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*'''27 March 2004''': David Boothroyd begins editing, as "Dbiv", making his first edit to a Wikipedia talk page for the article on a British general election.  

*'''27 March 2004''': David Boothroyd begins editing, as "Dbiv", making his first edit to a Wikipedia talk page for the article on a British general election.  

*'''20 January 2005''': After making over 2000 edits, User:Dbiv successfully becomes an administrator as a result of a self-nomination.

*'''20 January 2005''': After making over 2000 edits, User:Dbiv successfully becomes an administrator as a result of a self-nomination.

*'''15 February 2006''': Dbiv is blocked for a violation of the Three Revert Rule, whereupon he unblocks himself using administrative tools, giving the reason ''"Yes, I know I am not supposed to do this. Justification 1: Block was wrongly applied. Justification 2: I have a major edit which I am not going to lose come what may. WP:IAR applies."''  

*'''15 February 2006''': Dbiv is blocked for a purported violation of the Three Revert Rule, whereupon he unblocks himself using administrative tools, giving the reason ''"Yes, I know I am not supposed to do this. Justification 1: Block was wrongly applied. Justification 2: I have a major edit which I am not going to lose come what may. WP:IAR applies."''  

*'''9 June 2006''': Dbiv enters himself into the arbitration case regarding Irishpunktom. Prior to that, he commenced working on a "Draft RFC [request for comment]" on Irishpunktom, who he had edit-warred with in the past. The focus of the arbitration is an editing dispute that Dbiv and Irishpunktom have regarding the article Peter Tatchell. The arbitration results in the removal of Dbiv's administrative tools; additionally, among the Arbitration Committee's findings is that Dbiv's unblocking of himself was an abuse of administrative tools.

*'''9 June 2006''': Dbiv enters himself into the arbitration case regarding Irishpunktom. Prior to that, he commenced working on a "Draft RFC [request for comment]" on Irishpunktom, who he had edit-warred with in the past. The focus of the arbitration is an editing dispute that Dbiv and Irishpunktom have regarding the article Peter Tatchell. The arbitration results in the removal of Dbiv's administrative tools; additionally, among the Arbitration Committee's findings is that Dbiv's unblocking of himself was an abuse of administrative tools.

*'''21 August 2006''': Dbiv creates the User:DavidBoothroyd account, stating that it is to be used solely for editing his biography (at the time, he was the subject of a biographical article).

*'''21 August 2006''': Dbiv creates the User:DavidBoothroyd account, stating that it is to be used solely for editing his biography (at the time, he was the subject of a biographical article).