The gloves are off over a case of a Wikipedia administrator caught lying (or, as he calls it, “my decision to use disinformation”) about his credentials. User “Essjay” falsely claimed he was “a tenured professor of religion at a private university” and carried on as such in several editing discussions. So what does Jimmy Wales do about it? Hire him, of course.
Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikia and of Wikipedia, said of Essjay’s invented persona, “I regard it as a pseudonym and I don’t really have a problem with it.” Editor’s Note
Several blogs and Wikipedia discussion pages are filling up with comments about the incident, including a post by Larry Sanger. Update: 03/03 15:33 GMT by J :Essjay’s now been fired by Jimbo.
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