The Sock Puppet FAQ
Sherilyn
Archive-name: skeptic/sockpuppets
Last-modified: 1997/12/29
Version: 1.5
URL: http://www.sidaway.demon.co.uk/skeptic/sockpuppets.txt
Copyright: (c) 1997 Sherilyn <sher...@sidaway.demon.co.uk>
Maintainer: Sherilyn <sher...@sidaway.demon.co.uk>
CONTENTS
0. Introduction--Mike Combs explains the origin of the term
"sock puppet" on sci.skeptic
1. Evolution of the sock puppet
2. Q&A on sock puppets
Is a sock puppet a multiple identity?
Is a sock puppet an internet account?
Is a sock puppet poster a concealed identity?
Is that all there is to sock puppets?
3. List of sock puppeteers and sock puppet accounts
Edmond Wollmann
Earl Gordon Curley
Sherilyn (yes!)
4. Detailed histories (the fun bit!)
4.1 Edmond Wollmann, alias hoovamoon, alias Zeus150000...
4.2 Earl Curley, alias Mary Jo Willy, alias...?
4.3 Sherilyn, alias Leonie, alias Sutrice.
4.3.1. Leonie, Sherilyn's Abusemistress
4.3.2. Sutrice, Sherilyn's Postmistress
0. Introduction--Mike Combs explains the origin of the term
"sock puppet" on sci.skeptic
The term "sock puppet" grew out of a phenomenon known as the "Curley
Wars" on sci.skeptic.
[Notes in square brackets -Sheri]
Subject: Re: I give up...what's with the sock?
From: bra...@erols.com (Brant Watson)
Date: 1997/09/24
Message-Id: <34286fb4...@news.erols.com>
Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
On Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:13:47 -0500, Mike Combs
<mikecom...@ti.com> wrote:
>Brant Watson wrote:
>
>> Since I first came here, I've read many posts involving
>> some inside joke about Curley and socks or sock puppets.
>> Jason's artwork was cute, but I don't get this sock stuff.
>> Would someone explain it to me, please? (E-mail if it
>> isn't appropriate for public discussion.)
>>
>
>You know how cranks are bad about saying "we" and "us" when
>refering to their one-man operations.
Yeah, it's the editorial first-person plural. Or in some cases,
as with Ed Wollmann, it is the *regal* or *divine* first person
plural.
>[Psychic, Earl] Curley's a pretty typical example. He's always
>talking about his staff of workers, his large legal staff (so
>you better watch out!), his group of gay friends who have
>given him permission to call all of his enemies "fags" or
>"fairies" without being insensitive or homophobic, etc. So
>far, we have seen no evidence that he has so much as a personal
>friend. He's General Manager for Globalserve, an ISP, so there
>may now be some legitimacy to talk of a "staff", although one
>not related to his psychic business.
>
>After a while, some skeptics began to express the opinion that
>his legal staff et. al. were really sock puppets with which
>Earl had conversations. A while back he was caught creating a
>ficticious poster named Mary Jo Willy who saw things Earl's
>way, and thought the rest of us should quit contradicting him.
>He even had conversations with her, reinforcing the image of
>someone who would talk to their sock.
>
Okay, thanks. Do you think Earl would like *me* to be his
friend?
Brant
1. Evolution of the sock puppet
This is the earliest relevant reference to a "puppet" I can find on
sci.skeptic.
Subject: Re: A Note to James Randi & Earl Curley
From: Philippe Schnoebelen <p...@cosmos.imag.fr>
Date: 1996/12/03
Message-Id: <iwpk9r0...@cosmos.imag.fr>
Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
Earl Curley <psy...@globalserve.net> writes:
Earl> I've spoken to Mr. Allan Fairbridge who's more than
Earl> prepared to join the suit strictly for the hell of it.
I clearly imagine the scene. ***giggles***
Earl gets his puppets out of the shoe box.
"Mr. Allan, do you know what is happening on the net ?"
[Takes a shriek voice] "No !?"
[Back to Earl's normal voice] "A pervert is nagging at you.
But he'll soon get what he's asking for ..."
[Back to shriek voice] "Yes. Nail him Earl. Do you need me to
post anew ? Telling them how great you are ?"
Earl, you are pathetic... You are parading pants down in front
of a world-wide audience of thousands. WAKE UP !!
--Philippe
Three weeks later, the concept had well and truly taken root. Lazzwaldo
claims this as the first coinage of the phrase "sock puppet."
