Forum:Zman/NCC-1701

Wikia Community and Technical Support has confirmed that User:NCC-1701 and User:Captain Zman are indeed one and the same user. This is an obvious case of intentional deception and self-misrepresentation to the community, per his straw man argument on my talk page and other comments around the wiki (like supporting a Porthos article).

I must say, sock puppetry is a serious "offense" among wikipedians, when the guilty user has not revealed to the community the nature and purpose of multiple accounts. Usually such intentional deception is for the purpose of influencing favor towards certain articles (to wit, Porthos). I won't even go into his racist actions (here and elsewhere), or past offenses on this wiki (despite his professions of "starting clean"). If we allow this user to remain part of the community, it carries serious implications, should he decide to log yet another new username and get more clever at perpetrating the deception. I'll admit, he had me fooled at first, as NCC-1701. I did not think it was Zman, until Tim brought it up, which just goes to show, he is capable of pulling the wool over others' eyes.

Although this isn't other wikis, there's an unofficial standard of "good conduct" which extends throughout the interwiki community. The rule of thumb is to permaban sock puppets. This is a harsh measure, and permanent. Should he be permabanned? SAS undefined 11:30, 11 December 2006 (UTC)