geni wrote:
On 02/12/2007, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
On 02/12/2007, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
What constitutes "bad behavior" is dependent in part on whether or not you're socking. According to arb com less than 24 hours ago, "Sockpuppet accounts are not to be used in discussions internal to the project, such as policy debates." While maybe that is an overbroad statement, I still think it's valid in at least some situations.
No, that's entirely fair.
It is, however, valid to say that *alternate* accounts can be used in internal discussions, so long as your use of them does not turn into sockpuppetry - in other words, keep them seperate and don't have them work on the same topics or in the same discussions and you're fine.
The trick is remembering that alternate accounts can become sockpuppets, but aren't automatically such, and the community has a long history of recognising that.
Still fails. I sometimes use Genisock2 in copyright debates and the like simply because I got to that page while using that account and don't feel like switching browsers.
I don't think a publicly-declared alternate account is the same as a sockpuppet. I have one alternate account (for use on public terminals where I don't want to use my admin account and password) which is clearly marked as being me. I don't think anyone could reasonably object if I were on a public terminal and wished to use that account in project discussions. The main problematic issue is socks like Privatemusings, where an editor might use them to keep a controversial viewpoint secret. I support prohibiting that-the community should know where a given editor stands, and use of a bunch of different accounts in projectspace prevents that.