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This user uses Twinkle to fight vandalism.
This user uses Ultraviolet to fight vandalism
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TheTechie
— Just another anti-vandal editor Unspecified â€”
Name
TheTechie
GenderUnspecified on Wikipedia (fine with editors using he/they/she)
Pronounshe/they/she
NationalityAmerican
CountryUnited States (obvious by my time zone)
Current locationWest USA
Languages
Time zonePacific Time Zone (UTC +8 in the winter, UTC +7 in the summer)
Current time2024-11-05T11:17 PST [refresh]
EthnicitySeriously?
RaceRace is a social construct, in my opinion.
HandednessRight
Hobbies, favourites and beliefs
MusicElectronic music in general
Interests

Technology (evident by my username). I also LOVE Linux, much better than Windows or ChromeOS (though I sometimes must use the latter two).

Contact info
BlogWikipedia is not a blog, see what Wikipedia is not. Ok, that was a bad joke.
EmailUse this link -> Special:EmailUser/TheTechie. (Note that if you are a new user, you cannot email me, due to obvious reasons. Please remember that I reserve the right to ignore emails.)
TheTechie subpages

TheTechie's User Tools - a WIP user script I wrote

Account statistics
Joined2020-03-13 (7 months ago)
First edit2020-03-13 (7 months ago)
Autoconfirmed2020-04-07 (4 years ago)
Extended confirmed2024-03-08 (7 months ago)
New page reviewer2024-05-07 (5 months ago), until 2024-09-07 (59 days ago)
Edit count2000+
PermissionsNew page reviewer, pending changes patrol, extended confirmed, autoconfirmed
Signaturethetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $
Userboxes
This user is not a Wikipedia administrator but would like to be one someday.
This user has been on Wikipedia for 4 years, 7 months and 23 days.
This user will create userboxes for you, if you ask them on their talk page.
This user develops user scripts.
<ref>This user would like to see everyone using inline citations. Please...
This user uses the Vector legacy skin.


no
ads
This user is against advertisements on Wikipedia.
Because of real life, this user will be editing on and off.
vandalsThis user wishes Wikipedia were vandal-free.
This user thinks that registration should be required to edit articles.
This user is against the practice of paid editing on Wikipedia.
This user doesn't like contractions
in the main namespace.
This user HATES it when someone vandalizes Wikipedia.
This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know.


This editor is a
Yeoman Editor
and is entitled to display this Service Badge.

Notices

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  1. Wikipedia is NOT the place to contact me if you know me in real life.
  2. Need help blocking a user due to vandalism? Check out WP:AIV, I can't help you with that on my talk page.
  3. Need help reverting vandalism? Check out WP:REVERT.
  4. Need help identifying vandalism? Check out WP:VAND or Wikipedia:CVU.

Hello, and welcome to my user page!

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I am the one and only TheTechie! I joined 1698 days ago, and have been editing Wikipedia since. I have been renamed once to this current name from Mseingth2133444 (/ɛmɛsiːɪŋθ/ or "em-es-ee-ing-th"), and was renamed on 2024-03-21 (PT). I have made over 4000 edits to the English Wikipedia (across all namespaces, not just article namespace). I usually am doing recent changes patrol. If you need to contact me regarding Wikipedia, please leave me a message on my talk page; this can be easily done by clicking the "talk" link on the top and starting a new section.

About me

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Like my username suggests, I am a techie, a person who really likes technology. As such, this is what I'm interested in editing in (when I'm not doing anti-vandalism, new page, or recent changes patrols).

What Techie stuff do I do in my free time

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Linux

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I actually have an old HP with Linux on it. Funny story, I accidentally wiped Windows when trying to install Ubuntu (which used to work but doesn't). So I had no choice, and installed Linux Mint, which worked. Funny story, that's where my signature is from, it's inspired by the prompt from the Mint Terminal. I am loving it! Usually, I try out different desktop environments/distros (I currently have Mint (Cinnamon, XFCE, Mate), Fedora, and Kubuntu installed)

Coding

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I also know some coding and do some in my free time. I know Python the most, some HTML/CSS/JS (not JQuery though), and a little bit of C#, C, and assembly code.

My history on Wikipedia

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As I have removed my history from this page, this section will be a trailer of sorts, and you can view the full history by clicking the link above.


TheTechie, an editor. Not just another, a very special techie with lots of skills, and lots of permissions. But how did this happen? Read The History of TheTechie, linked above, to find out!

What does "he/they/she" mean?

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Good question! It just means that I'm okay with you addressing me by either he/him, she/her, or they/them pronouns. I did this to keep my gender identity private, while allowing editors to exercise utmost flexibility when referring to or talking to me. You are free to use any of these pronouns to refer to me, and are allowed to switch mid-sentence (as I know some do this). If I reveal my gender identity in the future, which is a big if, I will likely still allow editors to use those pronouns.

Why don't I allow editors to use neopronouns?

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While I fully respect anyone who wishes to use neopronouns, with all respect, I do find it a bit confusing sometimes (with the exception of ey/em). Maybe it's because the he/they/she pronouns have been in English longer than we can count, but that is why I don't allow editors to use neopronouns when referring to me, with utmost respect.

More "Techie" userboxes

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As if the ones at the side/top weren't enough. (Note: The ones in the infobox are more Wikipedia-y ones. Also, they were from before the June 2nd update, where I revealed that I'm (partially) distrohopping. I'm currently too lazy to change it.)

Roses are #FF0000, Violets are #0000FF, If you understood that, Then you're a nerd too!
This user is a programmer.
This user contributes with Cinnamon.
KDEThis user contributes with the KDE desktop environment.
Gnome footprint logo.This user contributes with GNOME.
This user contributes using Linux.
This user supports free software.
This user plays digital video files using the VLC media player.
This user programs with Visual Studio Code.
This Windows user has experienced one or more Blue Screens of Death.
This user uses both Windows and GNU/Linux
Win11This user contributes using Windows 11.
This user loves using Linux!
This user uses Linux Mint.
This user prefers Windows 7 over Windows 8/10.

Thanks received

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Some kind people have thanked me for the edits I've made on Wikipedia. There are two places to view this appreciation: One is this page (where I manually move barnstars, WikiLove, etc from my talk page) and here.

Well that was long

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