Template talk:Sockpuppet

Do we need this?
Is this really needed, except to spread rumors and paranoia throughout the community? --Gares Redstorm 15:03, 18 June 2006 (CDT)
 * Not at all. We are small enough for talk pages to do fine &mdash; Skuld  15:07, 18 June 2006 (CDT)


 * Yes it is needed. If the person who received the sockpuppet banner disagrees, he is free to remove it and fight it out in talk. Consensus and AGF is impossible in the presence of sockpuppets, so there has to be a way to flagging them. It is even more important for small wikis because consensus can be swayed easily by even one or two alternate identities. F G 15:15, 18 June 2006 (CDT)


 * i put one on my page. granted it points to itself, but i think it illustrates the point. this is someones bitter stab at someone else they don't like. a less caustic version would be an AKA tag. "this user is also known as 24.214.53.56" --Honorable Sarah [[image:Honorable_Icon.gif]] 15:47, 18 June 2006 (CDT)

If this will ever be used, it will most certainly NOT be slapped by one user on another user's page. It's like the easiest way to start a war. --Karlos 16:15, 18 June 2006 (CDT)
 * there seems to be very little shortage of that lately :( --Honorable Sarah [[image:Honorable_Icon.gif]] 16:33, 18 June 2006 (CDT)


 * Haven't you noticed that all these wars have involved Stabber? What was the last war that didn't involve him, hmmm? The adbrite one? The one with the firefox banner? I honestly can't remember another war started by a user on this wiki unless we go all the way back to Talk:Tank. F G 16:38, 18 June 2006 (CDT)