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usually serve as an excuse. Shortcuts WP:ILLEGITWP:ILLEGIT WP:BADSOCKWP:BADSOCK Editors must not use alternative accounts to mislead, deceive, disrupt...

(talk) 13:49, 16 August 2020 (UTC) Maybe my mistake to not look into WP:BADSOCK before reporting, because he's editing the same thing over and over again...

two people in a talk page discussion. Do you have reason to suspect WP:BADSOCK editing? Girth Summit (blether) 14:44, 30 January 2022 (UTC) The A poor...

below. See Defending yourself against claims. This isn't actually a WP:BADSOCK violation - there is no policy against changing your mind over what your...

Summit, thank you for looking into this. I also can't see any obvious WP:BADSOCK behaviours, but it also doesn't seem to meet WP:SOCKLEGIT. Regards, MrsSnoozyTurtle...

ThatMontrealIP (talk) 17:54, 31 October 2019 (UTC) In reply to how they meet WP:BADSOCK, "Contributing to the same page or discussion with multiple accounts",...

to create the illusion of support which is specifically mentioned in WP:BADSOCK, including: On Emperor of Japan ([5]), see [6] and [7] by DavisAndrew416...

accounts, and they have all edited disruptively so I am treating this as a BADSOCK attempt to evade scrutiny and indeffing all. Girth Summit (blether) 10:11...

disruptive, report that at the appropriate location, SPI is exclusively for WP:BADSOCK issues. Girth Summit (blether) 16:59, 15 September 2021 (UTC)...

is not prohibited, unless it is being done for nefarious purposes (WP:BADSOCK), which I'm not seeing here. The first account was blocked for 48 hours...

Assuming this is the same person, there is no reason to suspect a WP:BADSOCK violation, and no evidence of disruption has been put forward. Closing...

obviously; however, with only one edit each, there isn't a breach of WP:BADSOCK - people are permitted to create an account, abandon it, and create a new...

accounts with IP addresses. Also, I struggle to see any violation of WP:BADSOCK here - editing anonymously before registering an account is not a violation...

edited since the new one was created, it wouldn't be a violation of WP:BADSOCK even if they were operated by the same person (since policy allows article...

is any indication that if these accounts are connected, there is any WP:BADSOCK going on here. The editing interests are obviously very similar, but the...

Visual Editor on mobile with plenty of overlap. Would be a violation of WP:BADSOCK. C F A 00:12, 1 February 2025 (UTC) Accused parties may also comment/discuss...

claims. Closing with no action. There doesn't seem to be a violation of WP:BADSOCK here. If there is, file a new case with evidence that shows this. NinjaRobotPirate...

no overlap, so even if they were the same person this would not be WP:BADSOCK, one is permitted to abandon an account and create a new one. If their...

to abandon old accounts and create new ones, so there isn't a clear WP:BADSOCK violation here. It's true that the old account had some warnings on its...

names, I don't think there is any attempt at deception here, so not a WP:BADSOCK violation. I'd suggest just reaching out to them and asking them to declare...

fact, the same person) create an illusion of support for Pkeets per WP:BADSOCK point one. They have also argued the same position on Investigations into...

in the same way; I have blocked the newest account for sockpuppetry (WP:BADSOCK#Avoiding_scrutiny). I have blocked Valor2902 as a promotion-only account...

195 178.175.103.243 82.117.121.242 This appears to be a violation of WP:BADSOCK. – Demetrios1993 (talk) 19:18, 2 March 2025 (UTC) Accused parties may also...

 Additional information needed - WayKurat, is there any evidence of WP:BADSOCK behaviour? Having more than one account is not in itself a policy violation...

