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All very similar usernames making a ton of edits to Quantum Dot, no edits to other articles. I am not sure if I have to provide diffs as their contributions are only to Quantum dot and no other pages, so you can simply go to their contribution page. NOTNOTABLE (talk) 19:34, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Here's two good diffs that provide more behavioural evidence: NOTNOTABLE (talk) 19:39, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 * 1620 rtd making an edit to Quantum dot
 * 1620 vjf making nearly the exact same edit

Just found another very similar looking page history with completely separate accounts, all also dedicated to editing that one page. I also found another page very similar to the platinum nanoparticles one, however it has a normally named user in the mix dedicated to editing that one page.

However, most of these edits are by users named in the format (1 or 2)620 (3 random letters), which I think along with the other behavior is enough evidence. NOTNOTABLE (talk) 19:51, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Something strange is going on here – there is clear evidence of correlation, but though it occurs to me that this could be a class of students with the number being the class number. In any event, a CU is warranted to get some more insight on what's happening here. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 20:43, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 * - Katietalk 20:51, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 * You're exactly right – they geolocate to a university. There are several different user agents, and coupled with the time frames in which the editing has occurred, I think it's safe to say they're not one person. I'm inclined to leave them alone since there's no malicious intent here. Katietalk 21:01, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, I had considered that as a possibility. (the random letters look like initials, now that I think about it) Wonder what the policy is on these sort of things. I'm thinking there should be an attempt to at least contact the classes(?) to let them know about WP:ASSIGN and such, as the edits don't seem harmful but I don't know much about this topic. NOTNOTABLE (talk) 00:16, 3 December 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm going to send this to the Wiki Ed folks and see if they want to make contact, but I agree that there's not much actionable here. I'm therefore closing this case without further action. Thanks, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 02:01, 3 December 2016 (UTC)