[WikiEN-l] Assume bad faith, for banned users.

Steve Summit scs at eskimo.com
Tue Nov 20 01:35:46 UTC 2007


Ec wrote:
> I think that this is a perfectly sane approach, but it seems that some 
> people are determined to uncover sockpuppets, against whom they will 
> apply the letter of the law.  I still prefer to look on sockpuppetry as 
> a secondary offence.  If there is nothing offensive from the new account 
> there should be no need to check it,

Right.  It seems to me that in this sort of case, aggressively
rooting out the "benign" sockpuppets would require an abuse of
the tools.  Aren't you supposed to have probable cause before
using Checkuser on an account?



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