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'''Abusing multiple accounts''' (also known as creating Sockpuppets) is pointless: do not do it. You are limited to a maximum of 2 accounts per user. One main account, and one spare. Any more are not permitted. We highly recommend that if you are going to make a spare account, one for a bot (''if you do have one''), do not mention it, and refrain from using it until you need to. A spare account is also incapable of receiving user rights.
'''Abusing multiple accounts''' (also known as creating Sockpuppets) is pointless: do not do it. The only kind of secondary accounts permitted are bot accounts, which may receive a bot flag or administrator access. Any other accounts (such as test accounts) must be approved by an administrator. The [[Special:CheckUser|CheckUser]] tool can be used by [[Project:Staff|Staff]] to check for sockpuppets.
== What happens if I create more than two accounts? ==
== IRC ==
*First Offense will result in a 3 hour block; your sockpuppets will be blocked for infinite.
If you go "under cover" pretending not to be yourself on our [[Project:IRC|IRC channel]], and we find out (which we easily can. There is no way to hide from us, so don't do it), you will be banned from the channel.
*Second Offense will result in a 1 week block; your sockpuppets will be blocked for infinite.
*Third Offense will result in a 1 month block; your sockpuppets will be blocked for infinite.
*Fourth Offense will result in an infinite block; your sockpuppets will be blocked for infinite.
== Using Sockpuppets to evade blocks ==
If you do so, here are the consequences:
*First Offense will result in a 3 month block in addition to your previous block; your sockpuppets will be blocked for infinite.
*Second Offense will result in a 6 month block; your sockpuppets will be blocked for infinite.
*Third Offense will result in an infinite block; your sockpuppets will be blocked for infinite.
== See Also ==
== See Also ==
*[[Project:Policy/Blocking|Blocking Policy]], for information on how we deal with users who use sockpuppets to evade bans.
*[[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet (internet)]]
*[[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet (internet)]]
[[Category:Policy]]
[[Category:Policy]]
Latest revision as of 22:10, 22 February 2013
Abusing multiple accounts (also known as creating Sockpuppets) is pointless: do not do it. The only kind of secondary accounts permitted are bot accounts, which may receive a bot flag or administrator access. Any other accounts (such as test accounts) must be approved by an administrator. The CheckUser tool can be used by Staff to check for sockpuppets.
IRC
If you go "under cover" pretending not to be yourself on our IRC channel, and we find out (which we easily can. There is no way to hide from us, so don't do it), you will be banned from the channel.
See Also
Blocking Policy, for information on how we deal with users who use sockpuppets to evade bans.