Probably sockpuppetry, maybe meatpuppetry, but blockworthy regardless (it's a BADSOCK violation because of the shenanigans with the speedy deletion tags). Requesting...

account to back up the edits of another account’s edits is a misuse (WP:BADSOCK) and that’s exactly what they did when they denied being the same editor...

have any specific evidence that would indicate that this is a case of WP:BADSOCK? We don't block users, and much less run CheckUser on them, just because...

another as they forget the passwords to previous ones, which isn't WP:BADSOCK, and nobody seems to have discussed the issue of spamming that website...

fact both edits to the page were promptly reverted seems to fall under WP:BADSOCK - then I discovered that even more existed to target this single page....

unless they are being used disruptively in one of the ways listed under WP:BADSOCK. It looks like these accounts have never interacted, nor have they been...

are indeed connected, the accounts would likely be in violation of WP:BADSOCK, which states that [e]ditors may not use more than one account to contribute...

for username issues only, there doesn't seem to be any violation of WP:BADSOCK. ST47 (talk) 05:16, 15 November 2019 (UTC) @ST47: The reason I started...

meaning this falls squarely into the grey area between WP:VALIDALT and WP:BADSOCK. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:40, 12 January 2019 (UTC) ChristopherJmesTothFan...

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ali Hosseinzadeh. This is a violation of WP:BADSOCK, because they are "contributing to the same page or discussion with multiple...

Doing Sockpuppetry and Playing WP:GAME. Really illusion- i.e. doing WP:BADSOCK. Both are editing Himachal and related article too much. They(He/She) is/are...

clear evidence of that, nor do I see anything that would fall afoul of WP:BADSOCK. They certainly are POV-pushing, but that should be addressed in other...

accounts for a bit, but originally was of the opinion that XP-93 was not a "BADSOCK" or Hymnodist.2004. But since the former's indef block for a supposed compromised...

link these to a blocked account however, we can't block them under WP:BADSOCK. Closing without action. Girth Summit (blether) 13:47, 28 October 2021...

Neither you nor they appear to be vandalising, or engaging in any WP:BADSOCK activity, and so long as that situation does not change I am prepared to...

the above ( No comment with respect to IP address(es)) there is no WP:BADSOCK violation. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 16:16, 28 March 2024 (UTC) 700dandalv...

abandoned, then a new one started up editing. I don't see that as a WP:BADSOCK violation - users are allowed to abandon one account and move onto another...

of multiple accounts is happening, and whether it's a violation of WP:BADSOCK. When an account is softblocked, creating a second account isn't a violation...

need to disclose this fact, to avoid creating an illusion of support (WP:BADSOCK). jlwoodwa (talk) 22:13, 6 June 2024 (UTC) Yes I am. Didn't mean to trick...

really seeing the problem: is there anything here that actually violates WP:BADSOCK, 45dogs? Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:21, 15 November 2025 (UTC) Okay,...

(UTC) (No one else has mentioned it, so I will: strong suspicions of a WP:BADSOCK. Suzukaze-c (talk) 09:34, 25 February 2021 (UTC)) @Suzukaze-c: I agree...

that there may be some connection between these two accounts. Because WP:BADSOCK prohibits both contributing to the same page or discussion with multiple...

operated by the same person, this would not be a blockable case of WP:BADSOCK, since they may simply have abandoned one account and moved onto another...

per WP:SOCK, the use of multiple accounts isn't outright prohibited. WP:BADSOCK outlines the situations where it is not allowed, but I'm not seeing that...

 Stale, misfiled, and fails to provide any evidence of a violation of WP:BADSOCK. ST47 (talk) 23:56, 14 April 2020 (UTC) The concern is apparently that...

page, and you did use it to defraud the GA process, in violation of WP:BADSOCK. ST47 (talk) 17:19, 11 April 2020 (UTC) @ST47 and Eagles247: I couldn't...

