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Either severe meatpuppetry or sockpuppetry, though probably the former. First user created article about Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, which was nominated for deletion by User:GoldenRing. Djikdavid removed tags, including the AfD tag, from the article.. Elandik commented at the AfD after the tags were restored by GoldenRing and Cyberbot, indicating that they are at least associated with the article writer, then suggests withdrawing the AfD. A couple hours later, Saranyadas comes by, adding more or less the same statement as Djikdavid, and then closes the AfD improperly as withdrawn. All four accounts have roughly the same style of grammar and such (but that's not saying much), and three have habits of marking edits randomly as minor. ansh 666 22:04, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I just realized that I somewhat mixed up Elandik with, who made the comment on the AfD about being the article creator as their only edit. Is that enough for a determination here? I know checkusers can't link accounts to IPs. It's not really important in the long run, but it does provide a bit more clarity on the AfD. ansh 666 23:05, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
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 * Blocked and tagged the confirmed accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:54, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * The IP hasn't edited in almost a week. A "determination" isn't necessary.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:58, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Close. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 03:58, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
 * is.
 * Blocked and tagged the confirmed accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:54, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * The IP hasn't edited in almost a week. A "determination" isn't necessary.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:58, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Close. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 03:58, 20 January 2017 (UTC)