Wikibooks talk:Sockpuppets

Notice of account
This account is pretty obviously created for testing purposes. Please note that (a) the password may or may not be quite as secure as other, more important accounts and in the unlikely event it is cracked please do not hold it against the associated user(s)/IP's. And (b) the IP associated with this account may or may not trace to an institutional account which is utilized by multiple users. In the unlikely event this account should be utilized in a manner inconsistent with the intent of its creator, terminate this account with extreme prejudice. Although the originator of this account is probably transparently obvious to admins, bureacrats and checkusers, for the sake of minimal privacy and maintenance of personal sanity the creator of this account may but need not implement plausible deniability with respect to inquiries from the unwashed masses of the great unregistered general public. It the humorous and serious purposes of this post seem to be unduly intermingled, blame it on workaholism or too much coffee.Testsock (discuss • contribs) 21:55, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't know him. Geofferybard (discuss • contribs) 22:08, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Add proposal
Wikipedia has an unweildy, lengthly sock policy which leans toward the over-restrictive because of its long history of vandalisms. Ours, here, is refreshingly simple and to the point. Nevertheless, it is probably not a bad idea to consider making it a bit more comprehensive.

Privacy: A person editing an article which is highly controversial within his/her family, social or professional circle, and whose Wikipedia identity is known within that circle, or traceable to their real-world identity, may wish to use an alternative account to avoid real-world consequences from their editing or other Wikipedia actions in that area.
 * The following is from wikipedia policy page:
 * I think that is a pretty good policy concept. I would favor a modified version for addition to this Wikibooks policy, perhaps in more concise language. Geofferybard (discuss • contribs) 22:08, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

draft proposal?
Since this is a "draft proposal for a Wikibooks policy or guideline", I wonder how sockpuppets are dealt with here. Actually I wonder how all types of "undesirables" are dealt with here. At the English Wikiquote when a policy does not exist the corresponding policy from the English Wikipedia is consulted, so I would like to know if  this applies here as well.

I would also like to know how META global ban RFCs apply to contributors of wikibooks. I noticed that Requests for comment/Global ban for Slowking4 (2) is a contentious discussion involving a "prolific Sockpuppeteer". User: Slowing4 has been been blocked on several wiki-land wikis (is there a better term?), but is considered an excellent contributor to the English Wikisource  where he has made 207,357 edits as of today. Many question the wisdom of blocking him globally and thus hindering the smooth operation of that wiki and other wikis which he contributes to. He has also been a keyspeaker on behalf of the Wikimedia movement, and the question is if he is globally blocked how will it affect his personal appearances at wiki-meets?

The RFC has been open for over a month, so I hope whoever closes this discussion will consider all angles, and provide guidelines for other wikis.

note: I have not been here long enough to know if this post is considered disruptive (or otherwise unwelcome) on Wikibooks. If anyone objects, I would appreciate being told explicitly. Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (discuss • contribs) 23:25, 19 April 2024 (UTC) added wiki-link Ottawahitech (discuss • contribs) 20:45, 21 April 2024 (UTC)