[WikiEN-l] Featured editors?

[Raphael Wegmann]

On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 09:50:50PM +0000, Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:28:54 +0100, Raphael Wegmann
> <raphael at psi.co.at> wrote:
> 
> >What I doubt is the "only" in your initial claim.
> 
> Then you can rest assured.  Even people who are 100% troublemakers
> with virtually nothing else to their name are still editing happily
> right now.

I'm worried about the people who get banned, when the only 
"trouble" they make is sharing the POV of a known troublemaker.

> >> The average sockpuppet is traceable via IP using CheckUser and other
> >> methods, whereas witch hunts require ducking stools and the like.
> 
> >None of those methods is verifiable by a normal editor.
> >Therefore CheckUser and "other methods" are a kind of
> >"witchcraft" for non-admins, where only the adepts make
> >decisions.
> 
> Don't be silly.  You don't need to be able to do a CheckUser in
> order to understand how it works, and why.

IIRC not every "sock" is verified with a CheckUser.
Some get blocked for being "obvious" sock-puppets.

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Raphael