User blog:DXi 641/DXB0004: WTH are sockpuppets?

Hi again.

Earlier I used a sock to make a puppet and this is literally dumb.

What are sockpuppets?
Sockpuppets, or alts(alternates), are extra accounts of a user. While banning a sock, we say "abusing multiple accounts" to prevent someone from misunderstanding since alts mean testing subjects or emergency accounts, while socks mean extra accounts from banned users.

Date of Creation
Pretty much, if a person got banned, his sock will most likely be close to his time of banning.

Obessions
Socks try to convince admins that they are not a sockpuppet instead of being active in wiki activity.

Name
A sock will have a name similar to the banned user's name, or just name one randomly. If his/her IP is different to the original user, I consider that as backseating/impersonation.

Alerting
If you alert an admin via his/her talk, he/she will track down a sock's IP. So, feel free to do that.

Thanks!