Ginger Booth

May 2022

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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).

Ginger Booth (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:

Ginger Booth is actually my name. I publish scientific simulators on my website, sure, because I authored them. I just created a new version of DaisyWorld - and the plots picture on the DaisyWorld article are from my previous software, which was in Flash Player and no longer works. Being blocked for using my own name, to point to a non-commercial teaching simulator, doesn't make any sense.

Decline reason:

If Ginger Booth is your name, that's not an issue in terms of your username. However, please read WP:COI and explain how your future contributions will be consistent with that policy. You don't have to have a commercial purpose in order to promote something. I am declining your request. 331dot (talk) 16:43, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Ginger Booth (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:

I intend a very specific edit. I understand that this is a COI and that perhaps instigating someone else to make the change might appear more even-handed. But the fact is, the picture on the DaisyWorld page is from a previous version of my DaisyWorld simulator. My intended edit is an updated picture,

Plots from a standard black & white DaisyWorld simulation.

That's it. I intend to replace my picture, with an updated picture. I contributed my online version of DaisyWorld to the DaisyWorld article, because anyone truly interested in DaisyWorld would like to see a simulator run. I have no current intention of making any other edit to Wikipedia.

Accept reason:

With the username aspect in error, and JLAN's comments, I've endeavoured to make it clear in the block log that this should not be considered a block - obviously there is a COI, but we can take care of that short of a block. If you use the edit request process and follow the instructions that's probably the best way to make edits to an article where you're linking to a site made by you. Best of luck, and apologies for the faff. Nosebagbear (talk) 11:29, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

• Ginger Booth, would you be okay with submitting your proposed change(s) through the the edit request process? Nosebagbear (talk) 09:03, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

  OK, thank you. Ginger Booth (talk) 16:43, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

  OK, two edit requests submitted (because I figured it was better to make each request a simple one-liner.) Ginger Booth (talk) 17:18, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

• @Justlettersandnumbers: looking at the edits/attempted edits, and that a seemingly comparable link and image was there for a while without issue, this is looking like an edit we probably would have accepted had the COI been disclosed, and I'm not seeing any reticence in doing so here. Any issue with me unblocking if Booth agrees to make the proposed edits through ERW? Nosebagbear (talk) 09:03, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping, Nosebagbear; do please go ahead! Ginger Booth, I think I owe you an apology – I should probably have unblocked your account when you made clear that you were editing under your real name. Thank you for your patience with us. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:12, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Sorry for the confusion. My original contributing name jinjyaa apparently goes to some email address that no longer reaches me, so I simply...used my name. It's not like I'm hiding. Ginger Booth (talk) 17:10, 6 June 2022 (UTC)