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	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	Your attempts to lighten the mood on April Fools day are sincerely appreciated. I am sorry that it resulted in a block, and hope that it does not last. Chess enjoyer (talk) 14:37, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @Chess enjoyer. Happy April Fools day, I guess. TheTechie (she/they) 16:37, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Happy April Fools day, and welcome back! Chess enjoyer (talk) 16:39, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

TheTechie (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log) • SI)

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Request reason:

My apologies if my edits appeared to be vandalism. This was an attempt to change numerous highway number redirects. I was intending to lighten the mood on April Fools' Day on Wikipedia and I thought that I was staying within the rules by only changing redirects in the Wikipedia namespace. I agree with other editors that this seems pretty punitive; why wasn't I warned? TheTechie (she/they) 14:47, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

I've unblocked, based primarily on an insightful comment by Thryduulf at the WP:AN discussion. —Cryptic 16:34, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

See also above. Polygnotus (talk) 14:48, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Cryptic, would you object to an unblock here? For better or worse, this sort of thing is "tolerated by established consensus supported by the outcome of various noticeboard and deletion discussions" when the jokes are kept out of mainspace and tagged with the corresponding template, as these were. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 14:54, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'd object to an unblock today. April Fool's Day isn't universal, and WP:5 and WP:Speedy deletion in particular are heavily-viewed by new users. (Though it was the edit to WP:47, peripheral to a contentious topic, that tipped me over the edge.) —Cryptic 15:02, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Cryptic: since the problem here is April Fools edits, would you mind making it until April 2nd? Or something else more reasonable? TheTechie (she/they) 15:03, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I strongly believe that you should not have been blocked at all. Chess enjoyer (talk) 15:05, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

So you are aware that today is April Fools Day. Why did you go straight to an indefinite block instead of warning TheTechie? Chess enjoyer (talk) 15:04, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I've started a section at AN to get further input. (TheTechie, there is a noticeboard discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard concerning you.) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 15:08, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for letting me know, @Extraordinary Writ. TheTechie (she/they) 15:12, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, am I allowed to respond to the AN thread? My timezone is UTC-7, not UTC-12. TheTechie (she/they) 15:26, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) I'm still failing to see why this block was needed. I understand that changing WP:47 is what triggered this, however, WP:101 is also a highly viewed page by new users. I jokingly changed this to U.S. Route 101 in 2024, along with WP:SPEEDY to Porsche 911. I also, like this year, changed the summary text on WP:Speedy deletion. Those didn't result in a block, I'm failing to see why similar behaviour should result in a block. TheTechie (she/they) 15:09, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It was a bad idea then, too, but congrats on not getting caught until now. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 15:16, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Either way, I'm a bit disappointed. I might stay off enwiki for a bit. TheTechie (she/they) 16:39, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

	Have a Tenrec!
	I saw the AN thread, and I see you're feeling discouraged (I assume because of the matter). So have a cute animal! There's an even cuter gif of a related animal if you look up "tenrec" in the Discord gif search. My best wishes, and I hope you feel better soon. MEN KISSING (she/they) Talk to me, I don't bite! - See my edits 08:59, 2 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@MEN KISSING thanks! திTechie (she/they) 14:44, 2 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to see you go, TheTechie, and thanks for everything you've done here. I think the block was very silly and heavy-handed; although it's been lifted, the log is permanent, so I can see why it'd affect you... and all the passive-aggressive "it wasn't even funny" remarks that followed were certainly not helpful. I still wish you'd consider reconsidering your decision to abandon this account, but c'est la vie, I guess. (PS: I've watchlisted WP:TTUT, so I might be able to handle some reports in the future if you've really left. Take care.) — DVRTed (Talk) 23:21, 3 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

		The Invisible Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition of TheTechie for accumulating at least 10 points in the January–February 2026 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped review 27,750 articles and 7,050 redirects during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and helping reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer ■ 16:48, 4 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

hi how do i create a citation? --Nojeiah (talk) 16:27, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Hi, Nojeiah! It depends which editor you are using. You can check that link to see which one you're on, and then visit the source editor help page or the Visual Editor help page for whichever you're most comfortable with using. Hope this helps! Perfect4th (talk) 16:47, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]