Essjay controversy (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Essjay controversy" in English language version.

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24hrs.ca

vancouver.24hrs.ca

Ian King, "'A Wiki web they've woven'". vancouver.24hrs.ca. Archived from the original on March 2, 2007. Retrieved March 2, 2007.

andrewlih.com

Andrew Lih (November 5, 2007). "Essjay's Third Transgression". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved October 1, 2007.

archive.today

Brandt, Daniel (July 26, 2006). "Who is Essjay?, Probably he's Ryan Jordan". the wikipedia review. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
Ian King, "'A Wiki web they've woven'". vancouver.24hrs.ca. Archived from the original on March 2, 2007. Retrieved March 2, 2007.

bbc.co.uk

news.bbc.co.uk

"Fake professor in Wikipedia storm". BBC News. March 6, 2007. Archived from the original on March 8, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2007.

books.google.com

Bruns, Axel (2008). Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond: From Production to Produsage. Peter Lang. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-8204-8866-0.

boston.com

Beam, Alex (March 12, 2007). "Tricky truths behind Wikipedia". LivingGarts. The Boston Globe. p. E5. Archived from the original on March 16, 2007. Retrieved September 29, 2007.

businessweek.com

B.L.Ochman (March 22, 2007). "Wikipedia's Not the Net Police". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2014.

cambridge.org

Brown, Adam R. (April 2011). "Wikipedia as a Data Source for Political Scientists: Accuracy and Completeness of Coverage". PS: Political Science & Politics. 44 (2). Cambridge University Press: 339–343. doi:10.1017/S1049096511000199. ISSN 1537-5935. S2CID 154963796.

chronicle.com

Read, Brock (March 2, 2007). "Essjay, the Ersatz Academic". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Archived from the original on March 5, 2007.

cornellsun.com

Albanes, John (March 15, 2007). "Wikipedia Stays Popular Despite False Sources". The Cornell Daily Sun. Archived from the original on August 30, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2007.

doi.org

Brown, Adam R. (April 2011). "Wikipedia as a Data Source for Political Scientists: Accuracy and Completeness of Coverage". PS: Political Science & Politics. 44 (2). Cambridge University Press: 339–343. doi:10.1017/S1049096511000199. ISSN 1537-5935. S2CID 154963796.
Brown, James J.; Gregory S (2009). "Essjay's Ethos: Rethinking Textual Origins and Intellectual Property" (PDF). College Composition and Communication. 60 (1): W238–W258. doi:10.58680/ccc20098321. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 14, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2012.

freelanceuk.com

Staff (March 7, 2007). "Wikipedia's 'bogus' editor ousted". Freelance UK. Archived from the original on March 9, 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2007.

go.com

abcnews.go.com

Harris, Dan (March 6, 2007). "Wikipedia Editor Revealed as Fake" (video). ABC News. Archived from the original on March 10, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2007.

guardian.co.uk

technology.guardian.co.uk

Finkelstein, Seth. "Read me first" Archived March 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, March 8, 2007.
Finkelstein, Seth (March 8, 2007). "Read me first". Technology. The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 29, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2007.

education.guardian.co.uk

MacLeod, Donald (March 7, 2007). "Students marked on writing in Wikipedia". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 5, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2007.

hku.hk

jmsc.hku.hk

"Andrew Lih". Hong Kong University. Archived from the original on June 13, 2004. Retrieved November 5, 2007.

iht.com

Noam Cohen (March 6, 2007). "Wikipedia ire turns against ex-editor". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on March 8, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

itwire.com.au

Zaharov-Reutt, Alex (March 6, 2007). "Wikipedia: did one of its admins lie?". iTWire. Archived from the original on March 4, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2007.

kctcs.edu

Wolfson, Andrew (March 6, 2007). "Wikipedia editor who posed as professor is Ky. dropout - Man resigns post after controversy". Louisville Courier-Journal. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

macleans.ca

Steve Maich (March 19, 2007). "Wikipedia's trouble with the truth". Maclean's. Archived from the original on January 11, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2007.

