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* Evading edit-counting policies such as [[SW:1RV|Only revert once]] or [[SmashWiki:Probation|Probation]]. | * Evading edit-counting policies such as [[SW:1RV|Only revert once]] or [[SmashWiki:Probation|Probation]]. | ||
* Voting for something multiple times, such as a new policy proposal or a discussion about a piece of article content. This extends to discussions of any kind; whether one user has multiple accounts with the same opinion or with different opinions, it makes it harder to accurately judge community sentiment. | * Voting for something multiple times, such as a new policy proposal or a discussion about a piece of article content. This extends to discussions of any kind; whether one user has multiple accounts with the same opinion or with different opinions, it makes it harder to accurately judge community sentiment. | ||
* Acting as a "foil" with the intention of making the primary account look better. For example, a user creates a sock and vandalizes an article. Later, the same user's main account reverts it and supplies a talk page warning. Repeated multiple times, this can inflate the perception of the user's main account and act as artificial clout in [[SW:RFR|requests for rollback]] and the like | * Acting as a "foil" with the intention of making the primary account look better. For example, a user creates a sock and vandalizes an article. Later, the same user's main account reverts it and supplies a talk page warning. Repeated multiple times, this can inflate the perception of the user's main account and act as artificial clout in [[SW:RFR|requests for rollback]] and the like. | ||
==Legitimate uses of sockpuppets== | ==Legitimate uses of sockpuppets== |