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Appears to be some kind of orchestrated campaign to insert politically charged material into articles about notable politicians. See this thread at ANI which has diffs and further discussion. Two appear to be either socks or meat, the master I'm less sure of. That may require a check user. Ad Orientem (talk) 16:46, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * As I mentioned at WP:ANI, the timing definitely matches up .  Dark Knight  2149  17:01, 26 February 2017 (UTC)


 * As I mentioned at AN/I, the timing really doesn't match up. Darkknight, are you sure you aren't (mis)reading edits by – and warnings to – Dmoses816 on 14 February as being made on 24 February?  TenOfAllTrades(talk) 17:06, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Ten days apart isn't that far apart, in my opinion. I've seen some sock puppeteers evade a block in a matter of weeks. This isn't a block, but I think it's a plausible amount of time for a user to decide to create a sock account after receiving multiple reverts and warnings (or for fresh WP:MEAT to enter the mix).  Dark Knight  2149  17:18, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I still can't figure out the question of cui bono? The first account wasn't blocked, the subsequent accounts edited entirely different articles using entirely distinct sources, with different quirks of language and editing.  There wasn't a block, a revert, a warning, or even a message to the second account before the third one was created, to add (again) different content.  The "evade scrutiny" rationale is thin for the creation of the second account, and essentially absent for the third.  Obviously a checkuser will be able to answer one way or the other, but the behavioral evidence presents very little grist for the mill. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 17:45, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Change Agent43 and SpartanJoe are /. Dmoses816 is ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:51, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * the ANI thread closed as a "false alarm", and I see no reason not to do the same here. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:13, 28 February 2017 (UTC)