From: wikien-l-bounces(a)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