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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sockpuppet_investigations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Sockpuppet investigations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sockpuppet_investigations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-CheckUser" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#CheckUser"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>CheckUser</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-CheckUser-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Blocking" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Blocking"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Blocking</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Blocking-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Banning" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Banning"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Banning</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Banning-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tagging" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tagging"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Tagging</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tagging-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-List_of_role_accounts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_role_accounts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>List of role accounts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_role_accounts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-See_also-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle See also subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Guidelines" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Guidelines"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Guidelines</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Guidelines-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Essays" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Essays"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Essays</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Essays-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" 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class="mw-page-title-main">Sockpuppetry</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 87 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-87" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">87 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kouspop" title="Wikipedia:Kouspop – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Wikipedia:Kouspop" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8" title="ويكيبيديا:دمية جورب – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:دمية جورب" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Kuklalar" title="Vikipediya:Kuklalar – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vikipediya:Kuklalar" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%DB%8C%D8%AF%DA%A9_%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8" title="ویکی‌پدیا:یدک حساب – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:یدک حساب" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:সকপাপেট্রি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:সকপাপেট্রি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipidia:Pamakai_siluman" title="Wikipidia:Pamakai siluman – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Wikipidia:Pamakai siluman" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D2%A0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D2%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Википедия:Ҡурсаҡтар – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Википедия:Ҡурсаҡтар" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%9B%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80" title="Вікіпедыя:Лялечны тэатр – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вікіпедыя:Лялечны тэатр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%9B%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Вікіпэдыя:Лялечны тэатар – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Вікіпэдыя:Лялечны тэатар" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF" title="विकिपीडिया:कठपुतरी नीति – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="विकिपीडिया:कठपुतरी नीति" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Уикипедия:Марионетка – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уикипедия:Марионетка" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Socknbuppn" title="Wikipedia:Socknbuppn – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Wikipedia:Socknbuppn" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%C4%8Caraparko" title="Wikipedia:Čaraparko – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Wikipedia:Čaraparko" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Margodenn" title="Wikipedia:Margodenn – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Wikipedia:Margodenn" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Comptes_titella" title="Viquipèdia:Comptes titella – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquipèdia:Comptes titella" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedie:Loutkov%C3%BD_%C3%BA%C4%8Det" title="Wikipedie:Loutkový účet – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikipedie:Loutkový účet" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sokkedukker" title="Wikipedia:Sokkedukker – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Wikipedia:Sokkedukker" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7_%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1" title="ويكيپيديا:مونيكا د التقاشر – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="ويكيپيديا:مونيكا د التقاشر" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockenpuppe" title="Wikipedia:Sockenpuppe – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wikipedia:Sockenpuppe" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B1" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Μαριονέτα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Μαριονέτα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Usuarios_t%C3%ADteres" title="Wikipedia:Usuarios títeres – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Usuarios títeres" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedio:Gantopupo" title="Vikipedio:Gantopupo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vikipedio:Gantopupo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="ویکی‌پدیا:حساب زاپاس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:حساب زاپاس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Faux-nez" title="Wikipédia:Faux-nez – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wikipédia:Faux-nez" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Monicreques" title="Wikipedia:Monicreques – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikipedia:Monicreques" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E5%82%80%E5%84%A1" title="Wikipedia:傀儡 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="Wikipedia:傀儡" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%EB%8B%A4%EC%A4%91_%EA%B3%84%EC%A0%95" title="위키백과:다중 계정 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:다중 계정" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1:%D4%BD%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B3%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Վիքիպեդիա:Խամաճիկություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիքիպեդիա:Խամաճիկություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80" title="विकिपीडिया:कठपुतली – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया:कठपुतली" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:%C4%8Carapko" title="Wikipedija:Čarapko – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Wikipedija:Čarapko" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pengguna_siluman" title="Wikipedia:Pengguna siluman – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Pengguna siluman" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Marionettismo" title="Wikipedia:Marionettismo – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Wikipedia:Marionettismo" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gr%C3%ADmuleikir" title="Wikipedia:Grímuleikir – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Wikipedia:Grímuleikir" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Utenze_multiple" title="Wikipedia:Utenze multiple – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikipedia:Utenze multiple" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%91%D7%95%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%A7%D7%A9" title="ויקיפדיה:בובת קש – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיפדיה:בובת קש" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Naraguna_siluman" title="Wikipédia:Naraguna siluman – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Wikipédia:Naraguna siluman" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%90:%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A5%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94_%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98%E1%83%97" title="ვიკიპედია:მოქმედება რამდენიმე ანგარიშით – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვიკიპედია:მოქმედება რამდენიმე ანგარიშით" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%90%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%96%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%96%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%90_%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="وِکیٖپیٖڈیا:لورِ دستار – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="وِکیٖپیٖڈیا:لورِ دستار" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9A%D3%A9%D0%BF%D0%B6%D2%AF%D0%B7%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA" title="Уикипедия:Көпжүзділік – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Уикипедия:Көпжүзділік" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedija:Naudotoj%C5%B3_klonai" title="Vikipedija:Naudotojų klonai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vikipedija:Naudotojų klonai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:M%C3%B6d_de_f%C3%A0" title="Wikipedia:Möd de fà – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Wikipedia:Möd de fà" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Zoknib%C3%A1b" title="Wikipédia:Zoknibáb – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Wikipédia:Zoknibáb" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Википедија:Марионетство – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Википедија:Марионетство" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%82%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%82" title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:അപരമൂർത്തിത്വം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:അപരമൂർത്തിത്വം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%87_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8" title="ويكيبيديا:عروسه شراب – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويكيبيديا:عروسه شراب" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pengguna_boneka" title="Wikipedia:Pengguna boneka – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:Pengguna boneka" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pangguno_umbu-umbu" title="Wikipedia:Pangguno umbu-umbu – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Wikipedia:Pangguno umbu-umbu" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sokpop" title="Wikipedia:Sokpop – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wikipedia:Sokpop" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sokpopperieje" title="Wikipedia:Sokpopperieje – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Wikipedia:Sokpopperieje" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E5%A4%9A%E9%87%8D%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88" title="Wikipedia:多重アカウント – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:多重アカウント" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sokkedukker" title="Wikipedia:Sokkedukker – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Wikipedia:Sokkedukker" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Qo%CA%BBg%CA%BBirchoq" title="Vikipediya:Qoʻgʻirchoq – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Vikipediya:Qoʻgʻirchoq" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%86:%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%A0%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%80" title="ਵਿਕਿਪੀਡਿਆ:ਕਠਪੁਤਲੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵਿਕਿਪੀਡਿਆ:ਕਠਪੁਤਲੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Feux-nase" title="Wikipédia:Feux-nase – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Wikipédia:Feux-nase" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pacynka" title="Wikipedia:Pacynka – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wikipedia:Pacynka" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Sock_puppet" title="Wikipédia:Sock puppet – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia:Sock puppet" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Clone" title="Wikipedia:Clone – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wikipedia:Clone" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" title="Википедия:Многоликость – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия:Многоликость" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:P%C3%ABrdorues_t%C3%AB_shum%C3%ABfisht%C3%AB" title="Wikipedia:Përdorues të shumëfishtë – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Wikipedia:Përdorues të shumëfishtë" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pupu_di_pezza" title="Wikipedia:Pupu di pezza – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Wikipedia:Pupu di pezza" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%96%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%A9_%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%A7%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%B8" title="විකිපීඩියා:රූකඩ නැටවීම – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="විකිපීඩියා:රූකඩ නැටවීම" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sock puppetry – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Wikipedia:Sock puppetry" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DA%AA%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%DA%8A%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%BE%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%88" title="وڪيپيڊيا:جورابي پتلو – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="وڪيپيڊيا:جورابي پتلو" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:B%C3%A1bkov%C3%BD_%C3%BA%C4%8Det" title="Wikipédia:Bábkový účet – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Wikipédia:Bábkový účet" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a 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Do not use multiple accounts for malicious reasons.</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sock_puppet_and_keyboard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A toy puppet made from socks with buttons for eyes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Sock_puppet_and_keyboard.jpg/190px-Sock_puppet_and_keyboard.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Sock_puppet_and_keyboard.jpg/285px-Sock_puppet_and_keyboard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Sock_puppet_and_keyboard.jpg/380px-Sock_puppet_and_keyboard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5124" data-file-height="3843"/></a><figcaption>In Internet terms, sock puppets are online identities used for disguised activity by the operator.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist 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href="/wiki/Template:Conduct_policy_list" title="Template:Conduct policy list"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Conduct_policy_list" title="Template talk:Conduct policy list"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Conduct_policy_list" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Conduct policy list"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>, <b>sockpuppetry</b>, or <b>socking</b>, refers to the misuse of multiple Wikipedia accounts. To maintain accountability and increase community trust, editors are generally expected to use only one <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Register" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Register">account</a>. While there are some valid reasons for maintaining multiple accounts, it is improper to use multiple accounts to deceive or mislead other editors, disrupt discussions, distort consensus, avoid <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sanctions" title="Wikipedia:Sanctions">sanctions</a>, evade blocks, or otherwise violate <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Behavioral" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">community standards</a> and policies. </p><p>Sockpuppetry takes various forms: </p> <ul><li>Logging out to make problematic edits as an <a href="/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP address</a></li> <li>Creating new accounts to avoid detection or sanctions</li> <li>Using another person's account (<a href="/wiki/Piggybacking_(security)" title="Piggybacking (security)">piggybacking</a>)</li> <li>Reviving old unused accounts (sometimes referred to as <i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sleeper_accounts" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Sleeper accounts">sleepers</a></i>) and presenting them as different users</li> <li>Persuading friends or colleagues to create accounts for the purpose of supporting one side of a dispute (usually called <a href="#Meatpuppetry">meatpuppetry</a>)</li></ul> <p>Misuse of multiple accounts is a serious breach of community trust. It may lead to: </p> <ul><li>a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">block</a> of all related accounts</li> <li>a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">ban</a> of the user (the <i>sockmaster</i> or <i>sockpuppeteer</i>) behind the accounts (each of which is a <i>sockpuppet</i> or <i>sock</i>)</li> <li>on-project exposure of all accounts and IP addresses used across Wikipedia and its sister projects</li> <li>the (potential) public exposure of any "real-world" activities or personal information deemed relevant to preventing future sockpuppetry or certain other abuses.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>An editor using multiple accounts for <em>valid</em> reasons should, on each account's user page, list all the other accounts with an explanation of their purpose (see <a href="#Alternative_account_notification">below</a>). Optionally, the user and user talk pages of some of the accounts can be redirected to those of another. Editors who use unlinked alternative accounts, or who edit as an IP address editor separate from their account, should carefully avoid any crossover on articles or topics because even innocuous activities such as copy editing, wikifying, or linking might be considered sockpuppetry in some cases and innocuous intentions will not usually serve as an excuse.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Inappropriate_uses_of_alternative_accounts" data-mw-thread-id="h-Inappropriate_uses_of_alternative_accounts"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Inappropriate_uses_of_alternative_accounts"></span>Inappropriate uses of alternative accounts<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Inappropriate_uses_of_alternative_accounts"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:ROLE" redirects here. You may be looking for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Wikipedia:User access levels</a>.</div> <p><span class="anchor" id="ILLEGIT"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ILLEGIT"></span><span id="WP:BADSOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ILLEGIT&redirect=no">WP:ILLEGIT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BADSOCK&redirect=no">WP:BADSOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Editors must not use alternative accounts to mislead, deceive, disrupt, or undermine consensus. This includes, but is not limited to: </p> <ul><li><b>Creating an illusion of support</b>: Alternative accounts must not be used to give the impression of more <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">support for a position</a> than actually exists.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PROJSOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PROJSOCK&redirect=no">WP:PROJSOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="Internal_discussions"></span><b>Internal discussions</b>: Undisclosed alternative accounts generally may not be used in discussions internal to the project outside of limited circumstance.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A legitimate undisclosed alternative account is permitted to contribute to project space discussions that directly affect the account.