::::Doug, let me comment separately by saying that based on the Jewish doctrine of Lashon hara, as well as on WP:GOODFAITH, I categorically assume that there is no sockpuppetry involved here.  If there is, I would be sad and hurt, but that issue has not affected my analysis or opinion whatsoever.   

 ::::To tell you the truth, in my view a flood of truly random, new IP arriving and singing Dauster's praises has a perfectly reasonable alternate explanation.  I assume there are a lot of Wikipedia readers that are not registered (or at least rarely sign in) and that do not normally edit.  If some of them have come to enjoy the weekly parsha summaries, they might very well be motivated to say something, even if they do not register and do not normally edit.  Parsha is the normal structure for Torah (here meaning specifically Pentateuch) study by a large portion of the observant Jewish world; why shouldn't people react if they feel that resource will be taken away from them? (That is another argument in favor of notability, by the way.) 

 ::::If you happen to read this before I actually post a talkback to you, please refain on immediately commenting; I am about to write a suggestion to Cullen and Dauster, which I would invite you to read.  But for the moment, that is not for including back in the general discussion on this topic.  My talk page, my rules for that.