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28 January 2013

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All have made edits to small villages in Cheshire within a space of 15minutes, and all their edits have been just to those articles. Some of the edits are very similar to each other. I include the diffs below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beeston,_Cheshire&curid=153722&diff=535329239&oldid=464961544  (2 edits by the same i.d.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marston,_Cheshire&curid=155070&diff=535329801&oldid=426062297 (2 edits by the same i.d.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rushton,_Cheshire&curid=9112730&diff=535330058&oldid=426321147 (1 edit by this user)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allostock&curid=3136667&diff=535330144&oldid=426254218 (1 edit by this user)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dutton,_Cheshire&curid=9022773&diff=535330305&oldid=426292000 (1 edit by this user)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saighton&curid=5521867&diff=535330560&oldid=426321264 (1 edit by this i.d.)

That so many new users should edit similar articles, sometimes in a similar way, strikes me as being rather improbable, so that the possibility that they are the same person becomes a more likely alternative.

Although they are not formally vandalising (since the edits may be reasonable), the use of undeclared multiple accounts seems counter to the spirit of wikipedia. I would like to determine whether they are likely to be the same editor so that appropriate advice can be given early on to avoid the person (if it is a simgle person) getting into more serious trouble later on.)  DDStretch    (talk)  13:19, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

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 * Have you considered the possibility that this is a school/class project of some sort? ​—DoRD (talk)​ 13:33, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I did wonder about this. But thought that if this were the case, the supervising teacher really ought to have made some announcement about it. I can see no such announcement on the Cheshire Project or anywhere else I have looked. However, if you think this is the most likely situation, I am happy to accept your decision if you decide to decline the request, because you are obviously more experienced at this kind of thing than I am.  DDStretch    (talk)  13:41, 28 January 2013 (UTC)


 * There are 66 accounts with matching technical data all created on the 28th UTC. The IP that it came from is a school IP. (Though they were mostly created off different IPs from within the range, that's how they got past the 6 account limit per IP.) -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  21:22, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Nothing malicious appears to be going on here. Anyone who wants is welcome to try and reach out to these kids. Someguy1221 (talk) 22:31, 28 January 2013 (UTC)