[WikiEN-l] Assume bad faith, for banned users.

[Skyring]

On Nov 21, 2007 1:25 PM, <joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu> wrote:

> Quoting Skyring <skyring at gmail.com>:
>
> > On Nov 21, 2007 4:38 AM, Ron Ritzman <ritzman at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 11/20/07, Skyring <skyring at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Some admins have the uncanny ability to smell out and ban a sock
> without
> >> > benefit of CheckUser.
> >>
> >> Yes, it's called the "duck test" and it works when said socks go back
> >> to doing the same things that got them banned in the first place.
> >> Don't do those things and nobody has any reason to suspect you of
> >> being a sock.
> >>
> >>
> > I was actually thinking of a couple of cases where innocent editors were
> > permanently banned for apparently being my socks.
>
>
> Give us examples. It is all very nice to claim that this has occurred but
> we
> need to see examples.
>
You don't *need* anything of the sort. I'm not going to bring up details of
the uncomfortable past. If you really *want* to see examples, then Wikipedia
is an open book and a bit of research will provide all you desire.

-- 
Peter in Canberra