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*'''23 May 2009''': "Sam Blacketer" resigns from the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee, revealing himself to have formerly edited under the alias Fys. It did not take long for posters on the Wikipedia Review to determine his name, '''David Boothroyd'''. Wikipedia Review members also mention the fact that he actually writes biographies of British politicians for pay, and serves on the Westminster City Council. The hypocrisy in this and the comments that Boothroyd made to the effect that MyWikiBiz was an unethical business was noted on WR.
*'''23 May 2009''': "Sam Blacketer" resigns from the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee, revealing himself to have formerly edited under the alias Fys. It did not take long for posters on the Wikipedia Review to determine his name, '''David Boothroyd'''. Wikipedia Review members also mention the fact that he actually writes biographies of British politicians for pay, and serves on the Westminster City Council. The hypocrisy in this and the comments that Boothroyd made to the effect that MyWikiBiz was an unethical business was noted on WR.
*'''25 May 2009''': On the Wikipedia Review thread where Sam Blacketer was recently exposed as David Boothroyd, '''tarantino''' is asked how he found the connection between Boothroyd and Sam Blacketer. He responds by keeping the link confidential, but provides [http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg231/sonitnarat/sam.png this graph], which compares the editing times of User:Fys with that of User:Sam_Blacketer. In the graph, considerable similarities between the time slots of editing can be noticed.
*'''26 May 2009''': An article that Cade Metz wrote about the scandal, entitled "Sockpuppeting British politico resigns from Wikisupremecourt", is published in ''The Register'', outlining his resignation from the Arbitration Committee and the story behind the account.
*'''26 May 2009''': An article that Cade Metz wrote about the scandal, entitled "Sockpuppeting British politico resigns from Wikisupremecourt", is published in ''The Register'', outlining his resignation from the Arbitration Committee and the story behind the account.
