I agree Tom. I even though there is the potential of having votes fraudulently being cast. I personally dont think that they should be removed for using sock puppets on another project but we should make it clear in the terms of being a candidate that you should not be blocked on any other project or have sock puppets even though this is a widely known policy of no sockpuppets we should make it clear in the rules to avoid any un-necessary legal threats or summonds.

Chris

> Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:25:04 +0100
> From: thomas.holden@gmail.com
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] ScribblewikiLove(r)
>
> I would be very very wary about removing people from the list even if
> you have definite proof that they've committed some rather more
> heinous sin than using a sock. If that's an issue that should
> disqualify people from standing, we have to trust that the voters will
> have the sense to realise this. (Obviously we want to take reasonable
> precautions against both a user and their sock voting, but that's a
> different issue entirely.)
>
> Tom
>
> 2008/9/17 Chris Wood <hot20024@hotmail.com>:
> > Further more to the conversation
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AScribblewikiLover&diff=238981762&oldid=238961908
> > is what Alison said and makes interesting reading.
> >
> >
> >
> >> From: email@mikepeel.net
> >> Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:27:33 +0100
> >> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] ScribblewikiLove(r)
> >>
> >> Could you provide a link to "what Alsion has said on en.wiki"?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Mike
> >>
> >> On 17 Sep 2008, at 09:36, Christopher Wood ((Student)) wrote:
> >>
> >> > I saw this too and was in the middle of an email to MaxSem asking why
> >> > Scribblewiki was a sock. Looking through what Alsion has said on
> >> > en.wiki
> >> > looks like it was an unlawful checkuser block anyway. Just because
> >> > someone uses the same IP doesn't make them the same user as someone
> >> > else. There contribs are totally different.
> >> >
> >> > C
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org
> >> > [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of
> >> > Michael
> >> > Peel
> >> > Sent: 17 September 2008 09:27
> >> > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> >> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] ScribblewikiLove(r)
> >> >
> >> > All,
> >> >
> >> > [[meta:User:MaxSem]] has removed [[meta:User:ScribblewikiLover]] from
> >> > the list of board candidates, saying "rm troll". On
> >> > ScribblewikiLover's talk page he says that "This user is blocked
> >> > because he is a checkuser-confirmed sockpuppet of
> >> > [[:en:User:Chris19910]] and had a few socks blocked on Meta."
> >> >
> >> > I don't know what to say to this... Does anyone know anything more
> >> > about this apparent saga? (presumably he was checkuser'd for a
> >> > reason?)
> >> >
> >> > Mike
> >> >
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