Constructive sockpuppets Options

[Wikitaka]

What is the problem with constructive sockpuppets? It doesn't matter whether the "puppet" is vandalising og highly constructive! I thought WP were looking for more comstructive users, but they aggressively roll ovdr users showing the will and intention to straighten up.

[Somey]

I thought WP were looking for more comstructive users...

How do you define "constructive"? Because if you define it the way most people define it, Wikipedia isn't interested in those people at all. They've already got all the articles they need, so anyone who wants to be "constructive" (by the standard definition) is little more than a potential territory-challenger.

I might also suggest that if your recent thread-starts here on WR are any indication, your own definition of the word "constructive" might be even more unconventional then theirs.

Of course, even going by a "fringe" definition of the term, a constructive person would still routinely use a spell-checker.

[Web Fred]

I thought WP were looking for more comstructive users...

How do you define "constructive"? Because if you define it the way most people define it, Wikipedia isn't interested in those people at all. They've already got all the articles they need, so anyone who wants to be "constructive" (by the standard definition) is little more than a potential territory-challenger.

Of course, even going by a "fringe" definition of the term, a constructive person would still routinely use a spell-checker.

Agreed. I was constructive in that I was answering requests at the Illustration Workshop. After uploading two files that were requested an over-zealous admin (Tiptoety (T-C-L-K-R-D) ) blocked me as a sockpuppet.

I've been blocked countless times yet I've never had one edit that could be construed as vandalism.

[Somey]

I've been blocked countless times yet I've never had one edit that could be construed as vandalism.

They like vandalism, though I suppose it might be more accurate to say it's "the thing they love to hate." What they really don't like are people who force them to make hard decisions about who should be allowed to do what, because hard decisions are... hard. Nobody likes that!

[Web Fred]

I've been blocked countless times yet I've never had one edit that could be construed as vandalism.

They like vandalism, though I suppose it might be more accurate to say it's "the thing they love to hate." What they really don't like are people who force them to make hard decisions about who should be allowed to do what, because hard decisions are... hard. Nobody likes that!

I disagree, I think it's an ADD sort of thing. If you can keep the argument going that someone should be unblocked/blocked then sooner or later they lose interest, especially if the next bit of dramah comes along. Hence the unblocking of Fred the Oyster on Commons. What started out as 'give no quarter' ended as a 'meh' where no-one apparently gave a shit.

It's the dramah that these oiks want. A chance to show their mettle. The bigger the audience the more chance of an execution.