Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:35:23 -0500, "David Goodman" wrote
The clue is when a new user who looks like a returner making use of previously acquired operating knowledge starts making dubiously productive edits, and doesnt respond to a question about whether and under what ID he has previously edited. Nobody does that with honest intentions.
They do, actually. Well, more or less honest anyway. Just not very often. Users returning after an expired ban and genuinely wanting to start afresh, for example.
In such cases I think it would be reasonable to ask them to email the arbitrators their original account identity.
And you can't assume anything unless you have first asked them.
Ec