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OpenBrix was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 20 September 2018 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Grant Shapps. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Daniel Boffey (8 September 2012). "Grant Shapps altered school performance entry on Wikipedia". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2013. The internet activities of the new Tory party chairman, Grant Shapps, were under renewed scrutiny after it emerged that he secretly altered his Wikipedia biography to edit out references to his performance at school, political gaffes and the identity of donors to his private office.
Graeme Paton (9 September 2012). "Grant Shapps 'edited Wikipedia page to remove school records'". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2013. Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps secretly edited his Wikipedia entry to remove school exam results after the site wrongly showed he got four, not five O-levels.
Randeep Ramesh (11 September 2012). "Grant Shapps's Wikipedia page was edited to remove byelection gaffe". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2013. Further details have emerged of how the constituency office of the new Conservative chairman Grant Shapps altered his Wikipedia biography to remove references to embarrassing political gaffes, the marketing website he founded and his personal fortune.
Matthew Holehouse (19 September 2013). "Grant Shapps failed science O-level". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 September 2013. The Conservative Party chairman failed his science O-level, it has emerged, a year after he admitted deleting his academic record from Wikipedia.
Randeep Ramesh (21 April 2015). "Grant Shapps accused of editing Wikipedia pages of Tory rivals". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2015. Wikipedia has blocked a user account on suspicions that it is being used by the Conservative party chairman, Grant Shapps, "or someone acting on his behalf" to edit his own page along with the entries of Tory rivals and political opponents.
Randeep Ramesh (23 April 2015). "Wikipedia volunteer who blocked 'Grant Shapps' account: I stand by my decision". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2015. Richard Symonds is the volunteer administrator who blocked an account on Wikipedia on suspicion that it was being operated by Grant Shapps or someone "acting on his behalf".
Randeep Ramesh (9 June 2015). "Wikipedia: account at centre of row 'not linked' to Grant Shapps". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2015. Wikipedia's arbitration committee decided that there was no "definitive" evidence that linked the user to Shapps and criticised Symonds for not running his decision past colleagues, who are all volunteers, before blocking the account.
Jamie Grierson (6 October 2017). "Grant Shapps: from rising Tory star to plotter against the PM". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2017. Months after the Michael Green alter ego was unearthed, it was reported that Shapps had deleted information from his Wikipedia page, including the names of donors to his private office. […] Similar allegations resurfaced weeks before the 2015 general election. The online encyclopedia banned a user called "Contribsx" […] Shapps denied having anything to do with Contribsx. The account was subsequently unblocked after a vote of Wikipedia's arbitration committee

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