Subject: Re: Wake up Earl !!!!
From: lazz...@aol.com (LazzWaldo)
Date: 1996/12/22
Message-Id: <19961222093...@ladder01.news.aol.com>
Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
Earl "voted most popular with hosiery!" Curley lisped:
>but as I
>sit here with a room full of friends (yes, gays were welcome
> to)
Why does the image of a person infinitely uglier and more
awkward than Mr. Bean come to mind, sitting in a room strewn
with crumpled printouts, empty cola cans, smashed beer bottles,
and greasy pizza boxes? The chairs are arranged in a circle,
with Earl in one of them, wearing 3 day old boxer shorts. On
each of the other chairs is a sock puppet, with those silly
googly eyes and a name tag scotch-taped on them. One of the sock
puppets has a gay chat line ad from a sleazy weekly paper scotch
taped to the back of its' chair.
Wow, Earl, you sure are "with" the 90's with your tolerance!
Philippe replied:
Subject: Re: Wake up Earl !!!!
From: Philippe Schnoebelen <p...@cosmos.imag.fr>
Date: 1996/12/22
Message-Id: <iwpengi...@cosmos.imag.fr>
Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
...
Lying in the middle of this circle are other puppets with names
like Randi, Pope Charles, twitch, etc. They are completely
devastated after sustaining numerous stampede. They carries
disgusting burns. They are transpierced by hundred of needles
(Earl, watch your steps). Some have been ripped open by Earl's
own teeths (don't anyone touch them, you could get rabid.)
Earl, when I have had my own head severed, I did not notice it!!
--Philippe
Interestingly, Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, has a page of sock
puppets,
too. Spooky, huh?
http://umweb1.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/dnrc/socks/
2. Q&A on sock puppets
Is a sock puppet a multiple identity?
It's more than that. A lot of people post from multiple
identities for a variety of reasons. A sock puppet is
something that is made to _interact with_ or refer to,
the person running it.
Is a sock puppet an internet account?
Not necessarily. It originally referred to presumably fictional
third parties, such as legal staff, which the poster would refer
to.
Is a sock puppet poster a concealed identity?
Not simply that. Lots of people post without disclosing their
full identity in every post. These are not sock puppets unless
the concealed identity entities interact with each other.
Is that all there is to sock puppets?
No, the meaning of any term on USENET tends to mutate very
quickly (as can be seen from the voodoo-style image conjured
up by Philippe above). Already, alt.astrology denizens are
starting to use the term "sock puppet" for anyone posting from
an anonymous account. Hopefully a true appreciation of the
origin of the term will help to pin down the meaning.
3. Summary of known sock puppets
This is nowhere near complete.
Edmond Wollmann PFAMA, astrology spammer.
A "canned search" facility is provided to access Dejanews archives of
most
of Edmond Wollmann's postings at:
The Edmond Wollmann Archive
http://www.sidaway.demon.co.uk/skeptic/wollmann.html
"Own identity" accounts
ewol...@aol.com (canceled for spamming, Sep 26th 1997)
woll...@aznet.net (defunct--apparently canceled for
spamming)
woll...@sdsu.com (active)
Known sock puppets
zeus1...@aol.com (admitted, Sep 7th 1997)
hoov...@aol.com (Hoovamoon is a phrase Edmond
invented)
Al Simak "The Lofty One" <als...@pacbell.net>,
<als...@some.net>
(admitted, Nov 6th, 1997)
Suspected sock puppets
archi...@aol.com (Spammed Wollmann-style and was
terminated at about the same time)
dog...@afternoon.com (posted some phony net abuse
complaints on n.a.n-a.u.)
fr...@flinstone.com
rasp...@hellfire.com
Arcturian <li...@24.com>
Various others.
The latter five were all clearly forged posts to alt.astrology
(with some crossposts) from sdsu.edu's news server (the same server
which was used by Edmond's aznet.net account, and followed within days
of
Edmond boasting that, if he wanted to, he could spam from "3500
different accounts."
