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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 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.

*'''12 December 2006''': User:Sam_Blacketer is registered. Keeps a very low profile, shows intricate knowledge of MediaWiki, displays experience with Wikipedia. Begins with work on London boroughs; in one day uploads a photo of his cat, creating a userpage displaying the photo. This is an undeclared sockpuppet of Fys, which was created and used actively in conjunction with the Fys account.

*'''12 December 2006''': User:Sam_Blacketer is registered. Keeps a very low profile, shows intricate knowledge of MediaWiki, displays experience with Wikipedia. Begins with work on London boroughs; in one day uploads a photo of his cat, creating a userpage displaying the photo. This is an undeclared sockpuppet of Fys, which was created and used actively in conjunction with the Fys account.

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*'''28 April 2007''': Boothroyd again successfully passes a request for adminship after a self-nomination, this time as Sam_Blacketer. The self-nomination RFA passes 57-5-3, support-oppose-neutral. At this time, the only personal information revealed about this user is that  he is from the United Kingdom.

*'''28 April 2007''': Boothroyd again successfully passes a request for adminship after a self-nomination, this time as Sam_Blacketer. The self-nomination RFA passes 57-5-3, support-oppose-neutral. At this time, the only personal information revealed about this user is that  he is from the United Kingdom.

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*'''24 November 2007''': Boothroyd hurls aspersions at [[Directory:Gregory J. Kohs|Gregory Kohs]], the founder of [[Directory:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]].  On a mailing list maintained by the [[Directory:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]], Boothroyd [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-November/085890.html sneered], "I hope Greg Kohs is sick as a parrot."  When reprimanded for this being a gratuitous comment, Boothroyd only upped the ante from behind his protective cloak of fake identity, saying that both MyWikiBiz's business transactions and content were "[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-November/085892.html not ethical]".

 

 

*'''11 November 2008''':, "Blacketer" is still the only arbitrator that has not provided identification to the Wikimedia Foundation. Additionally, he is the only arbitrator who does not possess the Check User or oversight capabilities, leading to suspicion. He is completely anonymous, and we know only that he lives in London. Wikipedia Review poster "tarantino" notices these oddities, and starts a thread about Sam_Blacketer highlighting them.[http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=21101]

 

*'''13 April 2009''': Jonas Rand (banned Wikipedia user Ionas68224) sends an e-mail to sam.blacketer AT googlemail.com, out of curiosity, asking Boothroyd if he had any previous accounts. In the e-mail, Rand also asked Boothroyd why he was so experienced with Wikipedia when he joined, and why he became an arbitrator a year after he joined, additionally raising the question of his e-mail address (which has no trace anywhere on the Web except Wikipedia-affiliated projects).

 

*'''18 April 2009''': After five days without receiving a response, Rand asks Boothroyd on User_talk:Sam_Blacketer to respond to his last e-mail, telling him "It's time not to be evasive anymore, Sam". Boothroyd responds by e-mail, asking if Jonas Rand promises to keep the answer confidential. When Rand replies, agreeing to do so, Boothroyd lies by saying that he had no previous accounts, concocting an elaborate falsehood of a story about how he came to Wikipedia, not explaining the choice of a Wikipedia-only Gmail address.

*'''24 November 2007''': Boothroyd hurls aspersions at [[Directory:Gregory J. Kohs|Gregory Kohs]], the founder of [[Directory:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]]. On a mailing list maintained by the [[Directory:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]], Boothroyd [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-November/085890.html sneered], "I hope Greg Kohs is sick as a parrot." When reprimanded for this being a gratuitous comment, Boothroyd only upped the ante from behind his protective cloak of fake identity, saying that both MyWikiBiz's business transactions and content were "[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-November/085892.html not ethical]".

*'''21 May 2009''': Wikipedia Review poster "tarantino" announces that he determined the real identity and former usernames of "Sam_Blacketer" after reviewing the case "a few days ago". Though he doesn't immediately reveal that it is Boothroyd behind the account, "tarantino" posts this statement:

 

<blockquote style="margin-left: 11%; margin-right: 11%">

I revisited this a few days ago, and I've figured out who Sam is. If Jimmy and the voters had known what his older account was, he probably wouldn't be an arb today. You played a great round of Wikipedia this time, Sam.</blockquote>

 

*'''22 May 2009''': "Sam_Blacketer" provides identification to the Wikimedia Foundation and is placed on the Identification noticeboard, a list of people who are identified to the Foundation (Cary Bass).

 

*'''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.

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