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Recently, while clearing some pages from Category:Pages with broken reference names, I noticed a cluster of odd drafts, basically the same content with the same errors, but by different editors. The drafts aren't exact duplicates, but roughly the same. This is the list: The content was first posted at the talk page of I'm uncertain if the creator of African Legal Philosophy  is related. Auric  talk  23:26, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
 * May 12 - Draft:Makola African Legal Philosophy
 * May 12 - Draft:Naledi African Legal Philosophy
 * May 12 - Draft:Philsibi African Legal Philosophy
 * May 12 - Draft:Sandisiwe African Legal Philosophy
 * May 8 - Draft:Mula African Legal Philosophy port
 * May 5 - Draft:Vusi African Legal Philosophy
 * May 5 - Draft:Mirriam African Legal Philosophy
 * May 1 - Draft:African Legal Philosophy port
 * April 29 - Draft:Kmapheto African Legal Philosophy portfolio
 * April 29 - Draft:Jongi African Legal Philosophy portfolio
 * April 21 - Draft:Legal Philosophy-a layman's guide same sources, already rejected
 * April 28 - Draft talk:African Legal Philosophy
 * April 8 - Draft:African legal philosophy

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 * I just discovered that a pair of IPs ( and ) copied similar content to African philosophy on May 14 (diff), overwriting the lede. I reverted the change.-- Auric   talk  11:45, 15 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Also (May 13) and  (May 11) --  Auric   talk  11:58, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
 

I noticed this at WP:VPM and requested that open this SPI. My first thought, as Auric suggested, is that this is some totally innocent (if misguided) school assignment. I'd proceed by querying several of the most recently active users on their talk pages to see if that's the case, and see where that goes. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:58, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I did some preliminary investigation and found an additional account:
 * They're all using the same browser/OS, and are likely using the same internet connection with a highly dynamic IP. They're almost certainly classmates using a shared computer lab. Contacting them to try and figure out what they're up to is probably the best approach for now. ST47 (talk) 02:18, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
 * , I've placed queries on the user talk pages of the four editors who created drafts on May 12th. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:50, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
 * For future reference: Student assignments. -- RoySmith (talk) 03:21, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
 * And, probably not related to this specific case, but more generally: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2729241 -- RoySmith (talk) 13:34, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I suspect this isn't going anywhere. Is there any value in keeping it on hold, or should we just close it and move on?  -- RoySmith (talk) 03:22, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * One thought is that if this continued to be a major problem, we might want to craft an edit filter that looked for "african legal philosophy", but I'd just keep that in my back pocket as a possible card to play in the future. -- RoySmith (talk) 03:25, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing per above. There's not a lot for us to do here due to the lack of clear disruption being caused - it seems more like a student assignment. If disruption occurs in the future, another case can be filed. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:32, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing per above. There's not a lot for us to do here due to the lack of clear disruption being caused - it seems more like a student assignment. If disruption occurs in the future, another case can be filed. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:32, 19 May 2020 (UTC)