Earl Curley
"Own identity" accounts
psy...@globalserve.net
Known sock puppets
wonde...@passport.ca (Mary Jo Willy)
Sherilyn
"Own identity" accounts
sher...@sidaway.demon.co.uk
to...@sidaway.demon.co.uk (dropped, circa late 1995)
Sock puppets:
ab...@sidaway.demon.co.uk
(Leonie, Sherilyn's "abuse mistress")
postm...@sidaway.demon.co.uk
(Sutrice, Sherilyn's "post mistress")
These two accounts were "called into being" when Edmond Wollmann emailed
spurious "abuse" complaints to those addresses. I used them to post
some spoof email responses which were also posted on alt.astrology. One
of them even got a serious reply from Edmond! :)
Sutrice is very superstitious, follows newspaper astrology columns, and
sympathizes with Edmond. Leonie is only in it for the chance to
"discipline" Sherilyn severely. Sherilyn is quite happy with this
arrangement.
I used Leonie to post a genuine spam report on Edmond on news.admin.net-
abuse.usenet.
Do these two identities count as sock puppets? I like to think so, even
though they were clearly spoof identities. Why should Earl and Edmond
have all the fun?
4. Detailed histories (the fun bit!)
4.1 Edmond Wollmann, alias hoovamoon, alias Zeus150000...
Name Type(s) of post Last post made
zeus150000 Wollmann cheerleader 10 Sep (found out)
archimeden Ditto & FAQ spam 20 Sep (replacement for
Zeus?)
hoovamoon Monosyllabic noisemaker 21 Sep
but did some long posts in
Wollmannese
Dog day Various "silly" postings. Late Sep-late Oct
afternoon,
Rasputin,
Bradd Pitt,
Fred "Flinstone",
Arcturian
and others
Al Simak Apparently an attempt 6 Nov
by Edmond to present his
better side.
On 24 Sep, following spam complaints about Edmond and archimeden,
many cancels were issued by AOL for posts from the following AOL
entities:
archimeden, ewollmann, zeus150000, hoovamoon
Edmond's AOL account was off for a short while, then reappeared,
only to be canceled for good on 26th.
I'd add a suspicion about astralplan, but believe it possible
that this was a genuine wannabee "skeptic" cheerleader. The
astralplan posts have not been canceled. It is possible that
its irritating hoovamoonesque style was a misguided attempt at
parody.
After Edmond lost his AOL account, there followed a month or so
in which he apparently posted from SDSU news server (as he had
said he would do) under a variety of pseudonyms. Then he seemed to
settle down and, coincidentally, a new guy appeared on the scene: Al
Simak. This guy seemed to see things in a light eerily favorable to
Edmond. Edmond referred to him in the third person. And then Edmond
made a slip, posting as himself but using Al Simak's signature. Oops!
:)
"Hoova mon muhtmha (Hoova is home) Orion light."
-Ed Wollmann, Aug 13, 1996, at end of a post
"Hoova! mon muhtmah! In the ancient toungue!(from one of
my incarnations in the Orion system-meaning I am home-a
statement of pride and control)." -Ed Wollmann, Nov 14, 1996
"I also had a strong incarnation in 1600 England, a planet
in the system of Arcturus, in Egypt as an astrologer/Falconer,
the Indus Valley as an Aryan astrologer, Babylonia as an
astrologer, Atlantis as female warrior, India as Falconer/
strologer again (instrumental in developing the caste system)..
and a future incarnation as a 4th dimensional alien
from the Pleiadian star system. Boy are we going to get
responses to this eh?" -Ed Wollmann, Nov 14, 1996
"This began eons ago when incarnations from a planet in the
system of Orion (Hoova) began an influx in the area we now
know as the middle east." -Ed Wollmann, Jan 21, 1997
"I have found through the years that no one has seemed to
really outdo Grant Lewi the Author of "Heaven Knows What",
is there anyone else familiar with this text?" -Ed Wollmann,
June 16, 1997 tries to drum up a discussion.
No luck? Okay, time for reinforcements...
"Hi Ed: The idea sounds great. I have not picked up the book
" Heavens Know What" yet, but I can see why the idea of getting
used to the Sun/Moon blends would be that important for anyone
beginer or not. How would you like to ineract on this topic?
What form would you like to see for the discussion? Discussing
certain blends? Discussing the book or other similar books?
Please let me know," -hoovamoon, Jun 18, 1997
"The EM opens to infinity at each end I believe this is what Mr.
Wollmann is saying." -hoovamoon, June 20, 1997
"I think Mr. Wollmann continues to make fools out of you all."
