On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 09:50:50PM +0000, Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:28:54 +0100, Raphael Wegmann raphael@psi.co.at wrote:
What I doubt is the "only" in your initial claim.
Then you can rest assured. Even people who are 100% troublemakers with virtually nothing else to their name are still editing happily right now.
I'm worried about the people who get banned, when the only "trouble" they make is sharing the POV of a known troublemaker.
The average sockpuppet is traceable via IP using CheckUser and other methods, whereas witch hunts require ducking stools and the like.
None of those methods is verifiable by a normal editor. Therefore CheckUser and "other methods" are a kind of "witchcraft" for non-admins, where only the adepts make decisions.
Don't be silly. You don't need to be able to do a CheckUser in order to understand how it works, and why.
IIRC not every "sock" is verified with a CheckUser. Some get blocked for being "obvious" sock-puppets.
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