Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Gadugi

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Sockpuppet IP for banned user Jeff Merkey - -  -  and many more. IP is a Utah Comcast block that Jeff has used repeatably. --Jerry (Talk) 04:36, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Moved request, as it had been placed in the wrong section. Jude (talk,contribs,email) 09:32, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * This request seems pointless. We already know the IP number. Against whom should it be compared as there are presently no other suspected ublocked sockpuppets of the banned User:Gadugi (Jeff Merkey)? However this IP number should be simply blocked for posting legal threaths. I've already asked for this at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. The problem is I did not create a new section for this so it may be not very prominent. Friendly Neighbour 10:48, 23 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Declined. Mackensen (talk) 21:00, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

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Gadugi




From the behaviour and language of the poster, almost everyone familiar with the situation seems to believe that  is a sockpuppet of user:Gadugi, which is the nym of Jeffrey Vernon Merkey, permanently banned from Wikipedia for legal threats. Jeff has consistently and vociferously tried to impose his own POV on the Jeffrey Vernon Merkey article, to the extent of threatening lawsuits, and, although user:waya sahoni was spotted early on as another sockpuppet, we turned a blind eye, since, to begin with, he wasn't materially disrupting the editing of the Merkey article. Lately however, waya sahoni has become an increasingly disruptive presence on the Merkey article and it's talk page, hence I'm asking for a check. It's pretty obvious that user:waya sahoni is Jeff, but we've no conclusive proof.

Evidence:
 * user:waya sahoni claims to be living in Texas, yet on a number of occasions seems to have slipped up and posted without logging in. On these occasions, the IP address apparently used belongs to the block in Utah from which Jeff Merkey generally posts. posted an edit written in first person to waya sahoni's user page, and has carried on conversations by User:waya sahoni in Talk:Brokeback Mountain.  has also carried on conversations started by user:waya sahoni in Talk:Jeffrey Vernon Merkey.

Thanks, --Aim Here 00:08, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
 * For reference, some of Merkey's past accounts: is under permanent block.  Other IDs Mr. Merkey has used while under block, as confirmed by himself:, , ,  and . The last of these is currently the IP of merkeylaw.com, Jeff's website.


 * Impossible really to add anything to what you say here. User:Waya sahoni has used the IPs:


 * 67.166.115.135
 * 67.177.11.129


 * and nobody else in checkuserable history has used these IPs. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 10:55, 26 February 2006 (UTC)


 * What other evidence should we provide to show the administrators that User:Waya sahoni is a sockpuppet of User:Gadugi? I am sure we can come up with examples of typical behaviour, choice of words, grammar mistakes, and other personality indicators. Such a list would be long and a lot of work to produce, though.


 * The fact is that the user has started to make himself into a nuiceance again, and I'd like him re-shackled (as was the intention of the permanent block) --MJ( &#x260E; 14:59, 27 February 2006 (UTC).


 * These users and several others are members of the Yahoo SCOX message board and have been accusing any and all editors of sockpuppetry who attempt to improve the article in question. They engage in vandalism, POV pushing, and vicious personal attacks.  They have even resorted to attacks regarding my sexual orientation, and engaged in sustained vandalism of my user page and the user pages of others with a plethera of sockpuppet IP addresses.  I have reviewed the edit logs on the article in question, and I have identified over a dozen addresses from everywhere from Montana, California, North Carolina, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas.  Every single editor who approaches the article is accussed of sockpuppetry and harassed until they are driven from the article.  At present, I have opened an RFC and the current disputes relate to the SCOX members inserting materials which are barred from Wikipedia by Reliable sources.  When they loose their arguments, instead of relying on intellectual debate or sincere discussion, they mob the editor and start making baseless sockpuppetry allegations.  It is quickly rising to the level of harassment and violation of WP:NPA.  The dispute centers on the LKML bulletin board and whether or not the content can be used as primary or secondary sources.  I am working on numerous articles for the Wikipedia Indigenous Peoples Porject, and this article falls into that category.  I have attempted to improve the article along with the others so it will meet feature article status, but some of these editors will stop at nothing to misuse wikiepedia as a platform for POV pushing with content I am unable to verify. Waya sahoni 20:44, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Here is a list of the sockpuppets I've found for Jeff

The following users and IP addresses are among Jeff's attempts to circumvent his permanent ban and rewrite his embarrassing history.
 * Address used by 'Merkey's wife' - nslookup shows 'c-67-177-35-25.hsd1.ut.comcast.net'
 * Address used by 'Merkey's wife' - nslookup shows 'c-67-177-35-25.hsd1.ut.comcast.net'


 * Address used by Merkey (see talk page) - tracert shows that the last named node is 'gw0-cust-OCWIRELESS-NET.slkc.eli.net' (a Salt Lake City wireless account). This node is not currently active.
 * Address used by Merkey (see talk page) - tracert shows that the last named node is 'gw0-cust-OCWIRELESS-NET.slkc.eli.net' (a Salt Lake City wireless account). This node is not currently active.