October 2022 (UTC) Mr vili is Confirmed to Renaissance domenic. There is WP:BADSOCK editing (supporting each other in discussions), and multiple instances...

likely that is a case of sock puppetry in violation of the policy at WP:BADSOCK. I was uncertain who to mark as the puppet master, so I included the nominator...

here and [1] , both using the same 2021 data source. Unclear if this is a BADSOCK, but asking CU to confirm. Wondering if there's some older master here...

this seriously can be mislead to create the illusion of support aka WP:BADSOCK, see here and here for further evidence on how many users have been confused/mislead...

to contest this, as I believe there are pretty textbook examples of WP:BADSOCK cases here including WP:PROJSOCK, WP:LOUTSOCK, posing as a neutral commentator...

created immediately before their first edit. The user is believed (per WP:BADSOCK) to be using the first 2 socks to create an illusion of support by contributing...

account is bad, but I wouldn't call it vandalism. It was certainly a WP:BADSOCK violation, but for just a couple of edits I would probably just have warned...

cyberdog958 - do you see the accounts doing anything that would violate WP:BADSOCK? I don't know whether these accounts are friends/siblings editing together...

lectures, in Jacksonville, and liked him. " An admin blocked Innovamus WP:BADSOCK for abusing multiple accounts.Biancalu123 (talk) 08:47, 30 May 2020 (UTC)...

(WP:PROJSOCK and its footnote), and hence run a check on you in spirit of WP:BADSOCK. DatGuyTalkContribs 12:20, 20 September 2023 (UTC) I've blocked the above...

include removal of your contributions. See also WP:EVASION." (From WP:BADSOCK). If he edits from that account, and hasn't disclosed it, or while he is...

representing themselves as two in projectspace, that's possibly a violation of WP:BADSOCK, but I don't see any relation to User:Jforsayeth being a) relevant or b)...

log in. Using an IP adress rather than your account may qualify as WP:BADSOCK. Victor Schmidt (talk) 17:10, 22 November 2020 (UTC) @Victor Schmidt: No...

whole situation is clearly an intentional and gratuitous breach of WP:BADSOCK as there would appear to be an intent to deceive by using 2 accounts. Axad12...

expand on your report please - is there evidence to suggest that this is WP:BADSOCK rather than WP:LEGITSOCK? I haven't looked through their contribs - this...

inappropriate use of secondary account Pridemanty may have engaged in (WP:BADSOCK, specifically to avoid scrutiny) possibly for undisclosed paid editing...

that content as factual? Anyway, Vitreous humour, you should note that WP:BADSOCK disallows "Editing project space" as an action of a legitimate sockpuppet...

there's any sort of tag-team edit warring, block evasion, or other WP:BADSOCK stuff. ST47 (talk) 03:29, 15 October 2019 (UTC) Tools: Editor interaction...

would you be willing to expand on whether there is any evidence of a WP:BADSOCK violation? I appreciate that it's not best practice to use two accounts...

(WP:PROJSOCK and its footnote), and hence run a check on you in spirit of WP:BADSOCK. DatGuyTalkContribs 12:20, 20 September 2023 (UTC) I've blocked the above...

articles, so leaving it for someone else to determine whether this is a WP:BADSOCK. Girth Summit (blether) 20:55, 18 February 2022 (UTC) My take on Loyal...

(talk) 14:14, 11 July 2020 (UTC) @MathKeduor7: Okay, but you've violated WP:BADSOCK by editing the same articles under both accounts (and I see no disclosure...

May 2019 (UTC) There was no edit-warring going on here. Just a lot of WP:BADSOCK activity. Current consensus seems to revolve around maintaining the Oxford...

deception and contributing to the same pages with multiple accounts per WP:BADSOCK if it is indeed the same editor. — MarkH21 (talk) 19:53, 2 October 2019...

yet.Slatersteven (talk) 15:51, 3 November 2019 (UTC) Evading 3RR is WP:BADSOCK, blocked the account 31 for hours. Go ahead and report again if additional...

specifically, logging out to make problematic edits as an IP address. (Stated as badsock in Sock) There were previously warned about this here.[37] Worse, they...

ensuring any sockpuppet !votes are stricken is important to avoid WP:BADSOCKs from impacting the discussion - WP:SPAs also have to be considered if they...

