In the past, editors have taken action in attempt to rein in the various accounts used by the sockmaster. This is usually met initially with hostility and personal attacks and eventually with the sockmaster abandoning the account and creating a new one.
Below, find some instances of intervention by other editors against the disruptive behavior of the various socks.
User talk: Corbridge – Civility
Wikiquette alerts: InaMaka – Sept 2010
Wikiquette alerts: InaMaka – July 2010
Wikiquette alerts: InaMaka – June 2009
Wikiquette alerts: Incivility by user Getaway
User Talk: Getaway – Civil edit summaries