Ec wrote:
I think that this is a perfectly sane approach, but it seems that some people are determined to uncover sockpuppets, against whom they will apply the letter of the law. I still prefer to look on sockpuppetry as a secondary offence. If there is nothing offensive from the new account there should be no need to check it,
Right. It seems to me that in this sort of case, aggressively rooting out the "benign" sockpuppets would require an abuse of the tools. Aren't you supposed to have probable cause before using Checkuser on an account?