On 9/28/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 28/09/06, Carl Peterson carlopeterson@gmail.com wrote:
That's when Jimbomancy is invoked in directly stating that "edits made
by
this account are to be regarded no differently than those made by any
other
editor." Also, if the account remained anonymous with regards to its owner...
Those two contradict somewhere ...
I didn't mean that the two approaches should be used at the same. That's self-defeating, as an otherwise anonymous user saying they should be treated "no differently than any other editor" would raise a few eyebrows as to the editor's real identity.
There are a few admins who have multiple accounts, purely so they can
edit articles without upset people stalking their every step. There are users who have had real-life stalkers and so quietly fade out one account while using a second. This is fine as long as it's for good reason and one is very careful not to cross the streams. Per [[WP:SOCK]], "... some have suggested that Jimbo should get, and edit from, a sock puppet account. Perhaps he does."
Carl