On 3/20/07, David Gerard <dgerard(a)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.