User talk:QuackGuru

List of related materials and links

The following topic is a comparison of Citizendium versus Wikipedia.

Wikipedia relies exclusively on consensus from the community, which can and does change rapidly according to which users are giving a matter attention. While Citizendium incorporates consensus during the authoring of articles, it also has a body of experts in their respective fields to help author and finally, approve articles.

External links

1. Bergstein, Brian (March 25, 2007). "Citizendium aims to be better Wikipedia". Associated Press. USA Today. Retrieved 2007-03-25. This week, Sanger takes the wraps off a Wikipedia alternative, Citizendium. His goal is to capture Wikipedia's bustle but this time, avoid the vandalism and inconsistency that are its pitfalls. — Brian Bergstein.

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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

• Wikipedia Weekly: Episode 12: Essjay (special episode) - March 3 2007
• ABC News broadcast on Essjay - March 6 2007

Links

External links

• Ryan Jordan claiming false credentials
• Essjay's user talk archive reflecting his false statements
• Wikitruth - Essjay

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

• Andrew Lih
• Blogma
• oblem-with-fraud Blog World
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• ght-to-identity-fraud/ Citizendium & e-essjay-situation/ Article 2
• Freakonomics
• Infothought
• LiveJournal
• ght-about.html Nonbovine Ruminations
• Rough Type
• Slashdot
• ha Web Pro News

Here is a list I collected for research purposes. Happy reading. :) - Mr.Guru (^talk/_contribs) 05:48, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

User page

Hey, I noticed you don't have a User Page up. Since you've been doing a lot of editing recently, it's a good idea to just slip a few words in about yourself so people don't get confused.

Zork 21:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Off topic discussion at Talk:Essjay controversy

I'm not sure if you have read the complaints about your conduct at the above talk page, but I would like to remind you that repeatedly bringing up unrelated topics to the talk page is disruptive, as it prevents editors from focusing on the subject of the article. We have asked you to bring the issue up to the relevant articles. Please take our advice as these posts are trying the community's patience. Further disruption may cause further action against your account. --w^{L<speak·check>} 06:44, 1 April 2007 (UTC)