ncte.org

Brown, James J.; Gregory S (2009). "Essjay's Ethos: Rethinking Textual Origins and Intellectual Property" (PDF). College Composition and Communication. 60 (1): W238–W258. doi:10.58680/ccc20098321. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 14, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2012.

newsweek.com

Levy, Steven (March 26, 2007). "Invasion of the web amateurs". The Technologist. Newsweek. p. 16. Archived from the original on November 3, 2007. Retrieved October 28, 2007.

newyorker.com

Schiff, Stacy (July 31, 2006). "Know it all: Can Wikipedia conquer expertise?". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. OCLC 320541675. Archived from the original on September 30, 2014.

nytimes.com

Cohen, Noam (March 5, 2007). "A Contributor to Wikipedia Has His Fictional Side". Technology. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2007.
Cohen, Noam. "After False Claim, Wikipedia to Check Degrees" Archived June 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, March 12, 2007.

pcworld.com

Williams, Martyn (March 9, 2007). "Wikipedia Founder Addresses User Credentials". PC World. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. Retrieved March 9, 2007.

semanticscholar.org

api.semanticscholar.org

Brown, Adam R. (April 2011). "Wikipedia as a Data Source for Political Scientists: Accuracy and Completeness of Coverage". PS: Political Science & Politics. 44 (2). Cambridge University Press: 339–343. doi:10.1017/S1049096511000199. ISSN 1537-5935. S2CID 154963796.

telegraph.co.uk

Jardine, Cassandra (March 8, 2007). "Fount of all wisdom—and foolery". Features. The Daily Telegraph. London. p. 21. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved September 29, 2007.

theage.com.au

Elsworth, Catherine (March 8, 2007). "Wikipedia 'expert' admits: I made it up". The Age. Archived from the original on January 19, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2007.

theregister.co.uk

Orlowski, Andrew (March 6, 2007). "Farewell, Wikipedia?". Music and Media. The Register. Archived from the original on March 8, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
Orlowski, Andrew (March 2, 2007). "Bogus Wikipedia Prof. was blessed then promoted". Music and Media. The Register. Archived from the original on March 4, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2007.

timesonline.co.uk

technology.timesonline.co.uk

Doran, James (March 6, 2007). "Wikipedia chief promises change after 'expert' exposed as fraud". Tech & Web. The Times. London. Archived from the original on March 9, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2007.

usatoday.com

Bergstein, Brian (March 7, 2007). "After flap over phony professor, Wikipedia wants some writers to share real names". Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 16, 2009. Retrieved August 27, 2017.

