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==Essjay Scandal==

==Essjay Scandal==

The need to appoint a "Catholic expert" arose in the fall of 2006 when misinformation in the hit piece on [[Paul Weyrich]] and the [[Free Congress Foundation]] was pointed out by a friend of Weyrich.  Weyrich was being targeted as a right-wing "theocratic dominionist" who wanted to bring back slavery and burn witch's at the stake. [http://www.nationalreview.com/kurtz/kurtz200505020944.asp]  Wikipedia's entry on [[Dominionism]] up front defines it as, "a trend in Protestant Christian evangelicalism and fundamentalism." [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dominionism&diff=83649766&oldid=83640075] When Weyrich's friend exposed the flaw in Wikipedia's expert reasoning and sources, demonstrating Weyrich is Catholic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Paul_Weyrich#Inaccurate_information], Weyrich's friend subsequently received a Community ban. [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=7075]  In early 2007, Jimbo Wales appointed a "Catholic expert" then to cover the gap.

The need to appoint a "Catholic expert" arose in the fall of 2006 when misinformation in the hit piece on [[Paul Weyrich]] and the [[Free Congress Foundation]] was pointed out by a friend of Weyrich.  Weyrich was being [[politically profiled]] as a right-wing "theocratic dominionist" who wanted to bring back slavery and burn witch's at the stake. [http://www.nationalreview.com/kurtz/kurtz200505020944.asp]  Wikipedia's entry on [[Dominionism]] up front defines it as, "a trend in Protestant Christian evangelicalism and fundamentalism." [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dominionism&diff=83649766&oldid=83640075] When Weyrich's friend exposed the flaw in Wikipedia's expert reasoning and sources, demonstrating Weyrich is Catholic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Paul_Weyrich#Inaccurate_information], Weyrich's friend subsequently received a Community ban. [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=7075]  In early 2007, Jimbo Wales appointed a "Catholic expert" then to cover the gap.

In January Wikipedia critic Daniel Brandt discovered that a prominent Wikipedia administrator, bureaucrat and arbitrator nicknamed Essjay has lied <ref>[http://www.wikipedia-watch.org/essjay.html Essjay/Archive/52 recovered by Brandt for posterity]</ref>  on Wikipedia and in phone interviews with ''The New Yorker'' magazine about his age, job, background, and academic credentials<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6423659.stm</ref>.  Essjay, who later identified himself as Ryan Jordan and who was an employee at Wikia Inc. funded by Jimbo Wales, had claimed to be a 40 year old homosexual, holding doctoral degrees in theology and canon law and is a tenured professor at a private university; but he was in fact a 24 years old community college dropout [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=2778&view=findpost&p=22351] from Kentucky. This fraud was reported by ABC, BBC and many other major news organizations.  Jimbo Wales upon learning of this incident, stated: "I regard it as a pseudonym and I don’t really have a problem with it."<ref>http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/07/31/060731fa_fact</ref>

In January Wikipedia critic Daniel Brandt discovered that a prominent Wikipedia administrator, bureaucrat and arbitrator nicknamed Essjay has lied <ref>[http://www.wikipedia-watch.org/essjay.html Essjay/Archive/52 recovered by Brandt for posterity]</ref>  on Wikipedia and in phone interviews with ''The New Yorker'' magazine about his age, job, background, and academic credentials<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6423659.stm</ref>.  Essjay, who later identified himself as Ryan Jordan and who was an employee at Wikia Inc. funded by Jimbo Wales, had claimed to be a 40 year old homosexual, holding doctoral degrees in theology and canon law and is a tenured professor at a private university; but he was in fact a 24 years old community college dropout [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=2778&view=findpost&p=22351] from Kentucky. This fraud was reported by ABC, BBC and many other major news organizations.  Jimbo Wales upon learning of this incident, stated: "I regard it as a pseudonym and I don’t really have a problem with it."<ref>http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/07/31/060731fa_fact</ref>