Illini11

Confession to administrators regarding evasion

@DrKay:, I wish to make a confession of my wrongdoings. I am the same person as the poster who was blocked at the following thread here and continued here. I can see how my edits, however well-intentioned they may have been, demonstrated unilateral action and didn't take into account how disruptive they could be. While that range was blocked, the IP I am currently writing from, which switched based on my physical location, was not blocked. I initially endeavored not to take advantage of this oversight, but I must admit that I gave in, because a reverted edit regarding listing something now deceased in a precedence template was nagging at me. I must admit that I sporadically took advantage of this later on, hoping not to be noticed, but I understand that this was deceitful and underhanded. I also confess that I also edited when I was in a nonblocked range as User talk:66.99.15.163. The reason I am bringing this issue to light is because I discovered that another IP range in my area, as seen at User_talk:98.193.60.125 and talk:2601:249:9301:D570:A473:C5A2:506:107F was blocked by you for an even longer duration then what I was blocked for and had their edits under the impression that they were me, which they brought up their case in this reddit thread. This person has no affiliation with me and has become an unintentional scapegoat for my actions, as demonstrated by the comments on the thread criticizing them for the behavior that was actually done by me. Whatever thoughts you have have on their edits in their own right, I have decided to come clean about my actions because I am remorseful that someone else is being punished for my actions while I avoided notice. And to the other administrators who commented on the case earlier, @ToBeFree:, @Yamla:, and @PhilKnight:, I apologize for going back on my word that I stated in my closing statements in the other thread and will accept your decisions on the matter. And to the other poster who got blocked, I sincerely apologize for the distress and inconvenience I caused you. Illini11 (talk) 22:04, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello Illini11, thank you very much. You have created your account on my request to take over the block and to have a proper place to appeal it. I'm now copying the longest still-active block I can currently see from those you have confessed causing. That's one year from this log action, which is 2026-04-27T08:04:49. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:09, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

Very well then. For the time being at least, I think I'll wait it out. Maybe I'll change my mind in the coming months, but considering that in the past I've reverted other ban evaders, it would be hypocritical of me to benefit from having done such actions myself. Illini11 (talk) 22:14, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

I think I would do the same, with the only caveat that if you are aware of any indefinite-duration block on an account you have used in the past, that would be a deal-breaker for the waiting approach. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:16, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

Nothing that I know of appears to be currently indefinitely blocked. Illini11 (talk) 22:33, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

@ToBeFree Hello, with the block to expire in a few months, I wanted to ask a question. When my IP was initially blocked and many edits rolled back, those included adding some people to Category:Mothers of emperors (specifically women whose sons became Emperor of Vietnam). Would it be considered an edit war to add those categories after the block duration? If it is, I won’t do it, I just wanted some clarification on the matter. Thank you. Illini11 (talk) 21:15, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi Illini11, it's been a while! I think restoring changes that were reverted purely for block evasion as soon as all blocks end is theoretically fine. When in doubt, you could ask the user(s) who reverted the changes if their objection to your edit is still valid. I personally would probably just avoid touching the situation again to avoid any trouble, but asking should be fine, and if you're encouraged to restore your edits in response, you can add a link to the response your received in the edit summary of the explicitly allowed edit. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:23, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Technically, they weren't reverted for block evasion, it was part of the rollback of most edits I did recently. I'll mull it over. Illini11 (talk) 23:11, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

May 2025

You are blocked from editing until 2026-04-27T08:04:49 to prevent block evasion. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you believe that there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:10, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

We'll separately consider whether and when to unblock the IP addresses that had been blocked before this; it might benefit you if we don't unblock them, considering that further edits with similar behavior from the same address would probably just be interpreted as block evasion again. The easiest way to deal with this block, as far as I can see, is to wait until it has expired, assuming that there are no other blocks still active (worst, an indefinite block of any account). If you are aware of such blocks, please say so. If an administrator is aware of such blocks, they should extend the block on your account here to that duration. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:13, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

(You can, of course, appeal the block instead of waiting; if there is any indefinite-duration block on an account you have used in the past, appealing is the only option. See WP:SO for a possible way out then.) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:14, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

I see. Waiting it out is probably what I should have done in the first place. While what happened with the other range was something that happened independently of my own actions, (though I have no way of proving that it was a different person beyond my own words), it was for the best that I came clean about what I can confirm that I did. If you feel that any of the edits I made should be reverted, I'm in no position to argue. Illini11 (talk) 22:19, 7 May 2025 (UTC)