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There are some COI concerns regarding the organization and its web video series Shaking Through.

Weathervane Music has been mostly edited by Cweeks323, who recently disclosed a COI on the user page (diff; "Digital media manager editing on behalf of Weathervane Music"). The user has added a non-notable episode list of Shaking Through (diff, diff, diff), the article of which was deleted in 2011 (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shaking Through Web Series). I warned the user, added the COI tag to the article, and removed the episode list. At 14:48, 28 May 2019 (UTC), Cweeks323 removed the COI disclosure from the user page (diff). About one hour later, Patrick1312's account was created at 15:59. Patrick1312 restored the episode list at 16:11 (diff) and removed the COI tag at 17:14 (diff).

Astyn.ax-died-for-you has added Weathervane Music and Shaking Through to other articles (diff, diff). At 17:49, 21 May 2019 (UTC), Astyn.ax-died-for-you edited Waxahatchee's performance for Shaking Through (diff). Four minutes later, at 17:53, Cweeks323 uploaded an image of Waxahatchee performing for Shaking Through (diff). Additionally, at 14:45, 28 May 2019 (UTC), Astyn.ax-died-for-you added Shaking Through to the other article (diff). Three minutes later, at 14:48, Cweeks323 removed the COI disclosure from the user page (diff). 180.15.81.65 (talk) 01:38, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

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 * Moved from talk page per request by IP --DannyS712 (talk) 01:58, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * All three named accounts are a ✅ match. Blocked and tagged. Yunshui 雲 水 08:48, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:20, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

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From March to May 2019, Cweeks323, who is a "Digital media manager editing on behalf of Weathervane Music" (diff), frequently edited Weathervane Music. The user has been indefinitely blocked for abusing multiple accounts. On 11 July 2019, Tomatolovers appeared from nowhere, started editing the same article, and replaced citation needed with the sources (including Weathervane Music's website), most of which don't support the content in the article (diff, diff). I'm requesting CU to confirm and check for other accounts. 114.159.160.16 (talk) 15:48, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

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 * - Lack of evidence presented. Please present more or this case will be closed. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 07:00, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Procedural close - evidence has been presented below. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:44, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

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The same sentences have been repeatedly added to Weathervane Music by and ; most of their changes are not supported by the sources cited in the article.
 * With this edit and this edit, both of these accounts added "Weathervane Music Organization was founded in 2008 by ... musician and non-profit fundraiser Bill Robertson", as well as "In 2009, Weathervane Music created The Weathervane Music Project series ... Weathervane continues to produce Shaking Through."
 * Also, with this edit and this edit, both of these accounts added "Shaking Through is shot predominantly in recording studios ... from professional to improvised", as well as "... has featured recording artists such as Sharon Van Etten, Strand of Oaks, ... Sufjan Stevens, and Sharon Van Etten."

I suspect these accounts are operated by the same person. 114.167.30.25 (talk) 21:11, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * - Weathervane Music has a history of COI socking going back to 2011 from what I can see. Behavioural evidence is compelling anyway: this account has only edited Weathervane Music, using many of the same sources as Cweeks323 and socks. Cweeks323 and a few later CU-confirmed socks are stale, but I'm curious about the article's overlap with Sockpuppet investigations/SacredGeometry333 (see User:GiordanoOrion, and ), a case which I'm sure I have notes on on the private wiki; there's also username similarity. Please check if you can find anything to go on, and also check Tomatolovers for possible sleepers. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:08, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
 * ❌ and no other accounts. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 16:36, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
 * just to clarify, Tomatolovers is unrelated to Cweeks323 & co.? Or they're stale and there's not enough info? Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:51, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Tomatolovers is unrelated to the data you left on CU wiki for Sacred Geometry. Everything in this SPI (Cweeks) is stale. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 19:43, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay, that makes sense. Tomatolovers is based on the IP's evidence, and the overlap with SC333 is apparently incidental. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:01, 30 September 2019 (UTC)