User talk:Hackneymarsh

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Grant Shapps
The accusation in the edit summary that I added  freemasony to this article is clearly not correct. It is unacceptable and I expect you to apologise. Widefox (talk) 16:46, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * For the record, the unregistered editor user:81.134.133.243 (that IP is registered to Carillion Construction Ltd, Wolverhampton) inserted that unsourced claim with this edit . I removed that vandalism here and warned the vandal. The vandal then undid  my removal to put back in. Ironic that Hackneymarsh (now exposed as Grant or his office) has confused the edits, falsely accusing me in this edit summary and has still not apologised, when I in fact kept vandalism off his page and repeatedly warned the vandal of this unsourced (mason) claim!  Widefox ; talk 16:57, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I have escalated the report of this long-term vandal editor user:81.134.133.243 at Administrator intervention against vandalism to completely remove any doubt. Widefox ; talk 17:27, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Conflict of interest
Hello. As you may well be aware by now, The Observer has identified you as Grant Shapps. If this is the case, you must read and understand Wikipedia policy before proceeding with any further editing of the article about yourself.

Relevant information:
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 * If Wikipedia already has an article about you
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In a nutshell, you should not edit an article about yourself, and should use its talk page - in this case, Talk:Grant Shapps - to raise any issues or suggest any changes.

I doubt that you will continue editing the article after the media attention you are now receiving, but I must warn you that if you do so, and create a conflict of interest situation, administrative sanctions may result. — Hex    (❝  ?!  ❞)   12:08, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

A further Guardian article has now identified additional user names associated with these edits, bringing the list to:



This potentially brings the issue into the realm of sock puppetry, or the improper use of multiple accounts, a much more serious violation of Wikipedia policy. Investigations will now be undertaken.

I am copying these warnings to each involved user name. — Hex    (❝  ?!  ❞)   08:07, 12 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Earle, you did notice that all of these accounts stopped editing the Grant Shapps biography (or anything else) more than two years ago, right? And that much of the material they removed was biased, poorly sourced and in violation of Wikipedia's own policies? Nobody else cared about it. What's a biography subject to do then?


 * For a summary, see the blog post at http://wikipediocracy.com/2012/09/12/this-weeks-news-the-grant-shapps-biography-and-other-stories/ and related discussions at http://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=887&p=17298#p17298 (which both you and the holder of this account are cordially invited to join).  J N  466  12:39, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Grant Shapps WP:COI and The Guardian
(continued from "Grant Shapps" section above, and in reply to further Guardian article)
 * The WP:COI problem is not (currently) active, and as we don't take action punitively, is it not an issue that needs dealing with by WP, so is moot. Despite that, for the record, although I agree with Jayen466 that some of Grants edits removed poorly sourced material, but the fair characterisation is that Grant edited his own article with a COI (e.g. in 2010 during the lead-up to the general election), failed to disclose his COI, used multiple accounts and IPs, his edits were biased (WP:NPOV issue) bordering on censorship as well as incorrectly (he should have got others to remove it) removing some poorly sourced content. The poorly sourced content was removed by me and others anyway, but now is well sourced as it has all been covered by the Guardian. Hackneymarsh (Grant) mistakenly accused me here of adding adding "Freemasony" to his page - this is clearly nonsense as I explain (in the above section "Grant Shapps").
 * OK, so he misunderstood the edits, ironically blaming me after I removed that vandalism from his page, and further accused me and others of political bias - without apologising, and only now he has been outed by the Guardian two years later this has come out. Further discussion moved to Talk:Grant Shapps . Widefox ; talk 14:26, 1 October 2012 (UTC)  Widefox ; talk 09:40, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigation block arbitration proposed decision
Hi Hackneymarsh, in the open Sockpuppet investigation block arbitration case, a remedy or finding of fact has been proposed which relates to you. Please review this decision and draw the arbitrators' attention to any relevant material or statements. Comments may be brought to the attention of the committee on the proposed decision talk page. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, L235 (t / c / ping in reply ) 21:04, 6 June 2015 (UTC)