Draft:Jan Misali
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| birth_name = Mitchell John Halley{{cite web |url=https://www.patreon.com/hbmmaster/about |title=Mitch Halley - creating jan Misali videos |access-date=2024-01-09}}
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| other_names = HBMmaster
| nationality = {{USA}}
| occupation = YouTuber
| website = {{url|https://www.seximal.net}}
| channel_direct_url = @HBMmaster
| channel_display_name = jan Misali
| years_active = 2011-present
| genre = Edutainment, video essays
| subscribers = 339K
| views = 47.55 million
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| stats_update = December 17, 2024
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Mitchell John Halley, known online as jan Misali {{IPA|en|jɒn misəli}} or HBMmaster, is an American YouTuber and video essayist. HeHalley uses he/they pronouns. This article will use he/him for consistency. is most well known for his videos on linguistics, particularly his show Conlang Critic. He also creates music, some being his own original compositions and some being parodies, mashups, or remixes.
YouTube career
The username "jan Misali" comes from a translation of Halley's name into Toki Pona, {{lang|tok|jan}} meaning 'person' and {{lang|tok|Misali}} being a respelling of 'Mitch Halley' using the phonotactics of the language. The capitalization is intentional, as in Toki Pona the first word in a sentence is not capitalized by default, while proper nouns are.
Halley's first YouTube video was uploaded on June 28th, 2011.
His flagship series is Conlang Critic, in which he discusses constructed languages. Some of the conlangs he has covered are Lojban, aUI, Ithkuil, Esperanto, and— most notably— Toki Pona.
Personal life
Halley is non-binary and uses he/they pronouns, and is aromantic and asexual. He is autistic.{{Cite AV media |title=the /hj tone indicator is worse than useless |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3bYXy1jT3m8 |date=2023-03-29 |language=en |time=0:45 |access-date=2024-10-21 |via=YouTube |people=jan Misali}}
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