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TRICK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TRICK">Circumventing policies</a></b>: Policies apply per person, not per account. Policies such as the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Three-revert_rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Three-revert rule">three-revert rule</a> are for each person's edits. Using a second account to violate policy will cause any penalties to be applied to your main account.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:STRAWSOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:STRAWSOCK&redirect=no">WP:STRAWSOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="STRAWSOCK"></span><span class="anchor" id="Strawman_socks"></span><b><a href="/wiki/Strawman" class="mw-redirect" title="Strawman">Strawman</a> socks</b>: Creating a separate account to argue one side of an issue in a deliberately irrational or offensive fashion, to sway opinion to another side.</li> <li><b>Circumventing blocks, bans or sanctions</b>: Sanctions apply to individual editors as <em>people</em>, not to accounts, unless specified otherwise. Using a second account to edit in violation of an active <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">block</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">community ban</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions" title="Wikipedia:Editing restrictions">other sanction</a> imposed on your original account will result in further sanctions, which may include <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BANREVERT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BANREVERT">reversion of your contributions</a>. See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#Evasion_and_enforcement" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Wikipedia:Blocking policy § Evasion and enforcement</a>.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="Contributing_to_the_same_page_or_discussion_with_multiple_accounts"></span><b>Contributing to the same page or discussion with multiple accounts</b>: Editors may not use more than one account to contribute to the same page or discussion in a way that suggests they are multiple people. Contributing to the same page with clearly linked, legitimate, alternative accounts (e.g. editing the same page with your main and public computer account or editing a page using your main account that your bot account edited) is not forbidden.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SCRUTINY"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SCRUTINY&redirect=no">WP:SCRUTINY</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="SCRUTINY"></span><span class="anchor" id="Avoiding_scrutiny"></span><b>Avoiding scrutiny</b>: Using alternative accounts that are not fully and openly disclosed to split your editing history means that other editors may not be able to detect patterns in your contributions. While this is permitted in certain circumstances (see <a href="#Legitimate_uses">legitimate uses</a>), it is a violation of this policy to create alternative accounts to confuse or deceive editors who may have a legitimate interest in reviewing your contributions.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:GHBH"></span><span id="WP:HAND"></span><span id="WP:DUMBSOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:GHBH&redirect=no">WP:GHBH</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:HAND&redirect=no">WP:HAND</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DUMBSOCK&redirect=no">WP:DUMBSOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="Good_hand_and_bad_hand_accounts"></span><span class="anchor" id="Good_hand,_bad_hand_accounts"></span><b>"Good hand" and "bad hand" accounts</b>: Using one account for constructive contributions and the other one for vandalism or other types of disruptive editing.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:LOUTSOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:LOUTSOCK&redirect=no">WP:LOUTSOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="Editing_while_logged_out_in_order_to_mislead"></span><b>Editing while logged out in order to mislead</b>: Editing under multiple IP addresses, or editing under both a named account and as an IP, when done deceptively or otherwise violating the principles of this policy, may be treated as the same level of disruption as editing under multiple accounts. When editors log out by mistake, they may wish to contact an editor with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">oversight access</a> to ensure there is no misunderstanding.</li> <li><b><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="Misusing_a_clean_start"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Misusing a clean start</span></span></b>: Switching accounts or concealing a clean start in a way that avoids scrutiny is considered a breach of this policy; see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Clean_start" title="Wikipedia:Clean start">Wikipedia:Clean start</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ROLE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ROLE&redirect=no">WP:ROLE</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="ROLE"></span><span class="anchor" id="Role_accounts"></span><b>Role accounts</b>: Because an account represents your edits <em>as an individual</em>, "<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Role_account" class="extiw" title="m:Role account">role accounts</a>", or accounts shared by multiple people, are (as a rule) forbidden and blocked. Many first-time editors may sign up an account with a username that implies it is a role account or is being shared. Such accounts are permitted only if the account information is forever limited to one individual; however, policy recommends that usernames avoid being misleading or disruptive. As such, if you edit for an organization, please refer to Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:USERNAME#Sharing_accounts" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:USERNAME">username policy</a> for guidance on choosing a name or a replacement name that can avoid these problems. Role account exceptions can be made for <i>non-editing</i> accounts approved to provide email access, accounts approved by the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="foundation:">Wikimedia Foundation</a> (<a href="#List_of_role_accounts">list below</a>), and approved <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOT">bots</a> with multiple managers. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy#Sharing_accounts" title="Wikipedia:Username policy">Username policy § Sharing accounts</a>.</li> <li><b>Deceptively seeking positions of community trust</b>. You may not run for positions of trust without disclosing that you have previously edited under another account. Adminship reflects the community's trust in an individual, not an account, so when applying for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ADMIN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ADMIN">adminship</a>, it is expected that you will disclose past accounts openly, or <a href="/wiki/Special:EmailUser/Arbitration_Committee" title="Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee">email the arbitration committee</a> if the accounts must be kept private. Administrators who fail to disclose past accounts risk being desysopped, particularly if knowledge of them would have influenced the outcome of the RfA.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ADMINSOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ADMINSOCK&redirect=no">WP:ADMINSOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="ADMINSOCK"></span><span class="anchor" id="Administrative_sock_puppets"></span><b>Using more than one administrator account</b>: Editors may <strong>not</strong> have more than one account with administrator user rights, except for bots with administrator privileges. However, <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> staff may operate more than one admin account, though they must make known who they are. If an administrator leaves the project, returns under a new username, and is nominated for adminship, they must resign or give up the administrator access of their old account.</li> <li><b>Posing as a neutral or uninvolved commentator</b>: Using an alternative account to participate in a discussion about another account operated by the same person.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Legitimate_uses" data-mw-thread-id="h-Legitimate_uses"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Legitimate_uses"></span>Legitimate uses<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Legitimate_uses"></span></h2></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Legit"></span><span class="anchor" id="LEGIT"></span><span class="anchor" id="Legitimate_uses_of_alternative_accounts"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SOCKLEGIT"></span><span id="WP:LEGITSOCK"></span><span id="WP:VALIDALT"></span><span id="WP:GOODSOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SOCKLEGIT&redirect=no">WP:SOCKLEGIT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:LEGITSOCK&redirect=no">WP:LEGITSOCK</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:VALIDALT&redirect=no">WP:VALIDALT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:GOODSOCK&redirect=no">WP:GOODSOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable selfref">See also the categories <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_with_alternative_accounts" title="Category:Wikipedians with alternative accounts">Wikipedians with alternative accounts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_alternative_accounts" title="Category:Wikipedia alternative accounts">Wikipedia alternative accounts</a></div> <p>Alternative accounts have legitimate uses. For example, editors who contribute using their real name may wish to use a pseudonym for contributions with which they do not want their real name to be associated, or long-term users might create a new account to better understand the editing experience from a new user's perspective. These accounts are not considered sockpuppets. If you use a legitimate alternative account, it is your responsibility to ensure that you do not use it in an illegitimate manner according to this policy. Operating a legitimate alternative account, even for a reason listed in this policy, does not prevent the accounts from being connected to one another publicly. Individuals