 * This "node" is indeed active. It continues to be part of a very small IP address block that formerly hosted some of Merkey's domain names (vger.utah-nac.org, merkeylaw.com) but has been purged of Merkey's domain names and now hosts various *.soleranetworks.com hosts.


 * This IP address is one that Merkey continues to use in posting to the LKML (Linux Kernel Mail List). Here is a header fragement from a Merkey post as recent as Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:48:10 -0700:


 * Received: from wolfmountaingroup.com (solera_gw.soleranetworks.com [67.137.28.187]) by master.soleranetworks.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E43E2B096B; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:59:01 -0700 (MST)
 * From	"Jeff V. Merkey" 


 * Ref: http://lkml.org/lkml/headers/2006/2/24/270


 * Note that it is frequently possible to determine Merkey's current IP address by doing a host merkeylaw.com (currently: merkeylaw.com has address 67.177.35.222), host wolfmountaingroup.org (currently: wolfmountaingroup.org has address 67.177.35.222), or host wolfmountaingroup.com (currently: wolfmountaingroup.com has address 67.177.35.222) as Merkey is now hosting these domain names at his home.


 * nslookup shows demo.soleranetworks.com. Solera Networks is a company that Jeff Merkey used to work for. His name does not appear anywhere in a site wide search(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=merkey+site%3Asoleranetworks.com&btnG=Google+Search). User is banned for for threats against another user.
 * Solera Networks is *not* Merkey's company. He probably still *works* for Solera Networks, or at least he still can still originate posts to the LKML from IP address/host names that belong to Solera Networks.
 * Solera Networks is *not* Merkey's company. He probably still *works* for Solera Networks, or at least he still can still originate posts to the LKML from IP address/host names that belong to Solera Networks.


 * nslookup shows 'c-67-177-35-211.hsd1.ut.comcast.net'. Self admitted Merkey account. See User talk.
 * nslookup shows 'c-67-177-35-211.hsd1.ut.comcast.net'. Self admitted Merkey account. See User talk.


 * nslookup shows 'c-67-177-35-222.hsd1.ut.comcast.net'. User blocked for persistent vandalism to the Jeff Merkey article.
 * nslookup shows 'c-67-177-35-222.hsd1.ut.comcast.net'. User blocked for persistent vandalism to the Jeff Merkey article.


 * nslookup shows 'c-67-177-11.129.hsd1.ut.comcast.net'. User warned about vandalism. User Waya sahoni answers in first person. Added self-referential biographical content to Waya sahoni's user page.
 * nslookup shows 'c-67-177-11.129.hsd1.ut.comcast.net'. User warned about vandalism. User Waya sahoni answers in first person. Added self-referential biographical content to Waya sahoni's user page.


 * nslookup shows 'c-67-177-115.135.hsd1.ut.comcast.net'. User adds content to Waya sahoni page that is is then MOVED by Waya sahoni to another position on his page. Obvious Merkey sockpuppet.
 * nslookup shows 'c-67-177-115.135.hsd1.ut.comcast.net'. User adds content to Waya sahoni page that is is then MOVED by Waya sahoni to another position on his page. Obvious Merkey sockpuppet.


 * Uses both 67.166.115.135 and 67.177.11.129 IP addresses to modify this user's home page.
 * Uses both 67.166.115.135 and 67.177.11.129 IP addresses to modify this user's home page.


 * An oldie but goodie. User blocked as sockpuppet for Merkey.
 * An oldie but goodie. User blocked as sockpuppet for Merkey.

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Requesting Checkuser of this user.

Based on the history of the IP address 67.182.238.38 that belonged to and  (He edits the page forgetting to login then login and continue editing that is how this IP address is known) and the editing of this page : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:PeyoteMan&oldid=46166627

PeyoteMan seems to be a Sockpuppet of and  both users were banned. --Kebron 13:28, 30 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay, this crosses the line []. To whit, " User has posted on several chat rooms soliciting sex from my underage daughter and stalking my family. ISP Sonic.net has been notified by San Jose Police and Utah law Enforcement. Sonic.net is preparing to revoke the account under the terms of their usage agreements."


 * WP:NLT, WP:SOCK, WP:NPA, WP:CIVIL. How many more violations does this person (Jeffrey Vernon Merkey) get before an admin takes this seriously?


 * Someone needs to deal with this. Allegations of pedophelia are way, way out of bounds. You soil your daughter to try to smear me? The gloves come off now, Jeff. Vigilant 00:53, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Since the account has now been indef blocked, this checkuser request is now moot. — MediaMangler 02:35, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

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