Quoting Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com:
On 11/20/07, Skyring skyring@gmail.com wrote:
If a banned user creates a sock and devotes himself to making useful edits,
Is there not a distinction between "second account" and "sockpuppet"? IMHO, a second account used only for editing is not a sockpuppet - that term only applies when the second account is used in !voting, discussions etc. There's no (iirc, could be wrong) real prohibition on having multiple accounts that just quietly edit away, if they're not used for deception.
Steve
No, a banned user is banned as a user, not as a username. This is for obvious reasons. We don't want to have to separately go through and decide as a community to ban Amorrow or Awbrey whenever they make a new sock. Having multiple accounts that quietly edit is not prohibited by policy. Having any account as a banned user is unacceptable and if they are editing in a way that it is obviously the same person as the banned person then the rule makes sense. If the person isn't editing disruptively one will almost certainly not be able to tell that it is the same person.