operating undisclosed alternative accounts do so at their own risk and against the recommended operating processes of this project. </p><p>Valid reasons for an alternative account include: </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PUBSOCK"></span><span id="WP:PUBLICSOCK"></span><span id="WP:SECURESOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PUBSOCK&redirect=no">WP:PUBSOCK</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PUBLICSOCK&redirect=no">WP:PUBLICSOCK</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SECURESOCK&redirect=no">WP:SECURESOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="Security"></span><b>Security</b>: You may register an alternative account for use when accessing Wikipedia through a <a href="/wiki/Public_computer" title="Public computer">public computer</a>, connecting to an <a href="/wiki/Wireless_security" title="Wireless security">unsecured network</a>, or other scenarios when there's a risk of your account being compromised. Such accounts should be publicly connected to the main account or use an easily identified name. For example, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_namespace" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:User namespace">User:Mickey</a> might use <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_namespace" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:User namespace">User:Mickey (alt)</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_namespace" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:User namespace">User:Mouse</a>, and redirect that account's user and talk pages to their main account.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="Privacy"></span><b>Privacy</b>: A person editing an article that is highly controversial within their 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. Although a privacy-based alternative account is not publicly connected to your main account, it should not be used in ways outlined in the <a href="#Inappropriate_uses_of_alternative_accounts">inappropriate uses</a> section of this page, and if it is, the account may be publicly linked to your main account for sanctions. If you are considering using an alternative account under this provision, please read <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Alternative_account_notification">the notification section below</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:DG"></span><span id="WP:DOPP"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DG&redirect=no">WP:DG</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DOPP&redirect=no">WP:DOPP</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="DOPPELGANGER"></span><span class="anchor" id="DOPPELGÄNGER"></span><span class="anchor" id="Doppelgänger_accounts"></span><span class="anchor" id="Doppelganger_accounts"></span><b>Doppelgänger accounts</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4nger" title="Doppelgänger">doppelgänger</a> account is an account created with a username similar to your main account to prevent impersonation. Such accounts should not be used for editing. Doppelgänger accounts may be marked with the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Doppelganger" title="Template:Doppelganger">doppelganger</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Doppelganger-other" title="Template:Doppelganger-other">doppelganger-other</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> tag, or can simply redirect to the main account's userpage.</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><b>Pseudonyms used to edit sister projects in a different language</b>: Although <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unified_login" title="Wikipedia:Unified login">SUL</a> no longer requires Wikimedians to register different accounts to edit different projects, users who wish to have a separate account to edit a sister project written in a different script may do so. The other account should be treated as a Doppelgänger on the English Wikipedia, and vice-versa. These accounts may be marked with the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:User_Alias" title="Template:User Alias">User Alias</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> tag to show a connection.</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Clean start under a new name</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CLEANSTART" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CLEANSTART">clean start</a> is when a user stops using an old account in order to start afresh with a new account, usually due to past mistakes or to avoid <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">harassment</a>. A clean start is permitted only if there are no active bans, blocks, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Active_sanctions" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Active sanctions">sanctions</a> in place against the old account. Do not use your new account to return to topic areas, disputes, editing patterns, or behaviors previously identified as problematic, and you should be careful not to do anything that looks like an attempt to <a href="#SCRUTINY">evade scrutiny</a>. A clean start requires that you no longer use your old account(s), which should note on their user pages that they are inactive—for example, with the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Retired" title="Template:Retired">retired</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> tag—to prevent the switch being seen as an attempt to sockpuppet.</li> <li><b>Username violations</b>: If you are soft-blocked for having an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy" title="Wikipedia:Username policy">inappropriate username</a>, and that is the sole reason for the block, you are permitted to create a new account with an appropriate username.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COMPSOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COMPSOCK&redirect=no">WP:COMPSOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="COMPSOCK"></span><b>Compromised accounts</b>: If you are unable to access your account because you have lost the password or because someone has <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_account_security" title="Wikipedia:User account security">obtained or guessed your password</a>, you may create a new account with a clean password. In such a case, you should post a note on the user page of each account indicating that they are alternative accounts for the same person. If necessary, you should also ask for an admin to block the compromised account. You may want to consider using a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Committed_identity" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Committed identity">committed identity</a> in advance to help deal with this rare situation should it arise later.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="HUMOR"></span><b>Humor accounts</b>: The community has accepted some obviously humorous alternative accounts—for example, <a href="/wiki/User:Bishzilla" title="User:Bishzilla">Bishzilla</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Floquenstein%27s_monster" title="User:Floquenstein's monster">Floquenstein's monster</a>, and <a href="/wiki/User:Ka_of_Catherine_de_Burgh" title="User:Ka of Catherine de Burgh">Lady Catherine Rollbacker-de Burgh (the Late)</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TECHALT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TECHALT&redirect=no">WP:TECHALT</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="TECHALT"></span><b>Technical reasons</b>: <ul><li><b>Maintenance</b>: An editor might use an alternative account to carry out maintenance tasks, or to segregate functions so as to maintain a user talk page dedicated to the purpose. The second account should be clearly linked to the main account.</li> <li><b>Bots</b>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy" title="Wikipedia:Bot policy">Bots</a> are programs that edit automatically or semi-automatically. Editors who use bots are encouraged to create separate accounts, and ask that they be marked as bot accounts via <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval">Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval</a>, so that the automated edits can be filtered out of <a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="Special:RecentChanges">recent changes</a>. Bots should be clearly linked to their owner's account. <i>See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy" title="Wikipedia:Bot policy">Wikipedia:Bot policy</a></i>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TESTALT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TESTALT&redirect=no">WP:TESTALT</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="TESTALT"></span><span class="anchor" id="TEST_ALT"></span><span class="anchor" id="TEST_ACCOUNTS"></span><b>Testing and training</b>: Users who use a lot of scripts and other tools may wish to keep a second, <a href="/wiki/Vanilla_software" title="Vanilla software">vanilla</a> account, for testing how things appear to others; or for demonstrating Wikipedia's default appearance when training new users. The second account should be clearly linked to the main account, except where doing so would interfere with testing or training.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="2FAALT"></span><b>Two-factor authentication users</b>: Users with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:2FA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:2FA">two-factor authentication</a> may not be able to log on from certain clients. Such users may create a second linked account such as <a href="/wiki/User:Username_(phone)" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Username (phone)">User:Username (phone)</a> or <a href="/wiki/User:Username_(mobile)" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Username (mobile)">User:Username (mobile)</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="DESIGNATED"></span><b>Designated roles:</b> Editors with specific roles, such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedian_in_residence" title="Wikipedian in residence">Wikipedian in residence</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> employees, may have specific accounts for those roles. Note the account still belongs to an individual, not the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ROLE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ROLE">role itself</a>, and should be named as such. For example, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_namespace" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:User namespace">User:Username (WIR for Foo Museum)</a> is an acceptable alternative account, but <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_namespace" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:User namespace">User:Wikipedian-in-residence for Foo Museum</a> is not, because it is named after the role. It is not required that the names match, e.g. the main account <a href="/wiki/User:Jane" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Jane">User:Jane</a> could have the role account <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_namespace" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:User namespace">User:Username (WIR for Foo Museum)</a>, but the accounts should be clearly connected. If the editor leaves the role, their role account must no longer be used. If a new editor assumes the role, they must create a new account.