Talk:Sock puppetry

Recent reverted edits

Examples of sockpuppetry are:

● Logging out of an account and editing as an IP address

● Evading blocks or bans on an account that was blocked or banned

● When a user revives an old, unused account, claiming it to be new

● Using an account created by someone else (which is called "piggybacking")

● Persuading friends or other people to create accounts for other reasons or for one side of dispute (which is called "meatpuppetry")

I don't get why my edits were reverted. I won't take it as "disruptive editing" or "vandalism"

More information here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#:~:text=On%20Wikipedia%2C%20sockpuppetry%2C%20or%20socking,to%20use%20only%20one%20account.

These examples are not needed, and on their own they are not all sockpuppetry as the context is important, so the examples don't add value. Bringing over how enWP manages their sockpuppets for their needs is not universal. Keep it simple, we talk about it at a contextual level and why it is problematic.  — billinghurst sDrewth 02:08, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

Merging/Deleting Sock Puppet Account

I have recently created a second account (Ascgial) that was intended to only be used for a specific topic, not previously treated with my original account. Only after having made a handful of edits on DE:WP and on Commons I became aware of the negative implications of sock puppetry on Wikipedia and Commons, and immediately ceased using the sock-puppet account after declaring it as being a sock puppet.

Is there a possibility to transfer all edits and the one media file from the sock puppet to my main account, and subsequently delete the sock-puppet account? --Aciarium (talk) 19:21, 14 December 2025 (UTC)