User talk:Spike 'em/rd

Richard Daft was here
I seem to have attracted a number of IP comments which are basically accusing me of being, which I think all lead back to banned user , who has had many IP SPIs and with whom BlackJack has had a long running dispute.
 * I have amalgamated the various comments with some explanation / background in italics.
 * Some names / locations were mentioned which are also mentioned in other investigations / exchanges relating to BlackJack (I have now redacted these names / places on this page in case they breach WP:PRIVACY).
 * They are all anonymous IP edits from addresses that link back to BT in and around Shropshire.
 * (Feb 2019) It seems Daft has moved to New Zealand, referencing the fact on a couple of occasions.
 * To make clear, I am not BlackJack and have no objection to anyone doing a checkuser to prove that I'm not. I have made lots of edits within WP:CRIC where BlackJack has been a major contributor, and have had a number of discussion with him. I have found him to be helpful with article content but he has strident views on guidelines around WP:V and WP:N which I do not agree with. My other major area of editing is Crystal Palace F.C. which I don't think overlaps with any of BlackJack's previous areas of interest. Spike &#39;em (talk) 10:34, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Further to this, down below I reported for being a sock of BlackJack. No doubt a conspiracy theorist would counter that this is just obfuscation, but it is relevant here given I've just had another fly-by accusation of being Jack. Spike &#39;em (talk) 08:36, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

Test cricket
''The first interaction was related to the Test cricket discussion above, where I was involved in a discussion with another WP:SOCK (though don't think they are related to Richard Daft) about WP:CRIC, which BlackJack was a major contributor to. It calls me John:''
 * Rubbish - Test Cricket is a title as is Test Match. Welcome back anyway John 86.143.60.18 (talk) 14:32, 21 June 2016 (UTC) (This was also restored by 86.166.194.167 when I removed it)


 * who do you think is John? It certainly isn't me Spike &#39;em (talk) 19:12, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Good to have you back.
An exchange from August 2016, which mentions me returning but no mention of name this time: Good to have you back. I knew you couldn't keep away. Pro footballer? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.164.107.47 (talk) 19:47, 14 August 2016 (UTC)


 * As above, who do you think I used to be? I assume comment above is you too (and one on another article I edited) Spike &#39;em (talk) 19:15, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

I thought the user box User soccer would just mark me as liking football (much as User cricket does), not make me claim to be a player. Spike &#39;em (talk) 19:31, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

November 2017
After a bit of digging around in Feb 2018, I found an edit on User talk:BlackJack, which is a SOCK of Richard Daft telling BJ that (have added bold):
 * On a rare visit spotted your new Indian voice to go with the old AA nom de plume. I pretty sure you're Spike 'em as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ontario Railway (talk • contribs) 10:23, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

January 2018
''I deleted a comment on Talk:Westerham Common, which mentions John Leach, as I considered it to be an irrelevant personal attack on someone else; I assumed at the time that it was directed at BJ. I found it by searching for contributions on an IP address that had left abusive comments in WT:CRIC''

The Leach Question
''This exchange took place in Feb 2018 and led to me raising an SPI. I was unsure at first as to whether it was just a comment on BlackJack or referencing me directly, but the second comment makes it clear.'' It is sad to see people trapped in the same sad, fantasy ridden cycle. I agree with you. You'd think people like that would grow up. I was up near Keighly watching Luctonians and made a few enquiries at the library. Not a popular figure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.151.204.96 (talk) 12:10, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

And I agree about self published work. Your alter ego did it all the time of course. He's been banned I see. I fear the axe may fall on you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.151.204.96 (talk)


 * What are you on about? I am not BlackJack (as I think you are implying) and if you think I am, please feel free to raise a case with the admins. Which particular banned user are you? Spike &#39;em (talk) 12:21, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

John. Give it up. The to go away. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.151.204.96 (talk) 23:16, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

SPI case raised, c ya l8r Spike &#39;em (talk) 23:38, 2 February 2018

Sock-puppet
Following on from the above I got this I'll let you know I am assembling all your sockpuppets to pass to the Wiki people. They seem to currently have the taste for it. It's time to get this house in order. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.166.195.189 (talk) 5 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Be my guest, I have nothing to hide. Spike &#39;em (talk) 11:32, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

sad
Sad to see you haven't died yet Jack. Weeds do prosper and so does syphilis — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.134.165.166 (talk) 02:33, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

You are blackjack John Accept it. You live on Wikipedia/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.151.204.96 (talk) 20:49, 23 May 2018  (UTC)


 * Whether I am blackjack / john is now irrelevant. What is clear is that you are a sad fuck who is stalking me. Spike &#39;em (talk) 07:46, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

From this point on, I can't be bothered annotating, so just copies of further comments as they happen, along with my attempts at sarcastic replies

Blackjack
Well it looks like his gone for good John. Sitting in his room writing rubbish — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.53.149.108 (talk) 14:40, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

John
I'm up your way John. Going to the Worth Valley. I'll call in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.84.88.195 (talk) 21:48, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

it
It may never be John — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.134.165.166 (talk) 09:08, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Are you a fan of Stephen King now then? I'm sending Pennywise the clown to get you.Spike &#39;em (talk) 19:53, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

well done jack
Well done jack. I see you and your donuts have generate millions of words on Daft. A last achievement. Kia Ora — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.97.172.144 (talk) 10:09, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I prefer Um Bongo Spike &#39;em (talk) 10:12, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

time
As I walk downtown to Waitangi celebrations, it does astonish me how much time you spend on wiki. And yes, I do live in NZ, in New Plymouth. Have done for three years after a peripatetic existence between here Holland and the UK — Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.152.130.115 (talk) 20:57, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for calling by, I was feeling left out whilst you were giving BST all your misguided attention. Spike &#39;em (talk) 21:18, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

WP Sock
I notice in your above argument you said you were not breaking any wiki conventions. No? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.75.196.253 (talk) 21:00, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Are you the pot or the kettle? Spike &#39;em (talk) 21:07, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * with respect John, I never pretended to be anyone else. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2407:7000:9414:fb77:90c5:66a0:6dd:8f05 (talk) 11 February 2019 (UTC)
 * This : Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Richard Daft seems to be quite a long list, and you are now ip editting in contravention of a ban. Spike &#39;em (talk) 11:54, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

As of course are you but I was simply being disruptive, not ubiquitous — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.251.132.246 (talk) 03:55, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * If you believing I am a sock of BlackJack vexes you so much, then report me. I've SPIed a few of your recent jaunts around NZ, though obviously it will have no effect. Spike &#39;em (talk) 07:57, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

It doesn’t vex me in the slightest. Spark telecom is a poor geolocation device. I live in Hawkes Bay. Have done for ove two years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.251.132.246 (talk) 07:16, 16 February 2019 (UTC)