CrowleyMaritime

March 2017

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello CrowleyMaritime, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Crowley Maritime have been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 00:33, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

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

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Requested username:

AmeliaSmith1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Your reason here AmeliaSmith1 (talk) 14:17, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Technical decline - new account created Peridon (talk) 20:06, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Diannaa, I edited the Crowley Maritime Corp. page on behalf of the company, under the username CrowleyMaritime. I only added factual information to update the company's profile from 2010-2013. I cited every fact and historical moment and kept the commentary brief, without use of "advertising" language. This morning I received notification that the CrowleyMaritime account was blocked and all the content was removed. Is it possible for me to retrieve all of the work I did in updating the company's page, but post it to the account under this new AmeliaSmith1 username? I want to follow the rules and update the company's page for all to reference online. Thanks! Amelia

Confused.

Dianna, I can edit the Sandbox using the username AmeliaSmith1, but the talk page says: "This user is currently blocked. The latest block log entry is provided below for reference: 00:10, 8 March 2017 Diannaa (talk | contribs) blocked CrowleyMaritime (talk | contribs) with an expiration time of indefinite (autoblock disabled)

Second, how can I reference the edits I made under the CrowleyMaritime username so I can add them to Crowley's wikipedia page using the AmeliaSmith1 username? Many thanks!

Unblock or provide direction, please

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).

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

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Request reason:

Hi, Diannaa, I edited the Crowley Maritime Corp. page on behalf of the company, under the username CrowleyMaritime. I only added factual information to update the company's profile from 2010-2013. I cited every fact and historical moment and kept the commentary brief, without use of "advertising" language. This morning I received notification that the CrowleyMaritime account was blocked and all the content was removed. Is it possible for me to retrieve all of the work I did in updating the company's page, but post it to the account under this new AmeliaSmith1 username? I want to follow the rules and update the company's page for all to reference online. Thanks! Amelia

Decline reason:

Technical decline - new account created. Your content changes can't be restored as I see it, because they are stated to be either copied from, or to be very close paraphrases of, a copyright source, and Dianaa is one of our top people on copyright. Copyvio (as we call it for short) isn't allowed on Wikipedia. There's no objection to you adding the information, but it must be in new wording completely away from the company site's wording. You can't get the name changed on this account, because you've get the new name up and running already. As you were soft blocked, that's quite OK. But... If you work for the company or are acting as an agent for them, you MUST read WP:PCD which explains about paid editing. Peridon (talk) 20:16, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

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A 'hard' block prevents the creation of new accounts, and blocks editing from IPs used be the blocked user, and only allows editing of their talk page (or the sending of email). A 'soft' block allows you to request a name change OR start a new account. You can't do both. Hard blocks are for vandals, spammers, and persistent violators of copyright. Soft blocks are used where a user name doesn't fit our policy, and where the account hasn't been deliberately spamming, and is newly created and looking a bit lost. The edits you made have been 'revdelled', which means they are hidden from view. Most edits in the past can be seen by going into History. If revdel has been used, only admins (like me and Dianaa) can read them. The next stage it called Oversight, and only a few admins can use that. That blocks things from the view of even non-Oversight admins. If you need to read your text, it seems to have come from the company site. Wikipedia is quite a complicated place behind the scenes, and the rules may seem silly at times. There are very good reasons for most of them, though. Peridon (talk) 20:29, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Peridon, thanks for the explanation. I will add the disclosure to my AmeliaSmith1 page. Would you let me know if there is a way to at least reference the content that I had added and has been removed? I'd like to use it as a starting point for developing new page contributions using original language. I want to comply with the rules and appreciate any guidance you can give. Thanks! AmeliaSmith1 (talk) 13:48, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

I am sending you a copy of the 15:24 March 7 version of the article via email (to whatever email address is attached to AmeliaSmith1). Pretty much everything you added to the article was copyright material copied directly from the company's press releases, and is not suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia and will have to be completely re-written to avoid copyvio. Please keep in mind that (unlike LinkedIn or the corporate website) the purpose of the encyclopedia is to provide an overview of information to our readers in an encyclopedic way. We don't accept advertising or promotionally worded content. Even if the content is completely re-written, experienced Wikipedians will be able to remove or amend the content as unsuitable for inclusion. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:29, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Diannaa! I will suggest updates to the company's talk page, will rewrite the content so it's original and will cite third-party, reputable sources. Appreciate all the coaching! AmeliaSmith1 (talk) 14:31, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Request to Update Crowley Maritime's Wikipedia Page

Hello, I would like to suggest the following additions, from the year 2010, to the Crowley Maritime history section:

In 2010, Crowley's Jacksonville, Fla., headquarters received LEED Silver award certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The recognition made Crowley only the second building in Jacksonville to attain the LEED Silver award for commercial interiors. Sources: http://jacksonville.com/business/2010-05-04/story/crowley-renovation-earns-it-leed-certification and http://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/crowley-corporate-office-achieves-leed-214110.

In June 2010, the company, alongside partner Bay Ship and Yacht Co., repowered its Harbor Class tugboats in Los Angeles/Long Beach, California, as part of an emissions and air quality initiative program by the Port of Los Angeles. A $4 million Port of Los Angeles Air Quality Mitigation Incentive grant largely funded the re-power project. The tugs each cost over $1 million to re-power and resulted in a 3.24-ton reduction in particulate matter emissions and a 109.52-ton reduction in mono-nitrogen oxides per year. (source: http://www.petroleumnews.com/pdfarch/68990847.pdf - page 60, and http://www.marinelink.com/news/complete-crowley-repower332347)

AmeliaSmith1 (talk) 15:12, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

I haven't time now to look at this, but I do strongly suggest abandoning this page and account. You're Amelia now, not Crowley. You can make the suggestion on the article talk page, where other editors will see it, or on your talk page where at least Dianaa and I will see it. Peridon (talk) 20:43, 9 March 2017 (UTC)