User:BilCat/Essays/Sockpuppetry

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

How to be a sockpuppet and never get caught in three simple steps:

  1. Make sure your username has no resemblance whatsoever to any Wikipedia username you've used in the past, and is also not similar to someone else's username.
  2. Don't edit any pages that you've edited in the past.
  3. Follow all of Wikipedia's guidelines and policies, not just the ones that caused you to be blocked or banned.

While it's still possible you might get caught be a Checkuser investigation, following these three simple steps will make it almost impossible for anyone to realize you're a sockpuppet, thus lessening the chances of a Checkuser investigation in the first place.

(There are methods of ensuring you're not caught by a Checkuser investigation, but they can be expensive.)