On 20/06/07, jayjg jayjg99@gmail.com wrote:
Pardon me for stating the very obvious, but it's an equally simple matter to create and use sockpuppets if editing with open proxies is not allowed.
Sockpuppets created with open proxies are not traceable to the sockpuppeteer.
Not traceable by technical means, at least. They can still be identified by the good old "if it looks and smells like one..." approach...
But, if memory serves, the no-open-proxies rule predates the widespread use of checkuser for handling sockpuppetry - so.this must be an beneficial side-effect of the rule, not the original aim of it?