User blog comment:Mscoree/June Presidential Debate/@comment-1789156-20140612232025/@comment-5135653-20140612232612

Currently our rules state that sockpuppet accounts, once discovered, should be banned, repeated offenses result in an IP ban. Generally speaking, this system works, however there are a some flaws. Case 1 Ninjaswarrior. He was a sock puppet multiple times but was only recently revealed to be such. Ninja as a player improved greatly from his earlier sockpuppeting days, yet a harsh ban was still put on him, in these rare situations, i believe that the persons actions merit the ban, in the case of ninja, I would have not permabanned him and was dismayed that such an event occured. I feel our investigations should be handled with more finesse, and to take into consideration more the individual merits, once a sockpuppet is discovered, allow the accused adequate representation to defend ones self, before inacting any bans. While on the subject, I feel permabans should not be handed out to sockpuppets unless they vandalized or harrassed users.