2023 (UTC) Now that you are sure this is intentional, maybe notify of WP:BADSOCK#Contributing to the same page or discussion with multiple accounts, which...

try to push your opinion. We even have many shortlinks for this, e.g WP:BADSOCK and WP:MEAT. We also frequently see WP:PERSONAL attacks, like you tried...

person. Canterbury Tail talk 00:13, 2 November 2022 (UTC) Correct, but WP:BADSOCK indicates that users with accounts must not edit whilst logged out to avoid...

(koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:40, 12 December 2022 (UTC) Is this a violation of WP:BADSOCK though? EvergreenFir (talk) 16:42, 12 December 2022 (UTC) Koavf, you seem...

dishonest methods taken by the sockmaster to deliberately mislead others (WP:BADSOCK) to make it a GA in the first place. Is it even normal for an article to...

21 March 2018 (UTC) So long as the IP is not editing in violation of WP:BADSOCK there is no requirement for an IP, or any account, to disclose. An IP user...

space and would scrap PROJSOCK entirely. The standard provisions under WP:BADSOCK would apply, such as voting twice in the same AfD (though that would defeat...

to use more accounts in the future. This is not a clear violation of WP:BADSOCK, so I'm asking here because I don't believe this behavior falls under WP:VALIDALT...

arguments than the IPs brought me to think this was a clear case of WP:BADSOCK, which led me to fill this ANI report. As you can see above, Hijiri 88...

simple. As for policy posting to ANI and ANEW as a sock is a clear WP:BADSOCK "Editing project space" violation (and note that they were asked here -...

(UTC) David10244, the user could have been blocked right away under WP:BADSOCK, you could ask Liz why she didn't but it doesn't really matter now that...

scrutiny to avoid any scrutiny at all, a clear violation of WP:MEAT and WP:BADSOCK.) --Aquillion (talk) 11:54, 11 November 2021 (UTC) While the fact that...

anything. Is there any reason to believe that this violates any part of WP:BADSOCK, vs being something like a forgotten password or a legitimate WP:CLEANSTART...

talk page. The information was subsequently restored. Lastly, I'd read WP:BADSOCK, and if you've edited using different account names, we request that you...

(UTC) (No one else has mentioned it, so I will: strong suspicions of a WP:BADSOCK. Suzukaze-c (talk) 09:34, 25 February 2021 (UTC)) @Suzukaze-c: I agree...

lectures, in Jacksonville, and liked him. " An admin blocked Innovamus WP:BADSOCK for abusing multiple accounts.Biancalu123 (talk) 08:47, 30 May 2020 (UTC)...

try to push your opinion. We even have many shortlinks for this, e.g WP:BADSOCK and WP:MEAT. We also frequently see WP:PERSONAL attacks, like you tried...

Using an alternative account in violation of a block is a violation of WP:BADSOCK and I strongly suggest you stop using this account immediately. Log on...

that they might be using other accounts, but nothing which is obvious WP:BADSOCK, and it might just be friends or classmates working on articles together;...

can have more than one account, however, there are limitations, see WP:BADSOCK for the rules. Wikipedia can, in some cases, be required by law to share...

Wolf: I am afraid I can't agree 100% with you. @Cwater1: please see WP:BADSOCK for things that are considered inappropiate uses of alternate accounts...

After a few days of observations, I highly suspect that SatellaN64 is a WP:BADSOCK of TzarN64, who was WP:CBAN’d at the beginning of May despite a successful...

Volunteer Marek (talk) 15:45, 16 April 2018 (UTC) Relevant policy - WP:BADSOCK("Editing project space") - in regards to AN/I and AN/EW report. WP:SCRUTINY...

discussion. Sockpuppetry in a deletion discussion is not OK; refer to WP:BADSOCK Madg2011 (talk) 19:58, 29 March 2025 (UTC) And I note that the two accounts...

CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki · SI) The last group does not constitute a WP:BADSOCK violation per se, but considering the technical results and behavioural...

02:10, 9 August 2025 (UTC) @Vanamonde93: - The event at AfD satisfies WP:BADSOCK and WP:LOUTSOCK. The account acted in votestacking and appearance of support...

they are editing the same articles, I don't consider that a clearcut WP:BADSOCK violation - the usernames are so similar as to make an attempt to evade...

Commons regarding a photograph equivalent to socking or meatpuppeting. WP:BADSOCK lists the actual inappropriate multiple account usage criteria for Wikipedia...

edits AssamKJB (talk) 12:28, 8 December 2024 (UTC) You are violating WP:BADSOCK by creating new accounts to circumvent the active block on User:Rang HD...

reasoning in creating the alternative account in this case, but there's no WP:BADSOCK violation there. While the shared interest in Alex Shieh and AfDs is odd...

else could perform a behavioural evaluation, and if we're confident that BADSOCK has been crossed with regards to the confirmed/indistinguishable accounts...

article where they seem to have a COI, that is clearly a violation of WP:BADSOCK because it gives the impression that more than one user feels the article...

Crimm432 (talk) 12:28, 6 December 2018 (UTC) That doesn't exempt you from WP:BADSOCK, I'm afraid. Cordless Larry (talk) 13:18, 6 December 2018 (UTC) I have...

evasion is explicitly not a valid reason for an alternative account (WP:BADSOCK) EvergreenFir (talk) 04:55, 2 April 2026 (UTC) References "Franko Winter"...

need to disclose this fact, to avoid creating an illusion of support (WP:BADSOCK). jlwoodwa (talk) 22:13, 6 June 2024 (UTC) Yes I am. Didn't mean to trick...

discussion. Sockpuppetry in a deletion discussion is not OK; refer to WP:BADSOCK Madg2011 (talk) 19:58, 29 March 2025 (UTC) And I note that the two accounts...

notMD (talk) 04:50, 5 December 2023 (UTC) Even that's not the case. WP:BADSOCK lists "inappropriate uses of alternative accounts". On the two accounts...

to Andy; Andy's edits 14:31, 23 May 2025 (UTC) After reading Wikipedia:BADSOCK, what I found interesting is “Contributing to the same page or discussion...

creating an illusion of support where there is none, as outlined in Wikipedia:BADSOCK. Hope this helps! Grumpylawnchair (talk) 02:49, 11 October 2023 (UTC) Is...

rational and find it rather bizarre as I think there are multiple textbook WP:BADSOCK cases at play here. I have had a poke around to see if processes exist...

permanently stop using unproductive puppets. Neither elsewhere nor here. See WP:BADSOCK "Good hand" and "bad hand" accounts. I noticed that after self-imposing...

the user never hid the fact they used two accounts. I don't see any WP:BADSOCK, neither did JBW, so I don't know how 331dot did). 2022-10-15 This user...

exchange between IP and Sennalen remains that we are seeing GOODSOCK and BADSOCK accounts interact in an unholy, or at least inappropriate, dialogue. Newimpartial...

entirely new account and just start editing. Option B is technically a WP:BADSOCK violation, but who would ever know? Nobody would report my new account...

article with the same content. Both accounts edit summaries seem similar. WP:BADSOCK violation? edit overlap — Preceding unsigned comment added by X2step (talk...

pages; their changes are very similar (EIA). This appears to violate WP:BADSOCK, particularly through the misuse of a clean start. – Demetrios1993 (talk)...

to me like a hint that we should be concerned that the IP editor is WP:BADSOCK trying who is "Creating an illusion of support" and "Contributing to the...

am aware. That doesn't rule out all possible illegitimate uses per WP:BADSOCK, but it does eliminate some of them. I imagine the admins will be able...

guidelines to help prevent them from being accused or suspected of being a WP:BADSOCK and are not, in themselves, a violation. There is no evidence presented...