot sale]]. |
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Lewis moved to London, England in September 2014 where he shared an apartment in the [[Stratford Halo]] tower with YouTubers Calfreezy and Callux.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-24 |title=Who is Calfreezy from The Sidemen? |url=https://www.the-sun.com/sport/6293667/who-is-calfreezy-from-the-sidemen/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=The US Sun}}</ref> |
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== Career == |
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Lewis created his main channel 'Wroteoshaw', on the 26th of July, 2016. Lewis created his name by a [[portmanteau]] of the footballers [[Nicky Wroe]] and [[Tom Bradshaw (footballer, born 1992)|Tom Bradshaw]].{{cn}} He received worldwide popularity for his videos on the ''FIFA'' videogame series.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://guernseypress.com/news/2014/10/29/fans-mob-visiting-youtube-sensation/ | title=Fans mob visiting YouTube sensation }}</ref> |
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In 2013, he surpassed 100 thousand subscribers. |
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In early 2014, Lewis joined the Sidemen a few months after its inception, first meeting member [[Zerkaa|Josh Bradley]] at a New York gaming tournament.<ref name="TheTimes">{{Cite news|first=Andrew|last=Billen|date=23 October 2021|title=Who are the Sidemen? How KSI and friends amassed 123 million followers|work=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/who-are-the-sidemen-how-ksi-and-friends-amassed-123-million-followers-cdnbjjswd|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|access-date=24 October 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/5HlH9|archive-date=24 October 2021}}</ref> He is the youngest member of the group and the last to join.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/12/09/the-sidemen-insist-babies-and-marriage-wont-ever-split-youtuber-group-17905451/amp/ | title=The Sidemen insist babies and marriage won't ever split YouTuber group }}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name="TheTimes" />. Since 2014, the group has consisted of seven British YouTubers: [[Vikkstar123|Vikram Barn]] (Vikkstar123), Joshua Bradley (Zerkaa), Harry Lewis (W2S), Simon Minter (Miniminter), [[KSI|JJ Olatunji]] (KSI), [[Behzinga|Ethan Payne]] (Behzinga), and [[Tbjzl|Tobi Brown]] (TBJZL).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fogarty |first=Paul |title=YouTube: Get to know all seven Sidemen members |url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/09/17/youtube-sidemen-members-ethan-tobi-harry-ksi-miniminter-vik/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029183835/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/09/17/youtube-sidemen-members-ethan-tobi-harry-ksi-miniminter-vik/ |archive-date=29 October 2019 |access-date=29 October 2019 |website=HITC|date=17 September 2019 }}</ref> The group produces online videos, most often consisting of challenges, sketches and video-game commentary, as well as selling exclusive Sidemen merchandise.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Andrews |first=Farah |title=Insomnia Dubai: YouTube stars Sidemen coming to gaming convention |work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/insomnia-dubai-youtube-stars-sidemen-coming-to-gaming-convention-1.909130 |url-status=live |access-date=27 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027153116/https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/insomnia-dubai-youtube-stars-sidemen-coming-to-gaming-convention-1.909130 |archive-date=27 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=10 September 2019 |title=YouTube stars The Sidemen at Insomnia Dubai Gaming Festival |work=[[Gulf News]] |url=https://gulfnews.com/going-out/events/youtube-stars-the-sidemen-at-insomnia-dubai-gaming-festival-1.66332042 |url-status=live |access-date=27 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027153117/https://gulfnews.com/going-out/events/youtube-stars-the-sidemen-at-insomnia-dubai-gaming-festival-1.66332042 |archive-date=27 October 2019}}</ref> |
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In 2014, he reached 1 million subscribers and in 2017, he surpassed 10 million subscribers. |
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He also gained notability by collaborating with popular Portuguese football player, [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sportbible.com/football/youtube-w2s-cristiano-ronaldo-man-utd-20221104.amp.html | title=YouTuber W2S opens up on 'beef' with Cristiano Ronaldo after visiting his house }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/esports-football-news-notorious-youtuber-ishowspeed-gets-jealous-of-popular-sidemen-members-clip-with-six-time-ballon-dor-winner-cristiano-ronaldo/amp/ | title=Notorious YouTuber IShowSpeed Gets Jealous of Popular Sidemen Member's Clip with Six Time Ballon d'Or Winner Cristiano Ronaldo | date=7 October 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://flipboard.com/topic/cristianoronaldo/youtuber-w2s-opens-up-on-beef-with-cristiano-ronaldo-after-visiting-his-house/a-ZSQVSptpSgafl34dxppVmQ%3Aa%3A2619657938-077c92c696%2Fsportbible.com?format=amp | title=YouTuber W2S opens up on 'beef' with Cristiano Ronaldo after visiting his house }}</ref> |
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His video 'Kicking A Football At My Mum's Face!! (Broken Nose)' went viral in 2017. The video surfaced all around social media and appeared in various news articles.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://amp.nine.com.au/article/52ac882d-6328-4920-97be-29bd63d7385b | title=VIDEO: Vlogger's stunt video takes an unexpectedly brutal turn }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2017/05/15/kids-gonna-kick-ball-knock-bucket-iced-drinks-mum-can-possibly-go-wrong/ | title=So this kid's gonna kick the ball and knock the bucket of iced drinks over his mum. What can possibly go wrong? | date=18 November 2018 }}</ref> |
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In 2018, Lewis co-starred alongside the rest of the Sidemen in the [[YouTube Premium]] series ''[[The Sidemen Show]]''.<ref name="TheSidemenShow" /> |
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Lewis often collaborates with other creators on the platform.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2022-11-21/guernsey-youtuber-wins-25m-private-jet-for-his-siblings | title=Guernsey YouTuber wins $2.5m private jet for his siblings | date=22 November 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/mrbeast-gives-away-2-5-200442740.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvLnVrLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAK7khdrxOdBLcx1EzfQpFLzIJPXP3QwZYfyu9WLYbAvXXr_Bt0Lz58dS8CUv32p5lSTmQDJPWoIkQYc6m8Kie9zQo8AkZrLsgklwR6Y-HgDycl17_ul1w1oUAMv_Y3nGZIYCNOIVHlKEcpZO7idcWlpFvX8SwgCDBQxmAmq3gqB5 | title=MrBeast gives away $2.5 million jet in YouTube challenge }}</ref> |