-hoovamoon, June 29, 1997
"Very well said Mr. Wollmann. It is unfortunate this level of
insight cannot be sustained here." -Zeus150000, Aug 31, 1997
"Mr. Wollman I have found these explanations to be very
interesting and from a very different viewpoint. The Gods are
pleased. Do you have other writings available? Thank you in
advance for any information you may send."
-zeus150000, Aug 31, 1997
"Refer to spica's and Zeus'-excellent interpretation of
astrological configurations." Ed Wollmann Sep 1, 1997
"Yes, let me thank you Edmond for the compliment!"
-Zeus150000, Sep 1, 1997
"My birthdate is Jul 7, 1925, in Cincinatti Ohio at 4:00am."
-Zeus150000, Sep 1, 1997
"Yes, Mr Wollmann, this is correct. He was also very much
a person who considered astrology to be in the realm of his
primal images."-zeus150000, Sep 3, 1997
"Would you please stop harrassing this man? The issue is
astrology and I have to agree with Mr. Wollmann, I can't find
one post with astrology in it by you." -zeus150000, Sep 3, 1997
"I assumed people knew that it was me, many people even called
me Edmond when I posted as Zeus and some other names I use.
Perhaps you just missed them." -Edmond Wollmann, Sep 7, on being
unmasked.
"Mr. Wollmann, how do you interpret the inconjuncts in this way?
I have Venus inconjunct Uranus. Any comments would be
appreciated." -archimeden, Sep 16, 1997
"Yes, thank you Mr. Wollmann beats the hell out of TROLL BAIT."
-archimeden, Sep 17, 1997
"full-blown kooks such as Peat Simpleton and Ed Wollmann"
-unknown poster
'Where is your evidence of "full blown kooks" buddy? '
- archimeden, Sep 17, 1997, in reply to the above
"That was a good prediction Mr. Wollmann! My they are simpletons
aren't they!" -hoovamoon, Sep 21, 1997
"Sorry, I agree with Al, these are simply your opinions-no more,
no less." -Edmond Wollmann, Nov 6, 1997.
4.2 Earl Curley, alias Mary Jo Willy, alias...?
Perhaps it would be as well first to get a true flavor of the great
man's oeuvre [or do I mean his great maneuvers or simply his great
manure? yep, folks, it's "quips made to ordure" time again :) ] You
are invited to pay obeissance at John Atkinson's "Earl Gorgon Curley"
net-shrine at
http://www.manx2.demon.co.uk/egc/egcnews.htm
or "The Earl Gordon Curley Experience" at
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/9602/egc.htm
Back so soon? A little Curley goes a long way. Okay, let's continue.
Though Earl Curley has been caught making reference to legal documents
that are always _about_ to be served on various posters, he has seldom
been convincingly caught making "cheerleader" posts.
Perhaps the nearest Earl came to admitting the whole sham came at:
"I'm really sorry to disappoint you, Philippe (Randi's favorite
bum-boy) but as I sit here with a room full of friends (yes,
gays were welcome to) and as we take turns answering your
pathetic posts, the best and niceiest Christmas present I've
received so far are the papers being delivered to you and IMAG
in the near future. Read and weap you pathetic creature."
-Earl Curley, Dec 21, 1996.
The promised papers never showed up. There is no discernible alteration
of style in Earl Curley's immediately recognisable posts, such as might
support Earl's claim that his friends were "taking turns" answering
posts at that time.
The most convincing case is Mary Jo Willy, an identity that only
appeared on February 10th, 1997, made 9 posts, and vanished as quickly
as she appeared.
Mr. Curley, you needn't worry about Dave's common sense because
what I have seen so far from his posts, he does not have any.
<32FEA1...@passport.ca>
Now, I understand why Mr. Curley is so adamant to stand up to
these types of people. <32FEA5...@passport.ca>
...
> Who gives a shit, the astrologers say, astrology is not a
> science but an art or a philosophy. Yet they continue to
> claim that they are "studying the universe" and purport to be
> able to predicts one's personality on the basis of a
> horoscope, ignoring any empirical evidence to the contrary.
>
> Joanne Grady
Joanne, for someone who claimed she was not Steve Sabastian, I
am afraid your vulgarity does not give me cause to believe you.
I am sure you need not swear like the boys. Mr. Curley did
however claim you and Mr. Sabastian use the same Internet
Service Provider, so maybe he was correct after all.
I will also state, that I am afraid that you do not do the
woman's movement justice with your comments above or your
previous messages.
Are you sure that you are a woman?
