User talk:TracySteele00

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Hello, TracySteele00, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Island Timberlands. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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September 2012[edit]

Hello, I'm Guðsþegn. I wanted to let you know that I undid one of your recent contributions to Island Timberlands because it didn't appear constructive. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Guðsþegn (talk) 00:55, 8 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

AN/I Discussion[edit]

Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Singlemaltscotch (talk) 21:51, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

An editor has expressed a concern that this account may be a sockpuppet of AndyWillis111 (talk · contribs · logs).
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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

TracySteele00 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

User tracysteel00 is unrelated to users AndyWillis00 and AdrewWillis00. Edits made to Island Timberlands site included removing non-relevant and misleading content such as " Industry governed SFI certification is under scrutiny by various environmental watchdogs for greenwashing as 80% of the organization's funding comes from the wood and pulp industry and the environmental standards are vague (1,259 landslides occurred in Washingston state in 2007 on SFI lands)." This referenced material relates to SFI Certification, should a reader want information on the SFI certification then they may read the page dedicated to SFI Certification. SFI is a seperate organization that grants environmental certification to timberland operators. Island Timberlands does not control, own or manage the SFI certification. Island Timberlands does not own or operate lands in Washington and therefore landslides occuring on another company's lands should not be included on Island Timberlands' site.

Decline reason:

Procedural decline-duplicate request

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You did more than remove the content you listed, you also removed content that was not connected to the SFI certification. The other material was reliably sourced, but not complimentary toward IT. This has all the appearance of a conflict of interest edit. If you are in any way connected with IT, you should not be editing the page. If there are errors, point them out on the talk page so that other editors can evaluate them prior to their adding or removing the material. GregJackP Boomer! 20:50, 21 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

TracySteele00 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

User tracysteel00 is unrelated to users AndyWillis00 and AdrewWillis00. Edits made to Island Timberlands site included removing non-relevant and misleading content such as " Industry governed SFI certification is under scrutiny by various environmental watchdogs for greenwashing as 80% of the organization's funding comes from the wood and pulp industry and the environmental standards are vague (1,259 landslides occurred in Washingston state in 2007 on SFI lands)." This referenced material relates to SFI Certification, should a reader want information on the SFI certification then they may read the page dedicated to SFI Certification. SFI is a seperate organization that grants environmental certification to timberland operators. Island Timberlands does not control, own or manage the SFI certification. Island Timberlands does not own or operate lands in Washington and therefore landslides occuring on another company's lands should not be included on Island Timberlands' site.

Decline reason:

Since a related unblocked request via UTRS has essentially tied these accounts together it does appear that there is meatpupperty involved. As I cannot ensure that further disruption will not continue should your account be unblocked, I am declining your unblock request. Jezebel'sPonyo ^{bons mots} 05:06, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you GregJackP, in fact I realized my error in removing some of the content not connected to SFI and you will notice that my latest edit was removing only the content related purely to SFI. It is unclear the reason that blocking my access is the necessary penalty for removing, what you agree, is unrelated content. Nor is it clear the motive of certain other users' insistance on replacing this information that we both agree is unrelated. It is misleading to a reader as it implies that Island Timberlands is responsible for landslides in Washington, which it is not. I do request that my access be unblocked and that the conent noted in my post above be removed with no further issues. TracySteele00 (talk) 21:04, 21 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid that you misunderstand me, and I apologize that I was not clearer in my earlier message. My comment that the content was unrelated referred to the SFI content, not that it was unrelated to the article. I take no position on that, other than to note that if you are removing material that has been reliably sourced, you need to be very clear on why it should not be in the article and post that reason on the talk page. Otherwise it can be considered disruptive editing.

I'm not an admin, so I cannot unblock you, but you will probably have to answer some questions from them before they will agree to an unblock. I would recommend that you explain any connection that you may have with the company, as I am sure the admin will want to know about conflict of interest. Regards, GregJackP Boomer! 01:39, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]