User:Sam Blacketer

e collegio D. Catharinæ, eligit Honoratissimum Virum Dominum Sainsbury de Turville in Cancellarium hujus academiæ

"How can you read an encyclopaedia at a time like this?"

Sam Blacketer is the literary pseudonym of someone who lives in London and served on the Arbitration Committee for a time. 00BKGU 1713

A five year old vandalism revert

On 19 September 2005, IP user 24.0.228.161 added to List of Latin phrases, in relation to the term ecce homo: "Oscar Wilde thus opened his defense on trial for sodomy, characteristically using a well known Biblical reference as a double entendre." After some re-editing the claim was still there until 26 November 2010.

Nice try. The three trials (Wilde's libel prosecution of Marquess of Queensberry, an aborted first trial for gross indecency, and the second trial in which he was convicted) were recorded in shorthand at the time and the shorthand record was then written up and published for the Notable British Trials series in June 1948. A fuller record of the libel trial was discovered much later and published as 'The Irish Peacock and the Scarlet Marquess' in 2003. This statement appears nowhere in any of the trials. Nor does any book about the trial or about Oscar Wilde mention it.

It must be remembered, first, that Oscar Wilde was represented by counsel at his trial, not appearing in person, so he made no speech; he went into the witness box to be examined and cross-examined, but that was to answer questions. It must also be remembered that the term 'homosexual' was in 1895 a relatively new one: it had been coined in 1869 but was confined to academic books (mostly in German) until the 20th century. The libel which Wilde took action over described him as a 'somdomite' (Queensberry misspelling 'sodomite' due to his anger), and that was the usual term.

This was, in short, really a piece of vandalism (possibly from an Uncyclopedia user?) which amazingly managed to last five years before detection.

Prosopography target list

Please note that I am not "reserving" these articles for me to create; feel free to write them yourself. It is just a way of focusing my attention and reminding me of what needs to be done.

MPs elected in 1955 Arthur Cecil Allen C. W. Armstrong Archer Baldwin Alfred Balfour Cyril Banks Patrick Bartley Frank Beswick, Baron Beswick Wilfrid Burke Elaine Burton James Clunie Robert Crouch Percy Daines Sidney Dye Stanley Evans Richard Fort Emlyn Garner Evans Alan Gomme-Duncan John Hall (Labour politician) George Harvie-Watt Ian Macdonald Horobin Thomas Hubbard Ian Hutchison James Hutchison (British politician) Howard Johnson (politician) David Thomas Jones Denis Keegan Guy Lloyd Duncan McCallum Peter Macdonald (Conservative politician) Alan McKibbin William Mainwaring Frederick Messer Percy Morris Morgan Phillips Price David Pryde Victor Raikes Peter Remnant Percy Shurmer Joseph Sparks Douglas Spencer-Nairn Patrick Spens Lawrence Turner Henry Usborne Samuel Viant Charles Waterhouse Charles Williams (UK politician) Gerald Williams (politician)

UK Members of the European Parliament Gordon Adam Richard Balfe Roger Barton (politician) Robert Battersby Peter Beazley John Bird (British politician) David Bowe (politician) Beata Brookes Bryan Cassidy Kenneth Collins Richard Cottrell Christine Crawley, Baroness Crawley Brendan Donnelly (politician) Diana Elles, Baroness Elles Michael Elliott Alex Falconer Jacqueline Foster Veronica Hardstaff Lyndon Harrison Michael Hindley Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper William Hopper (politician) Brian Hord Paul Howell Edward Kellett-Bowman Brian Key Bashir Khanbhai Michael Kilby Alfred Lomas Hugh McMahon Eryl McNally

Graham Mather Tom Megahy Bill Miller (Scotland) Robert Moreland Clive Needle Eddie Newman Christine Oddy Mo O'Toole Anita Pollack Charles Strachey, 4th Baron O'Hagan Ben Patterson Andrew Pearce Terry Pitt Christopher Prout James Provan Shelagh Roberts Barry Seal (politician) Madron Seligman Dr Alexander Sherlock Richard Simmonds Anthony Simpson Alex Smith (politician) Tom Spencer (politician) John Stevens (politician) Kenneth Stewart Jack Stewart-Clark Michael Tappin Frederick Tuckman Amédée Turner Alan Tyrrell Susan Waddington Mark Watts Norman West Ian White (politician) (Brief stub) Joe Wilson (European)

Monitoring links

1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005

Articles I would like to write or expand some day

• Crown Agents
• History of Parliament / History of Parliament Trust
• Lawless v Ireland, the first case heard by the European Court of Human Rights
• Sir Frank Newsam substantially completed
• Montagu Norman, 1st Baron Norman
• Notable British Trials series
• John Poulson
• Evelyn Sharp, Baroness Sharp
• Jim Slater
• Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
• Women in the British House of Commons - was an astonishing omission

Surviving MPs

The twenty former MPs whose service dates back the furthest are:

Rank	Member	Date of first election
1	John Eden	18 February 1954
2	James Ramsden	11 March 1954
3	Lord Balniel	26 May 1955
4	Tom Mitchell	26 May 1955 (did not take the oath)
5	John Morris	8 October 1959
6	Timothy Kitson	8 October 1959
7	Stratton Mills	8 October 1959
8	Michael Shaw	17 March 1960
9	Dick Taverne	8 March 1962
10	Bill Rodgers	5 April 1962
11	Patrick Duffy	21 March 1963
12	Ben Ford	15 October 1964
13	Michael English	15 October 1964
14	Michael Jopling	15 October 1964
15	Stan Newens	15 October 1964
16	Brian Walden	15 October 1964
17	Shirley Williams	15 October 1964
18	Marquess of Hamilton	15 October 1964
19	Robert Howarth	15 October 1964
20	Robert Sheldon	15 October 1964

Note that ties are broken by an examination of which MP took the oath of allegiance first. Thanks to Timrollpickering for this suggestion.

Barnstars

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		I, Chrislk02, award you this barnstar for calming down with the recomended cup of tea when I got a little heated at WP:RFCN. It was very much appreciated. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 20:37, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

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		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		In recognition of your excellent anti-vandalism efforts, I award you this anti-vandal barnstar. Happy editing and keep up the great work! Lradrama 19:40, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

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		The 25 DYK Medal
		Awarded to Sam Blacketer (rather belatedly) for his exceptional contributions to Did You Know? Thanks to your efforts, dozens of MPs not only have articles, but quite good ones, and its efforts like yours that help Wikipedia excel above and beyond. Keep up the good work! --JayHenry 23:55, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

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		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thanks a lot for dealing with that IP on The Wave (board). It was almost blocked instantly after my AIV report. STORMTRACKER 94 22:03, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[4]

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		I present this barnstar to you for working to successfully close Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/C68-FM-SV. NE2 06:41, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

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