Mary Jo
<32FE9C...@passport.ca>
I have been reading Mr. Curley's predictions for over three
years. Many of those predictions have beem more than accurate.
As a matter of fact, our staff investment club reaped
substantial profits in the stock market because we listened to
his stock market predictions in 1995 and 1996. It might be an
idea for you to do the same.
<32FE99...@passport.ca>
Mr. Curley, I am not sure why you bother with these children.
I have followed your career for a few years and you do not have
anything to prove whatsoever. Is there a real purpose in
accepting all the adverse comments from insecure people like
MattG?
<32FE9A...@passport.ca>
Here is another of the Mary Jo Willy posts:
> Ever get that beer, Curley? Ever find some poor harridan
> sucker enough to go with you?
>
> Lizz "I stay out of dark, disreputable places--including this
> thread--unless I decide not to" Braver
Liz, I am afraid your disposition does show through. Do I hear
a twinge of regret that you have not been asked out for a drink
by Mr. Curley? Or is it that you are simply showing a jealous
streak because Mr. Curley rejected you? I am afraid that your
comments seem off topic so I was just wondering what they
refered to.
<32FE9D...@passport.ca>
That mythical beer was to be the subject of some ribbing of Earl in
ensuing months.
[AndyBaj:]
> Well Earl, now you have admitted taking yourself in drag out
> for a beer. You said that MaryJo had gone out with you for a
> beer. Well, now we hear the following:
He then quoted the following account from Steve Sebastian:
Subject: Mary Jo Willy Fact or Fiction?
From: Steve Sebastian <Steve.S...@ibm.net>
Date: 1997/02/16
Message-Id: <3307D9...@ibm.net>
Newsgroups: sci.skeptic,alt.paranormal
Sorry it took me a while on this one. I went to the companys
branch on university here in Toronto and did a check on the name
PI Investigation nothing showed up with that name or close to
it; either as a sole proprietorship/partnership or a federal or
provincial incorporation. Still giving Curley Q the benefit of
the doubt. I called up a friend of mine who owed me a favor,
point of fact he has a friend who works for passport online.
I had him check the account in which Mary Jo Willy was using,
it is registered to one Gordon Curley. Why didn't you use your
first name Earl? I wouldn't have even bothered checking this out
but what raised my curiosity was the fact that they are both
running on Macintosh systems using x-mailer Mozilla 3.01Gold.
Now if that wasn't enough she came into the picture just twe
weeks ago and has never posted to any other bases or to anyone
else except as a proponent of Curley Q.
Shortly afterwards, Steve Sebastian added a coda to this post:
Sorry I have erred he came on the scene as her for one day all 9
messages posted on the 02/10/97. I was thinking the 2nd of
February for some reason and not the 10th of February. He came
on the scene as Mary Jo Willy exactly 6 days ago. By the way
Curley Q did you take your alter ego Mary Jo out for Valentines
day?
Curley has fervently promised to file suit against practically everyone
who posted to that thread. Nobody I could find had ever seen or heard
of these mythical papers ever being served.
4.3 Sherilyn, alias Leonie, alias Sutrice.
[Playing the sock puppet game]
4.3.1 Leonie
Edmond made a spurious complaint to postm...@sidaway.demon.co.uk and
ab...@sidaway.demon.co.uk, August 27th. 1997, which read as follows:
Please ask your client to stop posting off topic in these
groups. Charter and FAQ attached.
This person seems to be unable to resist demeaning and simply
posting for no reason in these groups other than to create
dissention.
Thanks
[alt.astrology.metapsych charter and alt.astrology FAQ
quote snipped -Sheri]
Leonie replied:
Thank you for warning me about the revolting behavior of that
disgusting baggage, my client, Sherilyn. Please be assured
that I shall take appropriate action on this issue. As
abusemistress I take a special pleasure in my task, and she
will definitely feel the heat over this one.
Please do not hesitate to contact me in future, my firm malacca
cane awaits your bidding.
Sherilyn's Abusemistress.
[Quoted email snipped -Sheri] [
In response to Leonie's first Abusemistress email, Edmond responded:
It is simply a matter of netiquette and consideration.
