Catherine Sanderson is not a sockpuppet of me!, Another episode of sockpuppet paranoia by Sciencewatcher and JFW Options

[Angela Kennedy]

Someone called Catherine Sanderson has been accused and kangaroo judged to be a sockpuppet of me (or meatpuppet). This is at least the second time accusations like this have been flung at me and other people by 'Sciencemaster'.

But the paranoia is buzzing there now on the Simon Wessely talkpage and on this user's page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Catherine_Sanderson

If anyone is able to show I'm not her I'd be grateful.

I try and keep away from Wikipedia except to see how certain editors and admins are misrepresenting certain things.

Having this level of paranoia and accusation flung at you when you're not even part of Wikipedia is actually creepier the longer I'm away from it.

In other news - Guy Chapman was recently slagging me off AGAIN with a couple of anons on the Bad Science forum for the work I'm doing (nothing to do with Wikipedia). I just can't get that dude out of my life! (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/laugh.gif)

But- it should be noted - this also does come at a time when I am officially and publicly expressing concern about an article in the Lancet in terms of patient safety, and calling for a retraction of that paper.

It feels like I've travelled back in time to 2008! (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/dry.gif) (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/yak.gif)

[Guido den Broeder]

I see that JWF is applying his usual tricks again. Everone that disagrees about the current, ridiculously biased article on Wessely, gets accused of being a sockpuppet of Angela, me, or one or two others, and then promptly banned.

Abd, be aware that the users reacting to this article are not always seasoned editors that know the rules and hazards of Wikipedia. Oftentimes they are victicms of Wessely or the Wessely school (if they live to tell the tale), found the article because it showed up at the top of their google search, and grew very angry when they saw this monster portrayed as a hero.