− | '''Sam Blacketer''' was the [[pseudonym]] used by [http://www.mywikibiz.com/Directory:David_Boothroyd#.22Sick_as_a_parrot.22 David Boothroyd] to perpetrate a [http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?q=%22sam%20blacketer%22%20boothroyd&um=1&ned=us&hl=en&sa=N&tab=nb widely-reported] sockpuppeting scandal on [[Wikipedia]]. | + | '''Sam Blacketer''' was the [[pseudonym]] used by [http://www.mywikibiz.com/Directory:David_Boothroyd#.22Sick_as_a_parrot.22 David Boothroyd] to perpetrate a [http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?q=%22sam%20blacketer%22%20boothroyd&um=1&ned=us&hl=en&sa=N&tab=nb widely-reported] sockpuppeting scandal on [[Wikipedia]]. Boothroyd had used three other names on Wikipedia: Dbiv, Fys, and DavidBoothroyd (his real name). A timeline of the events is available [[User:Jonas Rand/Sam Blacketer Timeline|here]]. |