</li> <li><b>Education</b>: Educators and students are encouraged to create a separate account that does not have to be linked to their main account for the purpose of managing or participating in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Student_assignments" title="Wikipedia:Student assignments">student assignments</a>. Use of the account should be limited to articles and other pages directly related to students and classwork.</li></ul> <p>Alternative accounts should always be identified as such on their <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">user pages</a>, unless where doing so would defeat the point of the account. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template messages">Templates</a> such as <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:User_alternative_account" title="Template:User alternative account">User alternative account</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes/Wikipedia/Related_accounts" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes/Wikipedia/Related accounts">one of a selection of user boxes</a> may be used for this purpose. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Editing_while_logged_out" data-mw-thread-id="h-Editing_while_logged_out-Legitimate_uses"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Editing_while_logged_out-Legitimate_uses"></span>Editing while logged out<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Editing_while_logged_out-Legitimate_uses"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:LOGOUT"></span><span id="WP:EWLO"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:LOGOUT&redirect=no">WP:LOGOUT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:EWLO&redirect=no">WP:EWLO</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Help:Logging_in#Editing_while_logged_out" title="Help:Logging in">Help:Logging in § Editing while logged out</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_sockpuppetry#IP_sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Signs of sockpuppetry">Wikipedia:Signs of sockpuppetry § IP sockpuppetry</a></div> <p>There is no policy against someone with an account editing the encyclopedia while logged out, <i>per se</i>. This happens for many reasons, including not noticing that the login session had expired, changing computers, going to a Wikipedia page directly from a link, and forgetting passwords. Editors who are not logged in must not actively try to deceive other editors, such as by directly saying that they do not have an account or by using the session for the <a href="#Inappropriate_uses_of_alternative_accounts">inappropriate uses of alternative accounts</a> listed earlier in this policy. To protect their privacy, editors who have edited while logged out are never required to connect their usernames to their IP addresses on-wiki. </p><p>If you have concerns that an IP editor is actually a user with an account who is editing while logged out in a way that is inappropriate, you can give the IP editor notice of this policy ({{<a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-login" title="Template:Uw-login">subst:uw-login</a>}} is available for this purpose), and if the behavior continues, you should <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CheckUser#Contacting_a_checkuser" title="Wikipedia:CheckUser">contact a CheckUser</a> privately and present the evidence to them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Alternative_account_notification" data-mw-thread-id="h-Alternative_account_notification"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Alternative_account_notification"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTIFY"></span>Alternative account notification<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Alternative_account_notification"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SOCK#NOTIFY"></span><span id="WP:ALTACCN"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SOCK&redirect=no#NOTIFY">WP:SOCK#NOTIFY</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ALTACCN&redirect=no">WP:ALTACCN</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes/Wikipedia/Related_accounts" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes/Wikipedia/Related accounts">Wikipedia:Userboxes/Wikipedia/Related accounts</a></div> <p>Unless when doing so would defeat the purpose of having a legitimate alternative account, editors using alternative accounts should provide links between the accounts. Links should ideally take the form of all three of the following: </p> <ol><li>Similarities in the username (for example, <a href="/wiki/User:Example" title="User:Example">User:Example</a> might have <a href="/wiki/User:Example_public" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Example public">User:Example public</a> or <a href="/wiki/User:Example_bot" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Example bot">User:Example bot</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Links on both the main and alternative account user pages, either informally or using the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">userbox</a> templates made for the purpose. To link an alternative account to a main account, use the <strong>main</strong> account to tag any secondary accounts with {{<a href="/wiki/Template:User_alternative_account" title="Template:User alternative account">User alternative account | <i>main account</i></a>}} (using the main account shows it's genuine) or {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Public_user" title="Template:Public user">Public user</a>}} if the account is being used to maintain security on public computers. The main account may be marked with {{<a href="/wiki/Template:User_alternative_account_name" title="Template:User alternative account name">User alternative account name|<i>OtherName</i>|...|<i>OtherName[n]</i></a>}}.</li> <li>Links in the alternative account signature: if not linking to both the alternative and main account, link to the alternative account, and if necessary provide a note there requesting contact be made via the main account, or simply redirect the user talk page.</li></ol> <p>Editors who have multiple accounts for privacy reasons should <em>consider</em> <a href="/wiki/Special:EmailUser" title="Special:EmailUser">notifying</a> the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee">Arbitration Committee</a> if they believe editing will attract scrutiny. Editors who heavily edit controversial material, those who maintain <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Single-purpose_account" title="Wikipedia:Single-purpose account">single purpose accounts</a>, and editors considering becoming an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFA">administrator</a> are among the groups of editors who attract scrutiny even if their editing behavior itself is not problematic or only marginally so. However, it is worth noting that making such notifications does not in any way protect the user or allow them to otherwise violate this policy. Properly maintaining separation between the main account and the alternative account is entirely the responsibility of the user. If the connection is discovered, prior notification is <b>not</b> a "<a href="/wiki/Get_out_of_jail_free_card" class="mw-redirect" title="Get out of jail free card">get out of jail free card</a>" and users should not expect that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CHECKUSER" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CHECKUSER">checkusers</a> nor arbitrators will act to conceal the connection if it is made on-wiki. Conversely, neither checkusers nor arbitrators monitor disclosed accounts to ensure compliance with policy. This is also entirely the responsibility of the user. Editors who have abandoned an account and are editing under a new identity are required to comply with the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CLEANSTART" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CLEANSTART">clean start</a> policy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Meatpuppetry" data-mw-thread-id="h-Meatpuppetry"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Meatpuppetry"></span><span class="anchor" id="Advertising_and_soliciting_meatpuppets"></span>Meatpuppetry<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Meatpuppetry"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tag_team" title="Wikipedia:Tag team">Wikipedia:Tag team</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Canvassing" title="Wikipedia:Canvassing">Wikipedia:Canvassing</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice nutshell" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/30px-Walnut.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/45px-Walnut.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/60px-Walnut.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This section in a nutshell:</b> Do not recruit your friends, family members, or communities of people who agree with you for the purpose of coming to Wikipedia and supporting your side of a debate. If you feel that a debate is ignoring your voice, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">remain civil</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment">seek comments</a> from other Wikipedians or pursue <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Resolving_disputes" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Resolving disputes">dispute resolution</a>. These are well-tested processes, designed to avoid the problem of exchanging bias in one direction for bias in another.