Talk:Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1982)

Contested deletion: a member of the Saudi royal family

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because he is verifiably a member of the Saudi royal family. --Shirt58 (talk) 15:27, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

He is truly a member of the royal family, but he is one of more than 2000 member, the references provided are mere posts posted by him on social networking services. --97.107.180.106 (talk) 21:33, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

This is all fake — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.183.34.166 (talk) 16:37, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Steam profile should go ahead and be deleted

There is no source that it is actually his, except the profile itself. Anyone can make a Steam profile and name it whoever they want. Its not a reliable source. JungleEntity (talk) 02:32, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Not just anyone can write an article for an Indian gaming news site, however. We'll see if any other outlets cover it before we incorporate it into the article, but in the meantime, we can't say there are "no sources" to the claim. "Prince Of Saudi Arabia Turned Out To Be A Big Dota 2 Fan - GuruGamer.com": 71.90.170.125 (talk) 19:44, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Adding how he has a Steam account and plays video games

As shown by:

https://gurugamer.com/esports/prince-of-saudi-turned-out-to-be-a-big-dota2-fan-3074

https://twitter.com/SimonovCarbine/status/1171825224209326082/photo/1

https://steamcommunity.com/id/Archangel_Yuji/

Placed in Activities. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.21.89.187 (talk) 18:51, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

EDIT: Entirely missed the previous section, either way it's pretty obvious it's legitimate considering the attention it's getting and how it's being used. Will keep unless someone can prove it's someone else trolling. 86.21.89.187 (talk) 19:14, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Please stop talking about this guy being a gamer...

It's not him. The Steam profile that everyone talks about seems to belong to a Saudi prince, yes, but it's not this guy. The name displayed on the account in question is different. The only reason everyone thinks it's this guy is because some article decided to use his photo, but even that article used the correct name which, again, is not Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Salman. This is not the same person. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:E533:4700:B897:8362:CAA7:6D0C (talk) 07:16, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Change the title to remove "Born 1982"

Clearly an error BetweenCupsOfTea (talk) 17:55, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

no because theres another person with the same name who's the king of saudi arabia, so hes much more important and thus he is the one who gets to keep the name Setarip (talk) 01:23, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

The association with the steam profile makes no sense.

The steam account claims to be Abdullah bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, which would mean that the account's owner would be the son of this Salman, or the former King Salman, though neither have a son named Abdullah. He seems to only post online in English and Russian, no Arabic. The article on prince Salman states that he speaks Arabic, English, and French, with no mention of Russian. It appears to me that the steam account is owned by a wealthy Russian Dota player who takes on the persona of a Saudi prince. At the very least, it definitely isn't owned by the subject of this article. 2600:4040:2867:EB00:1417:F2AC:659C:3A3D (talk) 20:35, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Found a YouTube video relating to him and was surprised so I looked him up

https://www.oneesports.gg/dota2/saudi-arabias-crown-prince-has-spent-us40000-on-battle-pass-levels/ made in 2020

Haven't read through the article at all but his name definitely did pop up

https://new.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/15dw5z8/video_where_spirit_personally_congratulates_the/

Bit of old news, 10 months ago, but there DEFINITELY is a prince of Saudi Arabia that's also a fan of dota 2

https://new.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/1d16zxq/so_this_happened/

While looking for his updated steam account I also stumbled onto this, though I think it's irrelevant to the discussion

Not tryna contribute to the conversation or trying to improve the article or anything, I'm just sharing what I found

Oh also this is the updated account link: https://steamcommunity.com/id/Abdullah_Al_Saud/ N00bmast4r (talk) 09:58, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

The video I got my surprise from is Weebs in Weird Places by Gumb0's Weird Corner

Apparently he also funded the Dota anime? And his friend high-fived Vladimir Putin? Lots of stuff going on with the man N00bmast4r (talk) 10:02, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

The GuruGamer article is sketchy and shouldn't be used as a reliable source

First of all, that article is not the primary source, since its claims have supposedly been "long ago confirmed". Read the paragraph:

"It was long ago confirmed that the owner of this Steam account is indeed the prince of the oil giant Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Prince Dota 2 was famous for leveling his 2017 and 2018 Battle Pass to 58,000 and 150,000 respectively, contributing the largest part to the prize pool those years, which is approximately $86,000"

Secondly, the article doesn't even mention its sources.

Thirdly, the website is sketchy, since the article contains random casino/gambling ads within the text. E.g.:

"He also owns a large inventory with some of the rarest items ever created in the game. All those who find these amounts baffling can alwys choose to play at 10 euro deposit casino paysafecard. You still get to play and maybe if you hit jackpot, you can afford some of the stuff as the Prince… for a day at least." [with links i won't share here]

And again:

"If you are a virtual sport fan you might find yourself a treat on Hollywoodbets sportsbook with big bonuses and high odds on virtual sport betting, check them out!" [with links i won't share here]

I'd argue that either a better source is found or that bit of trivia should be considered not confirmed and removed. Hotoloto (talk) 15:03, 17 August 2024 (UTC)