Spawned by Damian McBride no doubt…….
Wikipedia have just admitted that a Labour apparatchik named David Boothroyd, councillor for Westminster’s Westbourne ward, has resigned after being revealed as the person behind the alias ‘Sam Blacketer’ who was involved in editing the on-line encyclopaedia.
Under the name Sam Blacketer, Labour soldier David Boothroyd edited one particular article more than any other: the article on Conservative Party leader David Cameron. On May 15, Boothroyd changed the photo on the David Cameron entry, preferring one “not carrying saintly overtones.”
Elected by the Wikipedia community at large, the Arbitration Committee resolves site disputes and serves as the final word on site policy. In the wake of Boothroyd’s resignation, the community is discussing whether it should review the 18 months of Wiki court cases in which Boothroyd cast a vote.
These people are the most insidious, devious, sinister, control freaks in existence.
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May 26, 2009 at 22:03 -
OMG. Is Wikipedia not absolute, unsullied fact then?
On the News Quiz once I heard Sandi Toksvig say she had changed science (chemistry or biology, can’t remember which) information on Wikipedia to make GCSE students who relied on it fail their exams. How I laughed!
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May 26, 2009 at 22:05 -
Brilliant – he is such a tool!
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May 26, 2009 at 22:10 -
Brilliant – he is such a tool!
Have posted link to you on Mr Dale’s most ‘popular’ thread!
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May 26, 2009 at 22:29 -
It’s kind of a defining moment for the blogsphere. The freedom to tell the truth also enables the freedom to tell lies. That’s why this worthless piece of sh*t needs stringing from a lamppost. Just as we have shaken free the bonds of control by spinbastards and lobbyc*nts and trolls of every description, along comes another traitor to freedom to piss in our bathwater. David Boothroyd you are a traitor to everything decent and may you rot in hell for ever you worthless poop.
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May 26, 2009 at 22:43 -
Resigned from what?
The Council? The Labour Party? Wikipedia? Life?
I think we should be told!
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May 26, 2009 at 22:55 -
crewegwyn: Resigned from what?
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May 26, 2009 at 23:06 -
Looks like a typical New Liebour footsoldier.
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May 26, 2009 at 23:14 -
I amended Mandelbum’s entry a few times WRT his misdemeanours. I was warned to desist by Wiki. I wonder if this cnut was responsible for rejecting my amendments.
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May 26, 2009 at 23:49 -
Nicely spotted! And nicely linked, Plato!
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May 27, 2009 at 01:02 -
Yikes, I’m actually quite shocked. I knew that Boothroyd had previously edited Wikipedia under the nicknames Dbiv and Fys (under which he came across as a bit of a crank), but I had no idea he was also Sam Blacketer. In fact, I have honestly found “Sam Blacketer” one of the most fair and impartial editors of articles related to British politics on Wikipedia, so this comes as a complete surprise.
Also, the “not carrying saintly overtones” photo remark was entirely fair and justified, as an inexperienced user had replaced a long-standing and reasonably neutral photo of Cameron with an unlicenced one showing him in a halo of light. Clearly this breached Wikipedia’s policy on neutrality and use of non-free content.
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May 27, 2009 at 06:50 -
Well he certainly looks the part doesn’t he? Loons, swivel eyed, spring to mind. Still he can probably see things more clearly than the rest of us so probably thought some deceit was justified in order to guide us in the right direction and think correctly.
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May 27, 2009 at 11:24 -
“Lived with mummy for forty years
“Neighbourhood said he must be a member of an alternative lifestyle”With apologies to Madness.
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May 27, 2009 at 13:49 -
Crewegwyn is a bit dense, make allowances for her.
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May 27, 2009 at 16:18 -
His userpage claims he sent an email resigning from ArbCom for other reasons on the 20th Feb.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sam_Blacketer
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May 28, 2009 at 18:43 -
AndrewSouthLondon:
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May 28, 2009 at 22:26 -
While the Wikipedia drones have swarmed in to “protect their own” and have deleted David Boothroyd’s encyclopedia article, they seem to forget that it was released to the public under the terms of the GFDL open license. Therefore, the article is bound to show up somewhere else on the Internet.
Indeed, it already has:
http://www.mywikibiz.com/Directory:David_Boothroyd
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