Talk:Technoblade

Technoblade's Death Date

His official obituary states that he had passed away on the 10th of June, 2022. Currently, the wiki states that he had died in June, without any date, which is vague. 223.178.211.57 (talk) 03:32, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Where is his "official obituary" published, and who wrote it? Can you provide a link to it? Cullen328 (talk) 03:34, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

I'd like to quote several sentences from WP:TRUTH (and hopefully this will serve as a catch-all response to anyone else who claims to know Technoblade's exact date of death):

In other cases, accuracy itself is under dispute: a certain question may indeed have a true answer, but nobody knows what it is yet, so a lack of complete information leads to people supporting a variety of possible answers.

[...]

The stance of Wikipedia on such things is to avoid giving undue weight to such minority ideas, and represent instead the current state of understanding of a topic.

[...]

Wikipedia only reports what the reliable sources say; it does not publish what its editors just believe is true.

To tie this quote into the case of Technoblade's date of death: yes, there were certain pieces of his personal information being leaked by certain unnamed individuals outside of Wikipedia during June and July 2022—especially after his death was announced. Yes, it's true that his exact date of death was revealed through unscrupulous means. Streisand effect aside, there is no intention to include that information anywhere in the main article until someone (most likely a member of Technoblade's family) confirms Technoblade's date of death—and subsequently fulfills the reliable source necessary to include that date of death in the main article. That's why (as of writing this) there are multiple invisible comments in the main article that explicitly instruct editors to keep his date of death to "June 2022". Cheers, u|RayDeeUx (contribs | talk page) 05:48, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

"Holding" his plaque

The caption and FAQ both talk about Technoblade holding his Youtube plaque in the Technoblade_in_hospital_in_2022.webp photo, but he's clearly not holding it. Where did this wording come from? Is there consensus against changing it? HerrWaus (talk) 17:00, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

I don't know if there is consensus against changing this as the hidden note says to open a talk page discussion about the caption, however I do agree that it's inaccurate as he isn't holding it. @RayDeeUx: pinging the user who added that hidden note ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:05, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Must've typed that while on one of my editing sprees. Am willing to change caption to "Technoblade with his subscriber plaque". @HerrWaus: + @Blaze Wolf:, thoughts? Cheers, u|RayDeeUx (contribs | talk page) 21:10, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Good enough for me! ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 21:13, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! I was going to change it to exactly that myself soon, as I'm pretty sure the note to not change it was just about not saying the photo was taken in hospital. HerrWaus (talk) 21:29, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Done. HerrWaus (talk) 21:32, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Technoblade fans and beliefs.

Many Technoblade fans wouldn't believe he's gone (Me too). It would be a good thing to add to the article. And the fact that millions of people cried and were shocked even the haters. Fans believe he's risen up to heaven to take over the kingdom of god (even though he's an atheist, he revealed it). That will be an good thing to add to the article wouldn't it. I'm not pressuring though. You can do if you feel like it. What do you think? 151.71.188.250 (talk) 07:59, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

@151.71.188.250 And he is also known mostly as "

Techno" or "The blood god" not "Technothepig" 151.71.229.195 (talk) 17:02, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Have these beliefs been covered in reliable sources? E.g is there an article from a reputable news source talking about these?

Otherwise without significant coverage these beliefs will just not be included in the article. A diehard editor (talk | edits) 17:47, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

@A diehard editor It's just a saying. His famous saying "Technoblade never dies". Fans say this in tributes and all. That's ok. It doesn't need to be in the article. Just wanted to say because it's a fun thing to know. Sorry for wasting your time. Hope you have a great day. 151.71.229.195 (talk) 16:13, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Don't worry, it wasn't a waste of my time. I don't mind. A diehard editor (talk | edits) 07:34, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

@151.71.229.195 Technothepig is his Twitter name. 151.71.229.195 (talk) 16:13, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Sarcoma

Why are there notes under the type of cancer Alex died from when it has been stated multiple times by SFA and Alex's father that he died of sarcoma? The only thing we don't know is what type of sarcoma Alex died from. Either these notes should be completely removed or they should be changed to "an unspecified type of sarcoma". The Government is here (talk) 10:26, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I set the framework of that (foot)note some months ago. It was written before the SFA press release was taken into account, and since then remains in the article as-is to acknowledge the lack of consensus between news sources shortly after Technoblade's death, but before the SFA press release was written. Cheers, u|RayDeeUx (contribs | talk page) 14:09, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. Since we now know Alex's death was from Sarcoma and not some "unspecified" type of cancer, these notes can be removed; changed to "unspecified type of sarcoma". The Government is here (talk) 16:43, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Mild amounts of housekeeping

In a bit of a time crunch, but I wanted to drop these two potential sources and ask if they'll add anything substantial to the main article:

— https://dailyiowan.com/2023/04/30/technoblade-never-dies-former-university-of-iowa-student-and-youtuber-remembered-after-death/ (Potential citation for the college Technoblade attended, new section)

— https://www.curesarcoma.org/technoblade-courage-award-at-new-york-gala/ (Technoblade SFA Courage award, to go under 'Reactions' heading)

Let me know how viable these sources are to the main article. Cheers, u|RayDeeUx (contribs | talk page) 16:53, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Just fyi, we're currently considering the reliability of the Daily Iowan in the section below this. Actualcpscm (talk) 17:58, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 May 2023

Technoblade has went to the University of Iowa as a creative writing major Choqi3 (talk) 14:32, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Callmemirela 🍁 15:08, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Is dailyiowan not a reliable source? ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:10, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

It looks like a blog to me. Callmemirela 🍁 15:12, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Looking at the main page, it appears to be a the University of Iowa's student newspaper. So it's not necessarily a blog, but I'm not sure what that means for the source. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:15, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

You're right. On my mobile, the source translates to looking like a blog. Callmemirela 🍁 15:16, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

I've removed my response for someone to review the request in case I don't do it. Callmemirela 🍁 15:18, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

 Question: in what year? M.Bitton (talk) 17:49, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Appears to be 2018, according to the linked source: It was revealed through a photo posted to Reddit by Mr. Technodad on Nov. 19, 2022, that Technoblade attended the UI in 2018. Tollens (talk) 17:11, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

 Note: As the reliability of this source is disputed, it would be easiest if you could provide an unambiguously reliable one. Alternatively, we might need to have an extended discussion about the reliability of student newspapers, if that has not occurred elsewhere on Wikipedia already. Actualcpscm (talk) 17:57, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

 Not done for now: Given the discussion below, I'm closing the request for now. Callmemirela 🍁 19:52, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

I believe that the source given should be fine, as it's the university themselves saying that someone went to that university. There's also a post on Reddit from Technoblade's father with Technoblade appearing in front of the University of Iowa, as well as a comment from Technoblade's father which says the name of the university. Strugglehouse (talk) 16:15, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. Given the discussion, I think a consensus for this source, or an alternate source, is needed before proceeding with the edit request. Aoidh (talk) 20:59, 14 May 2023 (UTC)