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	different subjects, make "gnomish" technical > edits, and so on. That's
	the only way. But he can hardly do that, just > as almost any other
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Andrei Dombay wrote:
> In fact Molobo can return tomorrow under a different nick and edit 
> something on entirely different subjects, make "gnomish" technical 
> edits, and so on. That's the only way. But he can hardly do that,  just 
> as almost any other person who used sockpuppets - for obvious reasons. 
> 
> It is possible to use someone as a proxy to copy-paste new articles or 
> make large changes in existing articles...  I did such proxy editing for 
> another person a couple of times (on a subject I am more or less 
> familiar with). But if I did this more often, such things would probably 
> be detected. 
> 
>  One could look at this classic SPI investigation:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Giovanni33/Evidence#Evidence_presented_by_Merzbow

> 
> It is very difficult to hide your identity after making a large number 
> of edits.

One could then try to use limited time socks: edit for a month, and 
change the account, before this name becomes associated with the given 
edit pattern/formerly known editor.

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