</td><td class="mbox-imageright"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:MEAT"></span><span id="WP:MEATPUPPET"></span><span id="WP:CRONY"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:MEAT&redirect=no">WP:MEAT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:MEATPUPPET&redirect=no">WP:MEATPUPPET</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CRONY&redirect=no">WP:CRONY</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>High-profile disputes on Wikipedia often bring new editors to the site. Some individuals may promote their causes by bringing like-minded editors into the dispute, including enlisting assistance off-wiki. These editors are sometimes referred to as <i><a href="/wiki/Sock_puppet_account#Meatpuppet" title="Sock puppet account">meatpuppets</a></i>, following a common Internet usage. While Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">assumes good faith</a>, especially for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">new users</a>, actively recruiting new accounts or users on Wikipedia, or recruiting people (either on-wiki or off-wiki) to create an account or edit anonymously in order to influence decisions on Wikipedia, is prohibited. A new user who engages in the same behavior as another user in the same context, and who appears to be editing Wikipedia solely for that purpose, may be subject to the remedies applied to the user whose behavior they are joining. Sanctions have been applied to editors of longer standing who have not, in the opinion of Wikipedia's administrative bodies, consistently exercised independent judgment. </p><p>Wikipedia has processes in place to mitigate the disruption caused by an influx of single-purpose editors: </p> <ul><li>Consensus in many debates and discussions should ideally <b>not</b> be based upon number of votes, but upon policy-related points made by editors.</li> <li>In votes or vote-like discussions, new users may be disregarded or given significantly less weight, especially if there are many of them expressing the same opinion. Their comments may be tagged with <a href="/wiki/Template:Single-purpose_account" title="Template:Single-purpose account">a note</a> pointing out that they have made few or no other edits outside of the discussion.</li> <li>A 2005 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee">Arbitration Committee</a> decision established: "For the purpose of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">dispute resolution</a> when there is uncertainty whether a party is one user with sockpuppets or several users with similar editing habits they may be treated as one user with sockpuppets."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The term <i>meatpuppet</i> may be seen by some as derogatory and should be used with care, in keeping with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Wikipedia:Civility</a>. Because of the processes above, it may be counterproductive to directly accuse someone of being a "meatpuppet", and doing so will often only inflame the dispute. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sharing_an_IP_address" data-mw-thread-id="h-Sharing_an_IP_address-Meatpuppetry"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Sharing_an_IP_address-Meatpuppetry"></span>Sharing an IP address<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Sharing_an_IP_address-Meatpuppetry"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:SHARE" redirects here. For the policy prohibiting the sharing of accounts, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy#Sharing_accounts" title="Wikipedia:Username policy">Wikipedia:Username policy § Sharing accounts</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COWORKER"></span><span id="WP:FAMILY"></span><span id="WP:ROOMMATE"></span><span id="WP:SHARE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COWORKER&redirect=no">WP:COWORKER</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FAMILY&redirect=no">WP:FAMILY</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ROOMMATE&redirect=no">WP:ROOMMATE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SHARE&redirect=no">WP:SHARE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>If two or more registered editors use the same computer or network connection, their accounts may be linked by a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CheckUser" title="Wikipedia:CheckUser">CheckUser</a>. Editors in this position are advised to declare such connections on their user pages to avoid accusations of sockpuppetry. There are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">userboxes</a> available for this; see <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:User_shared_IP_address" title="Template:User shared IP address">User shared IP address</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>. </p><p>Alternatively, a user could declare (in confidence) this connection by emailing the Arbitration Committee. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AC#Contacting_the_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AC">WP:AC § Contacting the Committee</a> for contact details. If you take this option, a non-specific note on your user page to the effect of "I share an IP with another editor, please contact ArbCom for more information" might be a good idea. Also note that none of this is carte blanche to sock, nor does it guarantee that inquisitive editors (or even checkusers) won't make connections on their own. </p><p>Closely connected users may be considered a single user for Wikipedia's purposes if they edit with the same objectives. When editing the same articles, participating in the same community discussion, or supporting each other in any sort of dispute, closely related accounts should disclose the connection and observe relevant policies such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">edit warring</a> as if they were a single account. If they do not wish to disclose the connection, they should avoid editing in the same areas, particularly on controversial topics. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Handling_suspected_sockpuppets" data-mw-thread-id="h-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"></span><span id="Handling_suspected_sock_puppets"></span>Handling suspected sockpuppets<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239940794">.mw-parser-output .spi-nav{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .spi-nav .sidebar-title{background-color:var(--background-color-disabled,#c8ccd1);font-size:125%}.mw-parser-output .spi-nav .sidebar-heading{background-color:var(--background-color-disabled,#c8ccd1)}</style><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks spi-nav plainlinks"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title">Sockpuppet investigations</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations#Cases_currently_listed_at_SPI" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations"><b>Current cases</b></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sockpuppetry policy</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Information pages</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Guide_to_filing_cases" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Guide to filing cases">Guide to filing cases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Administrators_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Administrators instructions">Administrator instructions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Signs of sockpuppetry">Signs of sockpuppetry</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Clerks" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Clerks">SPI clerk pages</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Clerks#List_of_clerks" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Clerks">List of clerks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Clerks" title="Wikipedia talk:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Clerks">Noticeboard</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Clerks/Archive_1" title="Wikipedia talk:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Clerks/Archive 1">archive 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Clerks/Archive_2" title="Wikipedia talk:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Clerks/Archive 2">archive 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Clerks/Archive_3" title="Wikipedia talk:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Clerks/Archive 3">archive 3</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Clerks/Archive_4" title="Wikipedia talk:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Clerks/Archive 4">archive 4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Clerks/Archive_5" title="Wikipedia talk:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Clerks/Archive 5">archive 5</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Clerk_and_checkuser_procedures" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Clerk and checkuser procedures">Procedures</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> IRC</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace,Courier; white-space: pre-wrap !important; word-wrap: break-word; max-width: 1200px; overflow: auto;">#wikipedia-en-spi</span> <sup class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#wikipedia-en-spi"><span style="color:green;">connect</span></a></sup></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace,Courier; white-space: pre-wrap !important; word-wrap: break-word; max-width: 1200px; overflow: auto;">#wikipedia-en-spi-clerks</span> <sup class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#wikipedia-en-spi-clerks"><span style="color:green;">connect</span></a></sup></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> SPI archives</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Malformed_SPI_Cases" title="Wikipedia:Database reports/Malformed SPI Cases">Malformed cases</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Malformed_SPI_Cases/Ignore" title="Wikipedia:Database reports/Malformed SPI Cases/Ignore">whitelist</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style=""><form name="searchbox" class="searchbox mw-inputbox-form-inline" action="/wiki/Special:Search"><div class="cdx-text-input"><input class="mw-searchInput searchboxInput cdx-text-input__input" name="search" placeholder="Search all archives" size="22" dir="ltr"/></div><input