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== Filmography == |
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
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|+ Web roles |
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! scope="col" | Year |
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! scope="col" | Title |
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! scope="col" | Role |
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! scope="col" | Network |
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
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| 2014 |
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! scope="row" | ''The Sidemen Experience'' |
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| rowspan="7"| Himself |
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| [[Comedy Central (British TV channel)|Comedy Central]] |
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| Main role; 5 episodes |
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="SidemenExperience">{{Cite web|date=October 2014|title=Who Are The Sidemen? – The Sidemen Experience|url=https://www.comedycentral.co.uk/the-sidemen-experience/videos/who-are-the-sidemen|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119023349/https://www.comedycentral.co.uk/the-sidemen-experience/videos/who-are-the-sidemen|archive-date=19 January 2019|access-date=22 June 2021|website=[[Comedy Central (British TV channel)|ComedyCentral.co.uk]]}}</ref> |
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| 2018 |
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! scope="row" | ''[[The Sidemen Show]]'' |
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| [[YouTube Premium]] |
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| Main role; 7 episodes |
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="TheSidemenShow">{{Cite web|last=White |first=Peter|date=2 June 2018|title='The Sidemen Show': YouTube Debuts First Trailer & Dates Premium Reality Challenge Format|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/the-sidemen-show-youtube-debuts-first-trailer-dates-premium-reality-challenge-format-1202401935/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120042324/https://deadline.com/2018/06/the-sidemen-show-youtube-debuts-first-trailer-dates-premium-reality-challenge-format-1202401935/|archive-date=20 November 2019|access-date=20 November 2019|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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<!--<ref name="Khan 2021">{{Cite news|last=Khan|first=Titas|date=29 March 2021|title=Top 5 streamers who almost died on live stream|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/top-5-streamers-almost-died-livestream|website=Sportseeda|access-date=1 August 2021}}{{Unreliable source}}</ref> |
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<ref name="IGC 2020">{{Cite web|date=27 October 2020|title=Best UK based Gaming Influencers to Follow on Instagram|url=https://invisioncommunity.co.uk/best-uk-based-gaming-influencers-to-follow-on-instagram/|access-date=1 August 2021|website=Invision Game Community}}{{Unreliable source}}</ref> |
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<ref name="Birth place">{{cite AV media|last=Lewis|first=Harry|date=2 April 2021|title=GOOGLING MYSELF (W2S Net Worth Reveal)|medium=Video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyN0aiirTzc|access-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=|time=10:52 |
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|location=United Kingdom|publisher=[[YouTube]]|quote=I was born, actually, in Guernsey}}</ref> |
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<ref name="Birth date">Sources for birthday as 24 November: |
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*{{cite AV media|last=Lewis|first=Harry|date=24 November 2019|title=HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRY!|medium=Video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMs5vk2HHAQ|access-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=|location=United Kingdom|publisher=[[YouTube]]}} |
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*{{cite tweet|last=Lewis|first=Harry|user=wroetoshaw|number=801599129617055744|date=24 November 2016|title=Thanks :) happy birthday too!|access-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=live}} |
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*{{cite tweet|last=Lewis|first=Harry|user=wroetoshaw|number=669073129457778688|date=24 November 2015|title=@seanyyyx HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOO I'll make sure im in newcastle one year for our birthdays haha|access-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=live}} |
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*{{cite tweet|last=Lewis|first=Harry|user=wroetoshaw|number=668942624674443265|date=24 November 2015|title=Thank to everyone saying happy birthday, I'll try reply to you all tomorrow but I've gotta catch some now|access-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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<ref name="Birth year">Sources for birth year as 1996: |
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*{{Cite web|title=Harry Lewis|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/7NhA3UBV2Ezhd4nf3kSwZKtOtpw/appointments|access-date=1 August 2021|website=[[Companies House]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=live}}</ref> --> |
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* {{cite web |title=Wroetoshaw |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/wroetoshaw/similarrank |website=Socialblade |access-date=4 April 2021}} |
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* {{cite web |title=Bluejumpergaming |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/bluejumpergaming |website=Socialblade |access-date=4 April 2021}} |
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* {{cite web |title=W2SClips |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/-w2sclips |website=Socialblade |access-date=4 April 2021}} |
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{{refend}} |
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== External links == |
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* {{YouTube|user=wroetoshaw|W2S}} |
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* [[imdbname:7158710|Harry Lewis]] on [[IMDb]] |
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[[:Category:English YouTubers]] |
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[[:Category:Gaming YouTubers]] |
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[[:Category:People from Guernsey]] |
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[[:Category:1996 births]] |
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[[:Category:Living people]] |
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[[:Category:British video bloggers]] |
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[[:Category:Let's Players]] |
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