Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
Except that the username makes it perfectly plain that
this is a
reincarnation. I leave it to the admins active on that particular
article to identify who is the puppet master here, but it is more than
plausible that this is a lock-evading sock of an unrepentant POV
pusher. I recently had a very calm and civil discussion with an
editor who got blocked in similar way, I asked his patience while we
ran CheckUser and thanked him for it when I had enough evidence to
unblock. The blocking admin was content to admit the mistake. It's
nice to assume good faith, but sometimes when yet another "brand new
user" pops up it can be asking a bit much. Sure, we make mistakes,
but by far the most common mistake is extending too much benefit of
the doubt to people who are simply not here to help build a neutral
encyclopaedia.
A mere suspicion or possibility that someone is a sockpuppet should not
be grounds for blocking. Unless this user is causing problems
completely in his own right, any blocking can wait until you have
checked out the facts.
If the person is completely new how can you possibly know that he is not
here to build an encyclopedia? It makes for a far more pleasant
environment to err in favour of keeping a borderline case. It's great
to get rid of some of these problem users, but the effort to root them
out can too easily become an unhealthy obsession.
Ec