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Either of User:ThisUserIsTaken and User:SeekerOfTruth90 can be master and sock account or vice-versa. Both of them are involved in 2021 Virginia Attorney General election and have been involved in creation of this page,removal of deletion tag in the past. See page public log. They are now desperately involved in WP:CANVAS at Articles for deletion/2021 Virginia Attorney General election ~ Amkgp  💬  20:04, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Their editing history suggest they are highly WP:MEAT or WP:SHARE accounts ~ Amkgp  💬  20:06, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
 * See the similarity of statements made by User:SeekerOfTruth90 at 2021 Virginia Attorney General election who says this in edit summary while removing WP:PROD removed deletion tag; it is not too soon, as there is a declared candidate and candidates exploring. If it is "too soon", then the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial elections pages should be deleted as well. Also, the 2017 page was created in 2015.. See proof here. And see the statement made by User:ThisUserIsTaken at Articles for deletion/2021 Virginia Attorney General election as Keep - As noted by SeekerofTruth90, both the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election and the much less covered 2021 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election already have pages. Additionally, we are approaching the time period for candidates to start announcing their candidacy for next years statewide races. One Republican has already declared. While two Democrats, one a notable Commonwealth's Attorney from Henrico, and one being a state delegate have formed exploratory committees. It is my belief that this page does not violate WP:TOOSOON as coverage for this specific race is now starting to pick up media coverage. It is also my belief that this page does not violate WP:CRYSTALBALL as there is no speculation of who's running. All candidates, both Exploratory and Declared, comes from the candidates themselves and reputable news outlets. ~ Amkgp  💬  20:29, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

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This accusation is both in poor taste and in bad faith. Not only do I not edit under any other account, I have absolutely no connection to User:ThisUserIsTaken. I'm not sure why ~ Amkgp has such a problem with the 2021 Virginia Attorney General election, but any similarities in the editing history of User:ThisUserIsTaken and myself is purely coincidental. A CheckUser investigation will bear this out in short order. ~ SeekerOfTruth90 💬  20:26, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

I welcome the CheckUser investigation as well. I can guarantee they will find no evidence of WP:MEAT or WP:SHARE occurring. I find it repulsive that two people cannot agree without being accused of being bad actors. Additionally, I question the logic of how two individuals editing on five separate pages, sometimes with only one of us making an edit, such is the case on 2018 Florida gubernatorial election, 2018 New York gubernatorial election, and 2021 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election "suggest they are highly WP:MEAT or WP:SHARE accounts." Of the five pages we have both edited over the last two plus years. Three of them have only one edit by one of us. On the case of 2018 Florida gubernatorial election SeekerOfTruth90 made their initial edit on November 24th, 2017. I made my lone edit to the page nine months later on August 29th, 2018. On the case of 2018 New York gubernatorial election SeekerOfTruth90 made their initial edit on March 19th, 2018. I made my lone edit two months later on May 3rd, 2018. On the case of 2021 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election I created the page on April 23rd, 2019. SeekerOfTruth90 did not make an edit on the page until a year and two months later on June 24, 2020. The number of edits made, and the time frame of which they occurred, with one occurrence being two months later. Another occurrence being nine months later. And the final occurrence being over a year after a pages creation does not line up with an individual participating in malpractice. I am writing my entire rebuttal to the accusation thrown. Because the timeline does not support the claim. The claim is myself and SeekerOfTruth90 are participating in malpractice as sock-puppet accounts. SeekerOfTruth90 removing the request for deletion, and myself agreeing the page should remain pigging backing off their statements is not evidence of sock-puppetry. Additionally, I used your own evidence that you provided based off our editing history of accusing as "highly" meat or sock-puppet accounts against you. In support of my own defense. With the majority of pages edited being edited only once by myself or SeekerOfTruth90 in a range of two months, nine months, and over a year. I am writing all this because I was taught to always present a defense that would hold up in a court of law. The defense I have brought to counter the accusations. Would to any judge, juror, or rationally sane person find in my favor. I will reiterate, it is pathetic how the accusation was thrown based on such a weak claim, and evidence that does not even support the claim. Instead, the evidence given to support the claim, supports my defense. I await the CheckUser, and for them to rule the accusation to be unfounded based on the evidence they're able to see. Along with my defense. ThisUserIsTaken 21:458, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * ThisUserIsTaken is the eldest account and thus should be the master. The SandDoctor  Talk 23:01, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Forgot to ping. Courtesy ping to -- The SandDoctor  Talk 23:02, 28 June 2020 (UTC)


 * The accounts are ❌ from a technical standpoint, and my view is there is also insufficient behavioral evidence to say they are the same or related users. After reviewing their contribution histories, I am inclined to say that these are two editors who simply have similar editing interests (though not perfectly the same: SeekerOfTruth90 appears to be interested in New Zealand and Indy500 topics, which ThisUserIsTaken has ignored). For these reasons, I am closing this case without action. Mz7 (talk) 06:54, 3 July 2020 (UTC)