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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)
• 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)

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)

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)

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)
• 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)
• "Blog Insights: Wikipedia's great fraud". Editors. Foreign Policy. 6 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{ cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= ( help)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Foley, Stephen ( 6 March 2007). "Wikipedia 'Prof' Is A Fraudster". The Statesman. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{ cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= ( help)
• 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)

• 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)
• 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)
• 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)

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

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) 05:41, 18 March 2007 (UTC)