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Vineetpl7 and Scottbernstein have been creating and editing the same articles about non-notable people. One example is Draft:Prince Thompson Iyamu which was created by Vineetpl7 and moved to mainspace by Scottbernstein after it had been rejected in AfC; the article was deleted in thisAfD. Almost exactly the same thing happened with Draft:James Campion Conway (where James Campion Conway is currently in AfD). In both cases, Scottbernstein also has a note regarding deleted drafts on their user talk page - those who can see deleted contributions may be able to make more sense out of who originally created what. Charles Christopher Reed is another article created by Vineetpl7 and edited by Scottbernstein.

I just noticed that Scottbernstein has also been cautioned against paid editing, so I am not the only one to sense something fishy about their contributions.

More recently, Scottbernstein created Harrison Rogers; after I added a notability tag to the article, Vineetpl7 posted this to the talk page. Later, MLR1990 started editing the article, and has disclosed a COI here. Relevant to this SPI is this, cf this (same diff as above, by Vineetpl7), as well as this. I have now started an AfD for Harrison Rogers, as well.

I suspect that there may be more accounts involved, so would like a CU. --bonadea contributions talk 10:54, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

More interaction: after I'd written the above, Sb moved a draft of V7's into mainspace, at Andrew Kaggia. It has been speedy tagged (not by me, though I agree entirely with the tag). Sb also edited another draft by V7. --bonadea contributions talk 12:04, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other and ❌ to the other two accounts:
 * Blocked all accounts and tagged only the first two accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:05, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Tagged group 2. GABgab 16:13, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing. GABgab 22:29, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked all accounts and tagged only the first two accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:05, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Tagged group 2. GABgab 16:13, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing. GABgab 22:29, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing. GABgab 22:29, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

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The account was created today and their first two edits were two recreations (fully developed, sections, references and all) of articles previously created by Vineetpl7. The Julie Hodgson article is one I remember trying to find significant coverage for and failing - I'm not sure this version is identical in every detail but I recognise a lot of similarities, including a wildly exaggerated claim that an interview on a regional Swedish radio channel somehow translates into being a guest on a prestigious radio show, as well as a bunch of copyright violating blurbs from Hodgson's various books. bonadea contributions talk 09:57, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:02, 25 January 2017 (UTC)