Could It Have Been A Genuine Mistake?

Sitemeter only tells you who was on your blog at the time that someone posted a comment. It doesn't say who posted the comment.

So if I visited Jane's blog at say 09.00, and left a comment at 09.15, Jane's SiteMeter would confirm that at approx. 09.15 someone from Essex was on her blog. However if Douglas also visited her blog at 09.10, and remained there for 10mins, then Jane's SiteMeter would confirm to her that at approx. 09.15, (when I left my comment from Essex), someone from Edinburgh was on her blog.

If you check Jane's blog for Jan 30th, you will see that Douglas and I, did indeed post comments close together, and I was constantly going back and forth to see if my comments had been approved, (I would probably have left the page open at some time and just clicked on the refresh button), so it's very likely that we were both on her blog at the same time. Therefore it would have been easy for Jane to have made a simple mistake, and believed that Douglas posted a comment when it was actually me, (and vise versa). But if she had bothered to check her SiteMeter just a little bit closer, she would have also seen that at the time the comments were left, there were two people on her blog, (one in Essex, one in Edinburgh); confirming that our two different ip addresses, were being used at exactly the same time; you can't do that from one computer!

At the time I didn't even know what SiteMeter was, and I don't think Douglas did either, (he probably still doesn't), so I didn't know what information it held, or how to see that information for myself, and now that I do know, it's too late to confirm, as that information is no longer available for Jan 30th. I do recall at the time asking Jane to check her findings though, (on more than one occasion too, as did Douglas), which Jane has confirmed on her blog on Feb 2nd, (confirming that we asked, but not that she'd checked).

Initially Jane's lie, (on Jan 30th), 'could' well have been a genuine 'mistake' by her, but after mine and Douglas's strenuous denials on the same day, surely she would have checked her facts, (any normal person accused of lying would), and she would have known she was wrong with in seconds. Yet she continued with her lie, knowing that at the time Douglas and I were too computer illiterate to expose her, and knowing no one else in this community would doubt her, and check for themselves.

To me that's a deliberate lie, not a mistake!

Now Jane complains of Cheadle's blog;
"All this blog is achieving, along with the discussions which have resulted from it, is to stir up more and more unpleasantness and anger"

Jane, you caused the unpleasantness and anger, you lied when all you had to do was admit you'd made a mistake and apologise for it. Strange how you now show concern when it's your credibility that's on the block; I can't remember you ever showing any concern for unpleasantness, when you chased down any one who showed support for Douglas, or while accusing Douglas of having mental health problems, citing me as just a figment of his deranged mind.

I bet you wish I was now!

More Information Required.

Is anyone out there, who subscribes to 'SiteMeter', able to answer this for me?

I don't have a SiteMeter so I'm not exactly sure what information it gives you. Does it tell you the ip identity of the visitor who has left a comment, or does it only tell you the ip identities of those who were on your site when that comment was left? For instance, if there are two people visting your site at the same time, and one of them leaves a message, can SiteMeter actually determine which one of those two visitors left the message, or is that for you to decide based on the time and length of that persons stay?

Is it at all possible that Jane and Doug have made a "mistake", or have they just lied?