[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #3633: Moderator tool: Help spot sock puppets

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#3633: Moderator tool: Help spot sock puppets
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 Reporter:  anevins         |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:
Component:  Support Forums  |   Keywords:  2nd-opinion
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 Sometimes a moderator may be overlooking reviews of a plugin for various
 reasons and one of them could be to check for sock puppets.

 Although sock puppets are verified through multiple data sources, one of
 the ways they can be identified is through IP.

 I think it would be useful for the IP check to occur in the background
 while moderators carry out their normal workflow of reviewing individual
 user reviews.

 I have created a script for this that utilises localstorage:
 https://gist.github.com/anevins12/02728f7c256adae7baafc5ddb1b15982

 * Runs in tampermonkey
 * Does not change the normal workflow of a moderator
 * Runs on individual review pages
 * Stores the IP, plugin name and thread for uniqueness
 * For any new review thread visited, if the IP is the same as a previous
 review (under the same plugin), a visible flag is added
 * Has a button to remove localstorage created by this script

 Would we consider adding this to WordPress.org for moderators?

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