On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:49:35 +0100, Raphael Wegmann wegmann@psi.co.at wrote:
I'm worried about the people who get banned, when the only "trouble" they make is sharing the POV of a known troublemaker.
Name one?
IIRC not every "sock" is verified with a CheckUser. Some get blocked for being "obvious" sock-puppets.
That would be the "duck test" (WP:DUCK). But actually quite a few that are not listed as checkuser validated are in fact checkusered; the admin channel on irc usually has one or more checkusers hanging out who will do a sanity check without the need to "bring a shrubbery" if there is a good reason.
Guy (JzG)