From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Steve Bennett
It's an interesting question raised here - we refuse to accept votes from anonymous people, so it shouldn't be surprising that people register specifically to vote. However, sock puppets obviously have the same behaviour.
Perhaps the right approach in a suspected sock puppet case is to temporarily disregard their vote, and leave a message like "You're acting like a sock puppet. Can you demonstrate otherwise?" on their talk page.
A genuine newbie would respond, "WTF?"
Pete, wondering if there is a jargon dictionary somewhere