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17 April 2016

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Doug Weller talk 15:58, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

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✅. Doug Weller  talk 15:58, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

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Both the use and the IP tend to use the same short edit summaries ("Fix", "Fixed typo", "Minor edit") and are pushing similar types of edits, such as changing "God" to "Yahweh"/"YHWH" in biblical articles. Most recently the user is continuing the edit warring of the IP at Seven deadly sins and there was this interesting series of edits at Talk:Christ myth theory again with nearly identical edit summaries. I had thought that this might be an honest mistake, but this indicates the IP trying to distinguish themselves from the Gonzales John meaning that the use of IP is intentional and meant to deceive. If WP:DUCK applies, ignore the checkuser request. FyzixFighter (talk) 12:49, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

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I have reopened the request and added an account. You may still decline CU checking, as I believe behavioral evidence is strong enough. The IP has gone on an edit warring spree across religious articles (primarily Noah, Abraham and Tower of Babel), mostly to minimize what he perceives as christian-centric bias. Multiple editors have reverted the IP on all articles, and when pressed to discuss their issues, he started a 1#Moving_images thread at Talk:Noah, only as an excuse to continue edit warring while pointing people to this discussion in edit summaries (e.g. here). Yesterday, the new account User:EvangelionAngel has appeared at the discussion to agree with the IP. Today, User:Gonzales John appeared to revert to the IP's preferred versions on all articles and joined the discussion, also to agree with the IP editor.

Behaviorally, the IP edits very much like Gonzales John has throughout his editing career: Editing religious articles exclusively, predisposed to edit warring, pointing to a talk page discussion to continue edit warring, denying a consensus exists, etc.

Both the IP and Gonzales are most active between about 4.00 and 12.00 UTC. Both often edit with a mobile app.

Here, both Gonzales and IP reach the conclusion that some Rfc is still going on within 3 minutes of each other and together revert to an earlier version. Seems more like Gonzales screwing up his logging in and out routine.

One last bit of behavioral evidence is a little WP:BEANSy. I prefer to e-mail that if requested (if the above isn't enough).--Atlan (talk) 17:29, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * - We can't use CU in regards to IPs, sorry. GABgab 15:46, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * As there is now an account to check, I've done so. Gonzales John and EvangelionAngel are ✅ to each other. . Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:46, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

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Restoring sock edits to Light Yagami:, and same exact interest in religion, Jesus, and the Christ myth theory:    Sro23 (talk) 07:15, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm considering taking it to WP:AN3 just to temporarily stop this sock's disrution, since at this point he's also way past 3RR, but that can sometimes take a long time to resolve as well. Sro23 (talk) 13:16, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

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This is clearly User:Gonzales John. Certain idiosyncrasies in the edit summaries, unrelenting edit warring across multiple articles, and obsession with certain religious terms. --Atlan (talk) 12:47, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

I support this investigation. Isambard Kingdom (talk) 13:11, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

I do not. He seems to share the same taste and beliefs as I do, but I'm certainly not him, and even our tastes are not exactly the same. I don't like the color green, I much prefer orange.-EnkiNinhursag, 9:19, September 9 2016 — Preceding unsigned comment added by EnkiNinhursag (talk • contribs) 13:20, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * Indeed, too much of an overlap to be a coincidence. Blocked. Closing. Favonian (talk) 13:50, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

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user:ChaosDestroyer appears to have both textual as well as behavioral similarity to the indef-banned User:Gonzales John. Both users have engaged in tendentious editing, WP:IDHT behavior, and WP:3RR at Jesus and related articles. Timing wise, ChaosDestroyer appears on the scene only after Gonzales John's last sockpuppet and IP were blocked. In terms of similar edits, ChaosDestroyer is the only one to repeat certain rejected edits by Gonzales John or his other sockpuppets: on Jesus - reinserts "charismatic" and "religious reformer", and on Yahweh -  and  re-insert. FyzixFighter (talk) 12:25, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

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Also, parallel interests (and edit warring) on comic-character articles: Gonzales John:, ChaosDestroyer:. Isambard Kingdom (talk) 12:43, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:09, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

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Doug Weller talk 09:57, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

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I added an IP. Obviously Gonzales John.--Atlan (talk) 12:05, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

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Gggh27888 doing the normal Gonzales John edits, including restoring edits by a previous sock. SockpuppetOfShawn created a weird mathematical sandbox. Accounts ✅,. No cu on the IP obviously. Interesting edit, reverting to before the known socks. Doug Weller talk 12:44, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

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The usual trolling on Gideon:  as well as insisting the Bible isn't sacred texts, similar to sock User:EnkiNinhursag. Sro23 (talk) 19:14, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * . Favonian (talk) 19:16, 5 December 2016 (UTC)