Submission declined on 4 July 2026 by Velella (talk). This draft's references do not show that the person meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for people. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that: provide significant coverage: discuss the person in detail, not brief mentions or interviews lacking independent analysis; are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight; are independent: not connected to the person, such as interviews, press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content. Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia. If you would like to continue working on the submission, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window. If you have not resolved the issues listed above, your draft will be declined again and potentially deleted. If you need extra help, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. Please do not remove reviewer comments or this notice until the submission is accepted. Where to get help If you need help editing or submitting your draft, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. These venues are only for help with editing and the submission process, not to get reviews. If you need feedback on your draft, or if the review is taking a lot of time, you can try asking for help on the talk page of a relevant WikiProject. Some WikiProjects are more active than others so a speedy reply is not guaranteed. How to improve a draft Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a basic overview on how to edit Wikipedia. Help:Wikitext – how to use the markup Help:Referencing for beginners – how to include references Wikipedia:Article development – how to develop your article Wikipedia:Writing better articles – how to improve your article Wikipedia:Verifiability – make sure your article includes reliable third-party sources You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Add tags to your draft Editor resources Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs Declined by Velella 42 days ago. Last edited by Colorado001 8 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author. Resubmit Please note that if the issues are not fixed, the draft will be declined again.

Submission rejected on 28 January 2026 by Bonadea (talk). The subject does not meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. Rejected by Bonadea 6 months ago.

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Submission declined on 3 August 2025 by MCE89 (talk). This draft's references do not show that the person meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for people. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that: provide significant coverage: discuss the person in detail, not brief mentions or interviews lacking independent analysis; are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight; are independent: not connected to the person, such as interviews, press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content. Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia. Declined by MCE89 12 months ago.

Submission declined on 12 January 2025 by Dan arndt (talk). This draft's references do not show that the person meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for people. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that: provide significant coverage: discuss the person in detail, not brief mentions or interviews lacking independent analysis; are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight; are independent: not connected to the person, such as interviews, press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content. Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia. This draft lacks inline citations. Wikipedia's verifiability policy requires that all content be supported by reliable sources. We require inline citations (footnotes) to show which source supports which specific statement. You must place an inline citation directly after: quotations; any material whose verifiability is likely to be challenged or is contentious; any material about living people. Please edit your draft to support your statements with inline citations. Learn how to create inline citations in the: Source Editor: Introduction to referencing with Wiki Markup. VisualEditor: Introduction to referencing with VisualEditor. Declined by Dan arndt 19 months ago.

Submission declined on 11 January 2025 by Bonadea (talk). This draft's references do not show that the person meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for people. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that: provide significant coverage: discuss the person in detail, not brief mentions or interviews lacking independent analysis; are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight; are independent: not connected to the person, such as interviews, press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content. Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia. Declined by Bonadea 19 months ago.

• Comment: Refs are mostly own creations and affiliate links - and dead links. This isn't what Wikipedia is about.  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   22:04, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

• Comment: Nothing new since the previous rejection. bonadea contributions talk 09:49, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

• Comment: Fails WP:ANYBIO - YouTube, Instagram, Social blade, Reddit, and YouTube News are not reliable independent secondary sources. Dan arndt (talk) 02:55, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

• Comment: Zero indication of notability, and zero coverage in reliable, independent, secondary sources. bonadea contributions talk 10:36, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

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Sam Beres^{[‡ 1][‡ 2][‡ 3]} (born: June 14, 1996 [age 30])^{[‡ 4]}, better known online as Sambucha, is an American YouTuber mostly known for his YouTube Shorts. His shorts cover a large variety of real-life topics, including statistics, challenges, and other sorts of data. He also regularly produces long-form videos that mainly focus on reaction, reviewing content, and challenges like "doing X until someone notices" or "I Tested ___".

Sam created his YouTube channel on January 1, 2020, and uploaded his first video, titled "Wikipedia Speedrun", on January 22, 2021. He reached 1 million subscribers in 2021.^{[‡ 5]}

Sam used to be a Twitch streamer and a TikTok content creator before he started YouTube, and worked at a bank before his social media career. He states that having the opportunity to meet many people of all different cultures while going to college in New York is what incentivized him to study geography in passing, which in part is what led him to become as accomplished as he currently is in GeoGuessr.

Beres was born to Phyllis and Glen Beres on June 14, 1996, in Freehold, New Jersey, United States. He was raised alongside three sisters named Emily, Casey, and Sophie, who run a sneaker studio named "brushedbysophh." His father passed away suddenly when he was 16 years old for unknown reasons.^{[‡ 6]} He attended Freehold Township High School in Freehold, New Jersey, United States and played varsity football and baseball.^[1] He enjoyed his middle and high school years as he excelled in his studies and made many memories there.^{[‡ 7]} He has been living in New York City for 6 years, where he studied finance and management at New York University's Stern School of Business.

Beres has traveled to places like Japan, Italy, Morocco, the Czech Republic, and VidCon, which he has posted photos of in his community tab.^{[‡ 8]} After getting fired for unknown reasons from his Investment Banking job at Barclays Bank New York (This was stated in a video), he has moved back to New Jersey. He owns a cocker spaniel named Bruno.^{[‡ 9]} He is also a devout Christian and holds faith in the Catholic denomination.^{[‡ 10]}

On May 29, 2026, Beres announced that he got married, sharing 10 pictures of his wedding, captioning the event “Pretty cool, right?” on his channel.^{[‡ 11]}

Beres began his career in finance, working as an Investment Banking Analyst at Barclays^{[‡ 12]} after graduating from New York University Stern School of Business.^{[‡ 13][better source needed]}

He has received recognition mainly from the short videos that he uploads. These shorts are essentially videos of him reacting to certain things. He then moved on to uploading videos, completing Scattergories runs (consisting of every letter of the alphabet), if something is underrated or overrated, his favorite foods, patterns studied in human behavior, stats about other countries, data of different things, would you do this for -, among a plethora of similar topics.

Beres’ YouTube videos are long-form. In his lengthier videos, he uploads a wide variety of content, such as gaming (specifically GeoGuessr), reactions, challenges, Wikipedia speedruns, and miscellaneous videos.

On May 3, 2021, Beres created a second channel named Sam2cha, where he has uploaded said long-form videos. He has since stopped uploading on his second channel but he has recently uploaded remakes of popular videos and has maintained a steady upload schedule regarding both short and long-form content on his main. He spoke at a Vidsummit conference at some point during September 2022 and in September 2024.^{[‡ 14]}

His comment section has become notorious and infamous among his viewers and the community alike for containing copypastas. These comments can mainly be found in his shorts, where his viewers poke fun at him for questionable things he says in his videos in the form of saying "Sam is the type of guy to [aspect mentioned in the video]". There are also a few of these comments that replace "Sam" with "Luigi", possibly due to a moustache he grew and had in previous videos. He has lampshaded his annoyance for this in one of his videos.^{[‡ 15]}

He launched his YouTube channel in 2020, initially gaining attention for "Wikipedia Speedruns" before pivoting to YouTube Shorts.^{[citation needed]} In 2024, Sambucha participated in Ludwig's Streamer Games as a member of Team YouTube.^{[‡ 16]} In 2025, he won the Dual-Format Creator of the Year Award at the 17th Annual Shorty Awards.^{[‡ 17]} In January 2026, he received international press coverage for a viral video in which he spent 45 minutes working as a fraudulent employee at a Best Buy location.^[2]

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