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Ryan Jordan ('''"Essjay"''') was a prominent editor and administrator on the [[English wikipedia|English]] [[Wikipedia]] who gained notoriety outside Wikipedia in February 2007 when in an article in [[The New Yorker]] he was cited as having academic credentials that were part of an online persona he had created to avoid [[Internet stalking]].<ref name = "iTWire">{{cite news |title=Wikipedia: did one of its admins lie? |url= http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10092/53/ |publisher= iTWire | first= Alex|last=Zaharov-Reutt |date= March 2, 2007}}</ref><ref name = "Inq">{{cite news |title= Wikipedia 'expert' lied about qualifications |url= http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37939 |publisher= [[The Inquirer]] | first= Nick|last=Farrell |date= March 1, 2007}}</ref> |
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== New Yorker Interview == |
== New Yorker Interview == |
Revision as of 03:09, 5 March 2007
Ryan Jordan | |
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Born | 1982/3 |
Pen name | "Essjay" |
Ryan Jordan ("Essjay") was a prominent editor and administrator on the English Wikipedia who gained notoriety outside Wikipedia in February 2007 when in an article in The New Yorker he was cited as having academic credentials that were part of an online persona he had created to avoid Internet stalking.[2][3]
New Yorker Interview
Jodan was interviewed for a New Yorker article on Wikipedia titled "Know It All" published in the July 31, 2006 issue.[1]
New Yorker Magazine recently updated the article with a correction indicating that "Essjay" had identified himself, giving what was alleged to be his real name. The New Yorker went on to state, "he was described in the piece as 'a tenured professor of religion at a private university' with 'a Ph.D. in theology and a degree in canon law.', he now claims he's actually "twenty-four and holds no advanced degrees, and that he has never taught."[1]
According to Vancouver 24 Hours, Daniel Brandt had discovered the Essjay/Ryan Jordan connection, and reported this to The New Yorker[4]
Scandal fallout
Initially Jimmy Wales said of this administrator's invented persona, "I regard it as a pseudonym and I don’t really have a problem with it."[2] Following intense scrutiny from the web and internally from wikipedia, Wales later wrote on his Wikipedia User talk page, "I have asked EssJay to resign his positions of trust within the community." March 4th, Essjay retired from Wikipedia. Shortly afterward, Wikipedia stewards at Essjay's request deleted most materials from his user space and removed his administrator rights.[5] Essjay also resigned from Wikia, Wales' for-profit company.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Schiff, Stacey (2006-07-24). "Know it All". The New Yorker.
- ^ a b Zaharov-Reutt, Alex (March 2, 2007). "Wikipedia: did one of its admins lie?". iTWire.
- ^ Farrell, Nick (March 1, 2007). "Wikipedia 'expert' lied about qualifications". The Inquirer.
- ^ King, Ian (March 2, 2007). "A Wiki web they've woven". Vancouver 24 Hours.
- ^ "User rights log". Retrieved 2007-03-05.
- ^ Essjay notice of leaving wikia
Further reading
- February 28, 2007
- Lutter, David A. (February 28, 2007). "Wikipedia Source For 'New Yorker' A Fraud". WebProNews.
- Bercovici, Jeff (February 28, 2007). "Ode to Wikipedia Riddled with Errors". Radar Magazine.
- March 1, 2007
- Margaret Kane (1 March 2007). "Wikipedia 101: Check your sources". CNET News. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
- Ingram, Mathew (March 1, 2007). "The Wikipedia Admin Brouhaha". WebProNews.
- Jason Scott (01 March 2007). "Wikipedia: J.S. on Essjay". ASCII. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
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- March 2, 2007
- "Essjay, the Ersatz Academic". The Chronicle of Higher Education. March 2, 2007.
- David A. Utter (2 March 2007). "Wikipedia Source For 'New Yorker' A Fraud". WebProNews. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
- Brett Thomas (2 March 2007). "Wikipedia manager lied about background". bit.tech.net. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
Audio
- Wikipedia Weekly special episode 12 - "Essjay Edition".