Talk:Essjay controversy/Archive 12

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Sources

Primary sources

User:Essjay/History1 - archive at Google cache. Also, here, archive at WebCite.
User:Essjay snapshot from the Internet Archive archived on 2006-01-11
Edit in which Essjay claims to a user that he had a PhD and students under his charge -- and references Catholicism for Dummies - archive at WebCite.
Letter by Essjay to an academic in which he falsely claims academic credentials and accomplishments. - archive at WebCite.
Essjay's apology - archive at WebCite.
Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Essjay - archive at WebCite.
User:Essjay - Essjay's user page on Wikipedia.
User talk:Essjay - Essjay's personal talk page on Wikipedia.

News sources

February 28 2007

Lutter, David A. (February 28 2007). "Wikipedia Source For 'New Yorker' A Fraud". WebProNews. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Bercovici, Jeff (February 28 2007). "Ode to Wikipedia Riddled with Errors". Radar Magazine. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

March 1 2007

Kane, Margaret (1 March 2007). "Wikipedia 101: Check your sources". CNET News. Retrieved 2007-03-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
Ingram, Mathew (March 1 2007). "The Wikipedia Admin Brouhaha". WebProNews. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Sadofsky, Jason S (01 March 2007). "Wikipedia: J.S. on Essjay". ASCII. Retrieved 2007-03-02. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)

March 2 2007

Read, Brock (March 2 2007). "Essjay, the Ersatz Academic". The Chronicle of Higher Education. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Thomas, Brett (2 March 2007). "Wikipedia manager lied about background". bit.tech.net. Retrieved 2007-03-02. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)

March 5 2007

Mitch Ratcliffe (5 March 2007). "Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"?". ZD Net. Retrieved 2007-03-05. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)

March 6 2007

Dan Blacharski (6 March 2007). "Blog Insights: Wikipedia's great fraud". ITworld.com. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
Stephen Foley (6 March 2007). "Wikipedia hit by identity crisis as student admits posing as professor". World news. Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
"Blog Insights: Wikipedia's great fraud". Editors. Foreign Policy. 6 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
Orlowski, Andrew (March 6, 2007). "Farewell, Wikipedia?". The Register. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Staff (March 6, 2007). "Fake professor in Wikipedia storm". BBC News. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
"Key Wikipedia 'editor' unmasked as fraud". Irish Independent. 6 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
Elsworth, Catherine (6 March 2007). "Fake Wikipedia prof altered 20,000 entries". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
Cherian, Jacob (6 March 2007). "Controversy Emanates Over Fake Editor On Wikipedia". All Headline News. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
Staff (6 March 2007). "Bogus professor resigns as Wiki editor". United Press International. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
Foley, Stephen (6 March 2007). "Wikipedia 'Prof' Is A Fraudster". The Statesman. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
Cohen, Noam (6 March 2007). "Wikipedia ire turns against ex-editor". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)

Staff (6 March 2007). "Wikipedia editor resigns after credentials exposed as bogus". Associated Press. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
Goldman, Russell (6 March 2007). "Wikiscandal: A Prominent Editor at the Popular Online Encyclopedia Is a Fraud". ABC News. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
Cherian, Jacob (March 6 2007). "Controversy emanates over fake editor on Wikipedia". BizReport. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Withers, Stephen (March 6 2007). "Bogus professor quits Wikipedia". iTwire, Australia. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Wolfson, Andrew (March 6, 2007). "Wikipedia editor who posed as professor is Ky. dropout". The Louisville Courier-Journal. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Goldman, Russell (March 6, 2007). "A prominent editor at Wikipedia might not be what he says". 7 Online. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Doran, James (March 6 2007). "Wikipedia chief promises change after 'expert' exposed as fraud". Times Online. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

March 7 2007

Staff (March 7 2007). "Wikipedia's 'bogus' editor ousted". Freelance UK. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Staff (March 7 2007). "Fake 'expert' scandal forces Wikipedia to review editor policy". CBC News. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

Bergstein, Brian (March 7 2007). "Wikipedia to seek proof of credentials". Associated Press. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

Doran, James. "Wikipedia Editor Out After False Credentials Revealed". Fox News. Retrieved 2007-08-07.

Morphy, Erika (March 7 2007). "Phony Prof Triggers Wikipedia Uproar". TechNewsWorld. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Nichols, Shaun (March 7 2007). "Contributor scandal rocks Wikipedia". vnunet. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Morphy, Erika (March 7 2007). "Phony Prof Triggers Wikipedia Uproar". Tech News World. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

March 8, 2007

Zaharov-Reutt, Alex (March 8 2007). "Wikipedia: Rogue editor EssJay resigns in shame". IT Wire. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Staff (March 8 2007). "Fount of all wisdom - and foolery". Telegraph.co.uk. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Vallis, Mary (March 8 2007). "Editor scandal rocks Wikipedia". National Post. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Associated Press (March 8, 2007). "Wikipedia to writers: Prove your expertise". CNN. Retrieved 2007-03-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Elsworth, Catherine (8 March 2007). "Wikipedia professor is 24-year-old college dropout". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-03-09. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)

March 9, 2007

Annunziata, Luca (March 9 2007). "Wikipedia controllerà le credenziali degli editor". Punto Informatico. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

March 11, 2007

Staff. "Fact or fiction?". The Economist. Retrieved 2007-03-11.

Audio and video

Links

Internal links

Essjay's response in his own words on his talk page at 16:06, March 1, 2007, Wikipedian time. My response. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.

Blogs

Here is a list I collected for research purposes. Happy reading. :) - Mr.Guru (^talk/_contribs) 05:41, 18 March 2007 (UTC)