On 4/9/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
So it's our fault that Leyden used sockpuppets and offsite votestacking? I don't think so.
I don't think I ever implied that.
How many editors with genuine knowledge of Wikipedia policy and community mores will have fewer than 150 edits?
Probably more then you think. I know of one user who edited anonymously for a few years and only registered an account to make AFD nominations. Because he appeared to pop out of nowhere, he was accused of being somebody's sock. This put a bad taste in his mouth and he picked up his ball and went home. Of course it would have been nice if he had a thicker skin and understood the reason for other's skepticism.
The point here is that some newbies aren't really newbies.