Template:Sockpuppet/doc

Usage
In general, this template should only be applied by Administrators or Clerks as part of the Sockpuppet investigations process.

For use with a suspected alternate master
(can be used in addition to the parameters below) The template adds the  magic word.

Parameters
The first parameter in this table is required and the template will fail without it. All the other parameters are optional.

Deprecated parameters
Use of this template with the second positional parameter suspected or spi or without any second positional parameter will produce

The template should not be used in this manner, as Sockpuppetry mandates that only blocked accounts be tagged as sockpuppets.

Categories
This template adds pages to one of (as appropriate):
 * Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets and Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of ;
 * Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of .

TemplateData
{	"params": { "1": {			"label": "Master's username", "description": "Username of the sockpuppeteer", "type": "wiki-user-name", "required": true },		"2": {			"label": "Status", "description": "The status of the account. Set to \"spi\" or \"suspected\" if the user is not yet blocked or confirmed by a checkuser but is under investigation. Set to \"blocked\" if the user has been blocked on behavioral evidence (checkuser not used). Set to \"proven\" if the user is a sock beyond reasonable doubt. Set to \"confirmed\" \"cuconfirmed\" or \"nbconfirmed\" if the account has been confirmed by a checkuser. If defined, defaults to the 'not yet blocked or confirmed by a checkuser but is under investigation'.", "type": "string", "suggested": true },		"3": {			"type": "content", "aliases": [ "evidence" ],			"label": "Evidence", "description": "Use this parameter to specify evidence different from the normal link to the case page" },		"length": { "label": "Block length (if not indefinite)", "description": "The length of time the user has been blocked for. Defaults to indefinite.", "type": "string" },		"notblocked": { "label": "Not blocked?", "description": "Set to \"yes\" if the account has not been blocked and the status template is not the default", "type": "line" },		"locked": { "label": "Globally locked?", "description": "Set to \"yes\" if the account has been globally locked", "type": "line" },		"spipage": { "label": "Subpage name of SPI", "description": "Define if the SPI has a different name to the master", "type": "string" },		"category": { "aliases": [ "cat" ],			"label": "Custom category", "description": "Adds the user to a custom category. Defaults to \"Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of [sockmaster]\" or \"Wikipedia sockpuppets of [sockmaster]\" based on the \"Status\" parameter." },		"nocat": { "label": "Remove categories", "description": "Defining this parameter will remove the categories", "type": "line" }	},	"description": "This template is placed on the user pages of accounts which are sockpuppets, usually by patrolling administrators at SPI." }