type="hidden" value="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations" name="prefix"/> <input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Go" class="cdx-button"/><input type="hidden" value="Search" name="fulltext"/></form></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:SPI_navigation" title="Template:SPI navigation"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:SPI_navigation" title="Template talk:SPI navigation"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:SPI_navigation" title="Special:EditPage/Template:SPI navigation"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:HSOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:HSOCK&redirect=no">WP:HSOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><br/> </p><p><br/> </p><p><br/> </p><p><br/> </p><p><br/> </p><p><br/> </p><p><br/> </p><p><br/> </p><p><br/> </p><p><br/> </p><p><br/> </p><p><br/> </p><p><br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sockpuppet_investigations" data-mw-thread-id="h-Sockpuppet_investigations-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Sockpuppet_investigations-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"></span>Sockpuppet investigations<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Sockpuppet_investigations-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"></span></h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Signs of sockpuppetry">Wikipedia:Signs of sockpuppetry</a> lists some of the signs that an account may be a sockpuppet. If you believe someone is using sockpuppets or meatpuppets, you should create a report at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations">Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations</a>. In reporting suspected sockpuppetry, you must obey the rules of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OUTING" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OUTING">WP:OUTING</a> with regard to disclosure of personal or identifying information. Only blocked accounts should be tagged as <a href="/wiki/Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets" title="Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets">Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets</a> and only upon sufficient evidence that would stand up to scrutiny. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CheckUser" data-mw-thread-id="h-CheckUser-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-CheckUser-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"></span>CheckUser<span data-mw-comment-end="h-CheckUser-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SPCU"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SPCU&redirect=no">WP:SPCU</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CheckUser" title="Wikipedia:CheckUser">Wikipedia:CheckUser</a></div> <p><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CheckUser_policy#Users_with_CheckUser_access" class="extiw" title="m:CheckUser policy">Editors with access to the CheckUser tool</a> may consult the server log to see which IP addresses are linked to which accounts. The CheckUser tool cannot confirm with certainty that two accounts are not connected; it can only show whether there is a technical link at the time of the investigation. In accordance with the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="wikimedia:Privacy policy">Wikimedia Foundation's Privacy</a> and <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CheckUser_policy" class="extiw" title="meta:CheckUser policy">CheckUser policies</a>, checks are only conducted with good cause, and (subject to the exceptions in those policies) results are reported in such a way as to avoid or minimize disclosure of personal identifying information. Particularly, "<a href="/wiki/Fishing_expedition" title="Fishing expedition">fishing</a>"—the use of the CheckUser tools without good cause specific to a given user account—is prohibited. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blocking" data-mw-thread-id="h-Blocking-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Blocking-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"></span>Blocking<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Blocking-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Wikipedia:Blocking policy</a></div> <p>If a person is found to be using a sockpuppet, the sockpuppet account(s) should be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#Disruption" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">blocked indefinitely</a>. The main account may be blocked at the discretion of any uninvolved administrator. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_IP_addresses" title="Wikipedia:Blocking IP addresses">IP addresses</a> used for sockpuppetry may be blocked, but are subject to certain restrictions for indefinite blocks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Banning" data-mw-thread-id="h-Banning-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Banning-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"></span>Banning<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Banning-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy#Bans_for_repeated_block_evasion" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Wikipedia:Banning policy § Bans for repeated block evasion</a></div> <p>Editors who are confirmed by a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CheckUser" title="Wikipedia:CheckUser">CheckUser</a> to have engaged in sockpuppetry on at least two occasions after an initial indefinite block that is active, for any reason, are to be considered site banned by the Wikipedia community.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tagging" data-mw-thread-id="h-Tagging-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Tagging-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"></span>Tagging<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Tagging-Handling_suspected_sockpuppets"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Administrators_instructions#Blocking_and_tagging" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Administrators instructions">Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Administrators instructions § Blocking and tagging</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="List_of_role_accounts" data-mw-thread-id="h-List_of_role_accounts"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-List_of_role_accounts"></span>List of role accounts<span data-mw-comment-end="h-List_of_role_accounts"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><i>Non-editing accounts that provide an easy way to contact internal email lists:</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:Arbitration_Committee" title="User:Arbitration Committee">User:Arbitration Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Emergency" title="User:Emergency">User:Emergency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Oversight" title="User:Oversight">User:Oversight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Wikipedia_Information_Team" title="User:Wikipedia Information Team">User:Wikipedia Information Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:The_Signpost" title="User:The Signpost">User:The Signpost</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_contact_role_accounts" title="Category:Wikipedia contact role accounts">Other accounts</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sock_puppet_account" title="Sock puppet account">Sock puppet account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sleeper_account" title="Wikipedia:Sleeper account">Wikipedia:Sleeper account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations">Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Guidelines-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Guidelines-See_also"></span>Guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Guidelines-See_also"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Canvassing" title="Wikipedia:Canvassing">Wikipedia:Canvassing</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Essays" data-mw-thread-id="h-Essays-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Essays-See_also"></span>Essays<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Essays-See_also"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consequences_of_sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Consequences of sockpuppetry">Wikipedia:Consequences of sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dealing_with_sockpuppets" title="Wikipedia:Dealing with sockpuppets">Wikipedia:Dealing with sockpuppets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_quick_to_assume_that_someone_is_a_sockpuppet" title="Wikipedia:Don't be quick to assume that someone is a sockpuppet">Wikipedia:Don't be quick to assume that someone is a sockpuppet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Griefing" title="Wikipedia:Griefing">Wikipedia:Griefing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Lurkers" title="Wikipedia:Lurkers">Wikipedia:Lurkers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:On_privacy,_confidentiality_and_discretion" title="Wikipedia:On privacy, confidentiality and discretion">Wikipedia:On privacy, confidentiality and discretion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Signs of sockpuppetry">Wikipedia:Signs of sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Single-purpose_account" title="Wikipedia:Single-purpose account">Wikipedia:Single-purpose account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tag_team" title="Wikipedia:Tag team">Wikipedia:Tag team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_duck_test" title="Wikipedia:The duck test">Wikipedia:The duck test</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="References" data-mw-thread-id="h-References"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-References"></span>References<span data-mw-comment-end="h-References"></span></h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output 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necessary […] to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your personal information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns."</dd></dl> Information under this policy is not gratuitously released, but may be made public at times in the context of detecting, confirming, preventing, and resolving issues related to actual or possible abuse.