> Thank you for warning me about the revolting behavior of that
> disgusting baggage, my client, Sherilyn. Please be assured
> that I shall take
[Rest of quoted email snipped -Sheri]
There was some comment on Sutrice's posting, to which Leonie replied:
From: Abusemistress <ab...@sidaway.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: alt.astrology,sci.skeptic
Subject: Re: Wollmann, Sherilyn's Postmistress, & sheer
idiocy (was Venus Uranus Homosexuality (was house cusps))
In article <5u2o9t$qc9$1...@news.istar.ca>, "Mary L. Urquhart"
<nstn...@fox.nstn.ca> writes
> Why don't all of you embroiled in these little power
> plays and control contests all have a mug of warm milk
> and go to bed.
After a goodly power play in which the firm thwack of justice
held sway, Sherilyn the disbelieving trollop has been sent to
bed, but _no_ warm milk, and no cookies. I have found that the
young girls in my charge do not respond well to such coddling.
Do I smell a bull around here?
--
Sherilyn's Abusemistress
"Spare the rod and spoil the fun."
Leonie replied to a posting from Ann Waldrum.
Message-ID: <SFD7APBx...@sidaway.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 23:04:33 +0100
From: Leonie <ab...@sidaway.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: alt.astrology,sci.skeptic
Subject: More on that trollop
Sherilyn (was Edmond's failed attempts to bully people off
group (was Jim Rogers 4 years of Obssessive/Compulsive
Disorder (was Paul Schlyter and some other junk)))
References: <sG+oOtGY...@sidaway.demon.co.uk>
<19970912201...@ladder02.news.aol.com>
<VkicMBDA...@aegis1.demon.co.uk>
<MTrcFJAi...@sidaway.demon.co.uk>
<3425efb3...@news.erols.com>
<cWhIkTB2...@sidaway.demon.co.uk>
<34272e6c...@nntp.ix.netcom.com>
In article <34272e6c...@nntp.ix.netcom.com>, Ann Shermann
<awal...@ix.netcom.com> writes
>On Mon, 22 Sep 1997 07:22:46 +0100, Sherilyn
><Sher...@sidaway.demon.co.uk> wrote:
...
>>>
>>I haven't heard a peep out of ab...@demon.net. I guess they
>>feel the same way.
>>--
>>Sherilyn
>>alt.astrology posting FAQ
>>http://www.sidaway.demon.co.uk/astrology/posting.txt
>
>How odd since the newsgroup keeps getting messages from this
>supposed abuse mistress to Ed.
My address is not ab...@demon.net but ab...@sidaway.demon.co.uk,
the address Edmond chose to make one of his complaints (check
from: line).
I am, of course, a figment of Edmond's imagination--his fantasy
of a dominatrix who can control the unruly Sheri (and, who
knows, perhaps the unruly Edmond, too). Sherilyn is of course
_tied up_ elsewhere at present, so is unable to respond in
person to your post.
ab...@demon.net will politely ignore you (after their perlscript
has emailed you an abuse report ticket), for Sherilyn's behavior
is not net abuse.
>Of course, most of these posts are from some
>poor soul who make all real drag queens shudder, but they are
>your friends, or your alter egos. What can you expect.
>
Believe, me most drag queens I know would only be shuddering
with delight. :D
--
Leonie, Sherilyn's Abusemistress.
"Spare the rod and spoil the fun"
4.3.2 Sutrice
Replied to Edmond's complaint (above), agreeing with his diagnosis:
"Thank you for your email about the outrageous behavior of my
client, that trollop Sherilyn. Be certain that I will ensure
that she is chastized severely for this. She is a libra on the
scorpio cusp, need I say more..."
END
--
Sherilyn
Sherilyn
In article <m7f6RdBK...@sidaway.demon.co.uk>, Sherilyn
<Sher...@sidaway.demon.co.uk> writes
>Archive-name: skeptic/sockpuppets
>Last-modified: 1997/12/29
>Version: 1.5
>URL: http://www.sidaway.demon.co.uk/skeptic/sockpuppets.txt
>Copyright: (c) 1997 Sherilyn <sher...@sidaway.demon.co.uk>
>Maintainer: Sherilyn <sher...@sidaway.demon.co.uk>
>
> "Own identity" accounts
......
I have received a correction to this--Edmond Wollmann's aznet.net
account was cancelled "due to multiple, seeming endless complaints about
his abusive behavior in Usenet", according to J.J. Bailey of aznet.net,
who took the decision.
The corrected version of this FAQ is now available at
http://www.sidaway.demon.co.uk/skeptic/sockpuppets.txt
--
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