Net Views: Sock puppet tactics on Wikipedia

Net Views — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:12:47 -0700

"... Use a closed proxy and run a real sock. This requires a good deal of discipline. Generally, for n=2 socks, editing one with IE and the other with Firefox is a good idea, with one or the other running through the proxy. If they're on two different computers (a desktop and a laptop), even better. Don't have the two socks ever edit the same articles, vote in the same AFDs, or anything else.

Finally, if you're not infected by edit-count-itis, then I would also suggest abandoning the sock every 3-6 months and starting a new one, from a new proxy.

If you don't have access to a closed proxy, then I would be very careful about socking for any reason."

– "Gomi," The Wikipedia Review, "The correct way to sock"

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