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">2021 discussion on <a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1028587789#Undisclosed_alternate_accounts" title="Special:Diff/1028587789">Undisclosed alternate accounts</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dissimilar names may cause confusion and create an impression of avoiding transparency; remember that the username appears in page histories even if you change the signature.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Regarding_Ted_Kennedy#Sockpuppets" title="Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Regarding Ted Kennedy">Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Regarding Ted Kennedy § Sockpuppets</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/829541310#RfC:_update_to_banning_policy_for_repeat_sockmasters" title="Special:PermanentLink/829541310">March 2018 RfC</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="External_links" data-mw-thread-id="h-External_links"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-External_links"></span>External links<span 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permissions/Event coordinator">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Extendedconfirmed" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Extended confirmed</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Extended_confirmed" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Extended confirmed">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_mover" title="Wikipedia:File mover">File mover</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/File_mover" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/File mover">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption" title="Wikipedia:IP block exemption">IP block exempt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unblock_Ticket_Request_System" title="Wikipedia:Unblock Ticket Request System">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mass_message_senders" title="Wikipedia:Mass message senders">Mass message sender</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Mass_message_sender" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Mass message sender">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Reviewers" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Reviewers">New page reviewer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/New_page_reviewer" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/New page reviewer">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_mover" title="Wikipedia:Page mover">Page mover</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Page_mover" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Page mover">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing_pending_changes" title="Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes">Pending changes reviewer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Pending_changes_reviewer" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Pending changes reviewer">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Rollback" title="Wikipedia:Rollback">Rollback</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Rollback" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_editor" title="Wikipedia:Template editor">Template editor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Template_editor" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Template editor">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Global_rights_policy" title="Wikipedia:Global rights policy">Global rights policy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Volunteer_Response_Team" title="Wikipedia:Volunteer Response Team">Volunteer Response Team</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Advanced user groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrator</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship">RfA</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats">Bureaucrat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#Current_nominations_for_bureaucratship" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship">RfB</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CheckUser" title="Wikipedia:CheckUser">CheckUser</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/CheckUser_and_Oversight#Appointments" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter">Edit filter manager</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter noticeboard">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Interface_administrators" title="Wikipedia:Interface administrators">Interface administrator</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Role_of_Jimmy_Wales#Founder_flag" title="Wikipedia:Role of Jimmy Wales">Founder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Importers_and_transwiki_importers" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Importer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Researcher" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Researcher</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Committees" title="Wikipedia:Committees">Committees</a> and related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee">Arbitration Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_Approvals_Group" title="Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group">Bot approvals group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Functionaries" title="Wikipedia:Functionaries">Functionaries</a></li> <li>Clerks <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Clerks" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Clerks">SPI clerks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Clerks" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Clerks">ArbCom clerks</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administration" title="Wikipedia:Administration">Governance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administration" title="Wikipedia:Administration">Administration</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Administrators" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Administrators">FAQ</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Formal_organization" title="Wikipedia:Formal organization">Formal organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editorial_oversight_and_control" title="Wikipedia:Editorial oversight and control">Editorial oversight and control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Quality_control" title="Wikipedia:Quality control">Quality control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_Foundation#Board_of_Trustees" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia Foundation">Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Role_of_Jimmy_Wales#Founder's_seat_on_the_Foundation_Board" title="Wikipedia:Role of Jimmy Wales">Founder's seat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Meta" title="Wikipedia:Meta">Meta-Wiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_proposals" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia proposals">Proposals</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject">WikiProjects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Elections" title="Wikipedia:Elections">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policies and guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_petitions" title="Wikipedia:List of petitions">Petitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Noticeboards" title="Wikipedia:Noticeboards">Noticeboards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reforms" title="Wikipedia:Reforms">Reforms</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Wikipedia_key_policies_and_guidelines_(?)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template talk:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_key_policies_and_guidelines_(?)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Wikipedia key <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a> <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal.">(?)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></b></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="defines the scope of the encyclopedia and the material that is suitable for it">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Copyright</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">Copyright violations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Autobiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable sources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Medicine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include copies of lengthy primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Don't create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External links</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Conduct <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="describes how editors can successfully collaborate and what behavior is acceptable">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Paid-contribution disclosure</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">Gaming the system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Please do not bite the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm" title="Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm">Responding to threats of harm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Deletion <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the processes by which pages, revisions, and logs may be deleted">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">Biographies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Criteria for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attack_page" title="Wikipedia:Attack page">Attack page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Enforcement <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the various means by which standards may be enforced">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">Page protection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Editing <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="documents the various protocols about style and grouping">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Summary style</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Broad-concept_article" title="Wikipedia:Broad-concept article">Broad-concept article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Style</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Contents</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Linking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Classification</th><td 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