On 3/20/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Can an IP address technically be considered a "sock puppet"? If so then anybody who forgets to log in before editing is "sockpuppeting". I have done that a few times after failing to notice that my login cookie has expired.
No, because sockpuppeting involves intent to appear to be a second person.
So when an IP address is listed in a "sockpuppets of" catagory, it's because in somebody's opinion, the user in question is editing anonymously to appear as two different users.