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A promotional paragraph about the future release of a book has been repeatedly added to the David Salsburg article by these accounts. It was first added by the AMAZINGDOG account here, then the phrase describing the book as "highly anticipated" was restored by Hithere here , then the whole paragraph was restored again by Wiki-editor2000001 here , and restored again by Wiki-editor2000001 today here. AMAZINGDOG and Hithere have only edited the David Salsburg page. Wiki-editor2000001 has 12 articlespace edits and 6 of them are to this page. It's possible that these are not a sockpuppet violation, in that they are separated in time.

I am confident of the close matchese in edits of AmazingDog, Hithere, and Wiki-editor, listed above. However, there are other accounts that may be linked. Each have similar names, have edited primarily or only this page, and have made linked edits. It is possible that the real puppetmaster is the blocked account DogWoofsatCat, which added promotional links and language to the Salsburg page and a small number of other pages. Other accounts in this pattern include Thebest_WikiEditor, which restored the "a lot of fame" originally contributed by the blocked DogWoofsatCat. Also, WoofWoofWoof5, which has only edited the Salsburg page, readded the promotional link here that was originally added by DogWoofsatCat here. Finally, WoofWoofWoofWoofWoofIamadog17, another similar name that edited only this page, restored the claim that Salsburg got a chocolate degree here that was originally made by Miltonshershey, another Salsburg only account, here.

I am not confident to include WikIeditor101010101Wikiedit. While this user has similar names, and has only edited this page, I don't see the link to other edits. But perhaps the ip logs will tell a different story.

Let me also add that I have never opened an SPI case before, and would welcome feedback from more experienced editors. Thanks!Chris vLS (talk) 04:47, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Hello. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding, but I am obviously not a "sock puppet." I only edit Wikipedia to help make more information be accessible to the general public. All of the information I have written is truthful and it is annoying that you keep reversing all of my edits. I have not written information on articles that I am not educated on. Thank you for being courteous and understanding. - Wiki-editor200001 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:16, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Only Wiki-editor200001 has edited recently. The other accounts' most recent edits were from August 2016; many haven't edited in years. AMAZINGDOGWoofWoof1234 is not even close to the oldest account.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:32, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I blocked some obviously connected accounts and moved the case to the oldest. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:03, 17 February 2017 (UTC)