Forum:Meatpuppetry

Here at SNN already have a strict policy on Stockpuppetry; but there is another form of it that needs to be addressed: Meatpuppetry. This is wikipedia's rule on meatpuppets:

"Do not recruit your friends, family members, or communities of people who agree with you for the purpose of coming to Wikipedia and supporting your side of a debate. If you feel that a debate is ignoring your voice, remain civil, and seek comments from other Wikipedians or pursue dispute resolution. These are well-tested processes, designed to avoid the problem of exchanging bias in one direction for bias in another."

To shorten it, a meatpuppets are users who's only reason for being here is to agree with another user they know outside the internet to gain support for his/her argument. This is unfair to other users. A site discussion can be going on and people seem to be split about it, but then one user recruits some one he/she knows and then the the debate shifts to their favor. Or a user is nominated for rollback rights and then the meatpuppet gives him that final vote he/she needs. Does that sound any fair to you?

In odder for this not to happen, we need to make a policy saying users with Meatpuppet traits will NOT be tolerated and will be banned immediately. The one thing we still have to determine is our definition. I personally do not like wikipedia's definition. If you want to look at it, and learn more about meatpuppets go here.

If you think this has never happened on SNN and is not a problem, i have seen it happen before and know users who are meatpuppets. 12:48, July 4, 2013 (UTC)