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The user User:Mwilde has outed himself as Mark Wilde on the page Talk:Quantum_radar. According to the discussion in Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard he has been using IP address to covertly delete references associated with the user and to promote his book "Quantum Information Theory" in Wikipedia pages. The latter issue creates a WP:COI in these pages where he may be regarded as WP:Paid editor. His covert promotion of his own book via the Wikipedia website will certainly create an additional income. Let us stress that, because this activity has been done covertly by using sockpuppets (IP addresses), I believe that it may be going on for many years, since the first publication of this book in 2011.

I report here some of the covert IP activities of Mark Wilde:

1) Special:Contributions/2600:1700:A20:19E0:4462:29EB:C7C2:7943

From this address :

- covertly added his group at Lousiana state university to the page https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quantum_information&diff=prev&oldid=818528557

- deleted my name from the Quantum Illumination page https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quantum_illumination&diff=prev&oldid=818528271

- deleted a relevant paper of mine from the Quantum discord page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quantum_discord&diff=prev&oldid=818526596

- deleted another relevant paper of mine from the Quantum Illumination page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quantum_illumination&diff=prev&oldid=818526139

- Moved his book "Quantum Information Theory" to the top of the references https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quantum_information&diff=prev&oldid=818525947

2) Special:Contributions/104.58.44.156

From this other IP address :

- removed again a relevant paper of mine from the Quantum Illumination page https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quantum_illumination&diff=prev&oldid=836436737

- Made other edits around my name in the other two contributions

This IP 104.58.44.156 is from Baton Rouge, Lousiana where he usually lives and works.

3) Special:Contributions/185.129.147.195

From this other IP address :

- Again moved his book "Quantum Information Theory" to the top of the references https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quantum_information&diff=prev&oldid=859628546

- Removed a relevant paper of mine from the Quantum Illumination page https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quantum_illumination&diff=prev&oldid=859627532

This IP 185.129.147.195 is from Moscow, Russia. In those days, he was visiting the Steklov Mathematical Institute (see http://www.mathnet.ru/php/presentation.phtml?option_lang=eng&presentid=19523). This shows that his activity was probably often done while being abroad so as to better cover his tracks.

4) Special:Contributions/24.200.159.126

From this other IP address made quite a splash of his book in a many wiki pages, inserting and re-inserting it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quantum_information&diff=prev&oldid=450582188

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quantum_capacity&diff=prev&oldid=450582357

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quantum_channel&diff=prev&oldid=450582410

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conditional_quantum_entropy&diff=prev&oldid=450582583

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quantum_information&diff=prev&oldid=450629444

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quantum_capacity&diff=prev&oldid=450629520

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quantum_channel&diff=prev&oldid=450629584

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Entanglement_distillation&diff=prev&oldid=450629759

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conditional_quantum_entropy&diff=prev&oldid=450649170

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sole_Soul&diff=prev&oldid=450649876

In the last one we also find the comment:

"I am hoping you could keep the reference "From Classical to Quantum Shannon Theory" that I inserted on just four pages of the quantum information theory wikis. This text is a full book on the topic, covering many aspects of the theory not available in other texts. It might be useful for you to look at this book to determine that it is a good reference as suggested. Also, it is not clear to me that you have expertise in quantum information theory"

The IP 24.200.159.126 above is from Montreal, Quebec, where he was a post-doctoral researcher from October 2009 to April 2013.

It is clear that he has been promoting his book since 9 October 2011. Spirandola (talk) 07:58, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' is now blocked. --Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 16:23, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * This is more archaeologic than historic. Reminded Mwilde to ensure he's logged in - uw-login. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 07:07, 20 July 2020 (UTC)