User talk:2001:8004:1400:4E6C:3D07:CA95:EDD1:FD9E

Unblock Request

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Request reason:

It seems this IP address has been blocked from editing wikipedia for 12 months 2001:8004:1400:4E6C:3D07:CA95:EDD1:FD9E (talk) 04:38, 20 May 2022 (UTC)after our colleague declared a conflict of interest in editing the wiki pages for Australian documentary filmmaker Ian Darling. In editing that page as employees they declared a COI. Regardless of the COI requests to update the page content continue. There have been no acts of vandalism, no trolling or malicious edits to any pages and no edits to Ian Darling's page which violate the wikipedia policies. All edits are with reference to reputable sources, are of a professional nature (avoiding overstatement) and are non-sensationalist. The BLP is dispassionate, fact-based and written with regard to the personal privacy and safety of the person. The block history reveals several administrators have believed over the last decade colleagues have been sock or meat puppets, that they IP hop to avoid blocks or are involved in edit wars - none of which is the case. An admin might see a colleague who is on tour or works across several cities in a year making edits. While we appreciate the efforts to maintain wikipedia as an independent arms length record, one does not have to look far to find people creating and maintaining there own personal entries, or as is the case with a colleague, a workplace entry. Many of these go unnoticed I am sure. I respectfully request this IP block to be lifted - we have a busy workplace and the colleagues noted in the above have respectfully noted the admin concerns of Greyjoy, and others who have pointed out the editing history for the employer, this IP block prevents other users on our network (non-employees) from using wikipedia to their capacity. [reply]

Decline reason:

The cause of the block doesn't seem to be at all related to what you say. (See the messages below.) There doesn't appear to be any IP editing from the blocked range which fits your description, so I can only assume that it was from an account. If so, then that account can continue to edit unless it is blocked, in which case the user of the account should request an unblock of the account. JBW (talk) 12:32, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The reason given for the block doesn't seem to relate to what you say, so your understanding of the reason for the block may be mistaken. I can't see any record of anyone who has edited the article Ian Darling declaring a conflict of interest, but I do see a single-purpose account which looks very much as though it has an undisclosed conflict of interest. Presumably you have in mind other articles connected to him.
Guerillero this is a CheckUser block which you imposed. Can you have a look at it? JBW (talk) 08:20, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@JBW: I looked again and stand behind my CU block. There are too many sockmasters in this range. If the OP would like to edit, they can request an account -- Guerillero ^{Parlez Moi} 09:02, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

After I declined the above unblock request, I realised that the block on this IP range does not in fact date from 04:38, 20 May 2022. With some searching I managed to find the one and only block which was made at that time. It was a block on an account which had posted blatant spam, written in such a manner that it is virtually certain that it was written by a marketing professional, certainly with the intention of promotion, which makes nonsense of what you wrote above. Also, that account's editing had no connection whatever to Ian Darling, which suggests that you confused together two different and unrelated bits of promotional editing by your business. JBW (talk) 12:51, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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