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Anthonyjvezza is an account that came to this AfD about an article that Wholeteam39 had created as its third edit and first since June. Similar edit summary to this one by Wholeteam39 and they both signed their recent comments with --. Looks like a duck on behavioral evidence, though could be meatpuppetry. Main reason for request CU is to see if there are any sleepers or other accounts since Anthonyjvezza came up from from over a month of no use. TonyBallioni (talk) 13:08, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Also,, sorry for being obnoxious in terms of the massive backlog, but if you don't mind could you review this case? Today is the end of the AfD relisting period, so it might attract other potential socks. TonyBallioni (talk) 13:55, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * Potential vote fraud on Articles for deletion/CDM Electronics, Inc.. Sock has very obvious COI. My name is not dave (talk/contribs) 13:08, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
 * , I've merged your report with mine. TonyBallioni (talk) 13:11, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Alright, no worries. My name is not dave (talk/contribs) 13:13, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Other behavioral evidence to note in this: Anthonyjvezza next edit was creating an article on a band, as was their first edit. This is similar to Wholeteam39's first edit. One bit of behavioral distinction that is odd is that Wholeteam39 seems to be better at article creation. If CU comes up empty something that is worth considering based on behavioral similarities is whether this is a meatpuppetry situation with Wholeteam39 being the more experienced user. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:10, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Definitely some COI shenanigans going on here. Thanks, GABgab 14:05, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
 * - They're on the same IP address, but apparently using different devices, so MEAT is also a possibility. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:11, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Neither account has edited for a couple of weeks now, so I guess they've lost interest. Chasing this down now doesn't make much sense, so I'm closing. If they start editing again, please reopen and we can investigate further. --Deskana (talk) 11:00, 22 August 2017 (UTC)