I'm faced with something I haven't seen before on Wikipedia. A self-confessed sockpuppet, Wiesenthaler, is making continual abusive comments, and edits that straddle the line of anti-Semitism. He has admitted he created the sockpuppet for the purpose of engaging the Jewish "gang" on Wikipedia. With people who break the 3 revert rule we now have an administrative remedy, but what can be done about a sockpuppet created for the purpose of abuse? A number of editors have already e-mailed about this, indicating how upset they are with this situation, and generally indicating that they are thinking of leaving Wikipedia. Can sockpuppets like this be banned, or must they be dragged through a 6-8 month Request for Comment, Mediation, Arbitration process, continuing to abuse and drive away Wikipedia editors, before finally being banned, only to then pop up as another sockpuppet?
Jay.