QUOTE(tarantino @ Mon 25th May 2009, 8:57pm)
QUOTE(Daniel Brandt @ Tue 26th May 2009, 2:49am)
Help me out here. Is Dbiv/Boothroyd, who has been on an
earlier version of hivemind for years, definitely one and the same as Sam Blacketer, who resigned this month from the EAC (evil arbitration committee)? And he's also aka "Fys"? If so, then his mugshot belongs on the main hivemind page as a former arbitrator, and I'll be happy to add him there.
There is no doubt, he's admitted it and Avraham confirms User:Sam Blacketer = User:DavidBoothroyd.
Among the hand-wringing going on at
Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard is a notice that Sam will be making a statement tomorrow.
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I don't know what possible hand-wringing could be going on. It's all non-controversial. That's what Jehochman said in his deletion edit summary May 23 for the David Boothroyd BLP talk page, which would have been the place where all the deletion arguments for it would have been, the first time it was RfD'd:
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20:47, 23 May 2009 Jehochman (talk | contribs) deleted "Talk:David Boothroyd" ‎ (G6: Housekeeping and routine (non-controversial) cleanup)
See: Housekeeping. Routine. Non-controversial cleanup. Nothing to see here, folks. Move on.
Actually, theres's an old version of the talk page in the Wayback machine.
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{{Notable Wikipedian|Dbiv}} {{oldvfdfull|votepage=David Boothroyd|result='''keep'''|date=2005-08-08}}
== Rewrite == For the reasons given in the VFD discussion, this article requires a complete rewrite, ''citing reliable sources''. As it stands, this entire article only has ''the subject's own autobiography'' as its source. Uncle G 10:55:38, 2005-08-09 (UTC)
:If it would assist I can offer directions to suitable reliable external sources where you can confirm the information. Actually I suspect that quite a few biographies in very reputable reference books come originally from their subjects: I certainly know of one false claim in the Oxford_DNB which came from its subject, who was a friend. David | Talk 11:49, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
==Sources==
* Full name, date and place of birth: My birth certificate has this on it. Full name is also confirmed by my matriculation records at Cambridge (see below).
* Educational history: My Friends Reunited entry shows the schools I went to. See also ''King's 1991'', the yearbook of King's School Macclesfield, at page 26 for my class photo, and page 28 where you can see me in the (aborted) attempt at a full school photograph. For my position at Cambridge see the List of Members - any edition from that of 31 December 1991 includes me with the eventual line "BOOTHROYD David CTH ''BA 94 MA 98''".
* Labour Party membership: The item which proves this is my first annual membership card showing it expires in 1990, and it has the same membership number as my current membership. I can fish out minutes from the Congleton Branch from 1989 showing me on the attendance list if anyone needs them.
* Working for John Battle: There is a briefing on the government's science budget which I co-authored with John Battle somewhere.
* Private Sector political researcher: Lots to prove this. I worked for Parliamentary Monitoring Services. Check the title page of the PMS Parliamentary Companion, a quarterly, and my name appears on it somewhere from 1995 to 2001. I also edited the second edition of the PMS Guide to Pressure Groups. The company is also named in my biography on my political parties book.
* Work for Ian Lucas: See the register of interests of Members' secretaries and research assistants published by Parliament - it shows I had a pass from 2002.
* Book publication: Well, it has an ISBN. * Councillor: See 'London Borough Council Election Results' 1998 page 183 for an unsuccessful attempt and 2002 page 176 for success. See also Westminster Council's website.
* Current job: with Indigo Public Affairs Ltd.
Hope this helps. David | Talk 21:03, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
== Possible conflict of interest ==
It is unclear from the oage when he joined Indigo and whether he is still a councillor. I think this is a very important point considering his 'vociferous' campaign in an area in which he is now employed. :This is none of your business. Evidence that someone may have a POV outside Wikipedia is never evidence of POV editing on Wikipedia and everyone edits as an individual. Besides which, there's no conflict of interest involving Indigo which isn't mentioned once on Wikipedia. You're trying to slip a personal attack in under a very thin disguise. David | Talk 10:51, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
I was simply trying to ascertain whether you were employed by Indigo at the same time as campainging on a planning matter, and whether you were a councillor when you campaigned on that issue. It is a perfectly sensible question. Also Indigo is mentioned on the wikipedia entry about you. I was simply trying to clear up an unclear point Dolive21 11:05, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
:For your information, as an employee I am bound by the APPC code which prohibits a political consultant who is a councillor from working on any account involving the council of which they are a member. As a councillor I am bound by the Code of Conduct which prohibits me from participating in any council decision in which I have a prejudicial interest. I am therefore conflicted out on both sides. Indigo has no current clients in Westminster anyway. This has absolutely nothing to do with my Wikipedia editing. If I have been involved in a conflict of interest then it's a matter either for the APPC or for the Standards Board, not for someone who wants to jump up and make a personal attack on Wikipedia. Please try better next time. David | Talk 11:10, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for clarifying those points. I asked for the sake of clarity. I am, for the record, at this time satisfied that you have not acted in an improper way. I state this for clarity, and so any one viewing this at a later date can be completely clear that I do not believe that you acted improperly. This was never intended as a personal attack. I have just one more point I would ike clarified. Were you campaigning as a councillor or as a professional in the feild when you campaigned on the issue of the rainbow flag. Dolive21 11:34, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
:That was as a local authority councillor. Other than buying things at their shop (a personal and non-prejudicial interest which I declared) I had no contact with Prowler until after the committee. After the committee voted to refuse their application I was acting as a councillor in campaigning for a change of policy by the council, in the interests of the people of Westminster. David | Talk 11:40, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
I would like to thank you once again for being so helpful. As to your standard of conduct you have acted much better than some mayors (St. albans for example).
Theres' an old version of Dbiv's userpage too, back when they allowed you to have userboxes like "This user is homosexual". Do they still do that? Goodness.