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Andrew Orlowski

Andrew Orlowski is a writer for The Register, an online British newspaper, and a critic of Wikipedia®. Mr. Orlowski has frequently criticized Wikipedia, saying that Wikipedia was "a hobby, a multiplayer game and a repository for fan trivia.".[1] Orlowski also reported on the Essjay scandal, where a prominent Wikipedia administrator lied to the press and to his fellow Wikipedia users about his credentials.[2] Mr. Orlowski also was the first person to introduce the world to Wikitruth, a major anti-Wikipedia website.[3]

References

  1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/16/wikipedia_britannica_science_comparison/
  2. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/06/wikipedia_crisis/
  3. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2006/apr/13/wikipedia.web20