web.archive.org

Cohen, Noam (March 5, 2007). "A Contributor to Wikipedia Has His Fictional Side". Technology. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2007.
Schiff, Stacy (July 31, 2006). "Know it all: Can Wikipedia conquer expertise?". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. OCLC 320541675. Archived from the original on September 30, 2014.
Cohen, Noam. "After False Claim, Wikipedia to Check Degrees" Archived June 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, March 12, 2007.
Finkelstein, Seth. "Read me first" Archived March 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, March 8, 2007.
Harris, Dan (March 6, 2007). "Wikipedia Editor Revealed as Fake" (video). ABC News. Archived from the original on March 10, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2007.
Noam Cohen (March 6, 2007). "Wikipedia ire turns against ex-editor". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on March 8, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
Ratcliffe, Mitch (March 5, 2007), Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"? Archived March 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Zdnet.com. Retrieved March 7, 2007.
Jimmy Wales (March 3, 2007). "EssJay situation". WikiEN-l. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2007.
A public viewable version of this claim as dated 2006 is visible on the Internet Archive "Archived copy of Essjay's Wikipedia user page". The Internet Archive. Archived from the original on January 11, 2006. Retrieved October 18, 2007..
Wolfson, Andrew (March 6, 2007). "Wikipedia editor who posed as professor is Ky. dropout - Man resigns post after controversy". Louisville Courier-Journal. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
"User:Essjay/Letter". WebCite. Archived from the original on March 5, 2007. Retrieved November 17, 2007.^{[circular reference]}
Williams, Martyn (March 9, 2007). "Wikipedia Founder Addresses User Credentials". PC World. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. Retrieved March 9, 2007.
Zaharov-Reutt, Alex (March 6, 2007). "Wikipedia: did one of its admins lie?". iTWire. Archived from the original on March 4, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2007.
Elsworth, Catherine (March 8, 2007). "Wikipedia 'expert' admits: I made it up". The Age. Archived from the original on January 19, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2007.
"Fake professor in Wikipedia storm". BBC News. March 6, 2007. Archived from the original on March 8, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2007.
"Profiles don't mesh..." Essjay Wikipedia talk page. February 2, 2007. Archived from the original on February 27, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2007.
Finkelstein, Seth (March 8, 2007). "Read me first". Technology. The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 29, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
Brandt, Daniel (January 20, 2007). "(untitled letter to Stacy Schiff)". The Wikipedia Review. Archived from the original on November 11, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
Jimmy Wales (October 17, 2007). "ArbCom". WikiEN-l. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2007.
"Andrew Lih". Hong Kong University. Archived from the original on June 13, 2004. Retrieved November 5, 2007.
Andrew Lih (November 5, 2007). "Essjay's Third Transgression". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved October 1, 2007.
Wales, Jimmy (March 19, 2007). "Making amends". The New Yorker. p. 24. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2007.
Doran, James (March 6, 2007). "Wikipedia chief promises change after 'expert' exposed as fraud". Tech & Web. The Times. London. Archived from the original on March 9, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
Keen, Andrew (March 7, 2007). "Laughter and forgetting on Wikipedia". ZDNet. Archived from the original on August 21, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2007.
"Talk:Imprimatur". Wikipedia. April 12, 2005. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2007.
Staff (March 7, 2007). "Wikipedia's 'bogus' editor ousted". Freelance UK. Archived from the original on March 9, 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2007.
Bergstein, Brian (March 7, 2007). "After flap over phony professor, Wikipedia wants some writers to share real names". Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 16, 2009. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
Orlowski, Andrew (March 6, 2007). "Farewell, Wikipedia?". Music and Media. The Register. Archived from the original on March 8, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
Orlowski, Andrew (March 2, 2007). "Bogus Wikipedia Prof. was blessed then promoted". Music and Media. The Register. Archived from the original on March 4, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
Levy, Steven (March 26, 2007). "Invasion of the web amateurs". The Technologist. Newsweek. p. 16. Archived from the original on November 3, 2007. Retrieved October 28, 2007.
B.L.Ochman (March 22, 2007). "Wikipedia's Not the Net Police". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
Steve Maich (March 19, 2007). "Wikipedia's trouble with the truth". Maclean's. Archived from the original on January 11, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2007.
Jardine, Cassandra (March 8, 2007). "Fount of all wisdom—and foolery". Features. The Daily Telegraph. London. p. 21. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
Beam, Alex (March 12, 2007). "Tricky truths behind Wikipedia". LivingGarts. The Boston Globe. p. E5. Archived from the original on March 16, 2007. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
Read, Brock (March 2, 2007). "Essjay, the Ersatz Academic". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Archived from the original on March 5, 2007.
Albanes, John (March 15, 2007). "Wikipedia Stays Popular Despite False Sources". The Cornell Daily Sun. Archived from the original on August 30, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
MacLeod, Donald (March 7, 2007). "Students marked on writing in Wikipedia". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 5, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
Brown, James J.; Gregory S (2009). "Essjay's Ethos: Rethinking Textual Origins and Intellectual Property" (PDF). College Composition and Communication. 60 (1): W238–W258. doi:10.58680/ccc20098321. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 14, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2012.

wikimedia.org

lists.wikimedia.org

Jimmy Wales (March 3, 2007). "EssJay situation". WikiEN-l. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2007.
Jimmy Wales (October 17, 2007). "ArbCom". WikiEN-l. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2007.
Wales, Jimmy (March 19, 2007). "Making amends". The New Yorker. p. 24. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2007.

wikipedia.org

en.wikipedia.org

A public viewable version of this claim as dated 2006 is visible on the Internet Archive "Archived copy of Essjay's Wikipedia user page". The Internet Archive. Archived from the original on January 11, 2006. Retrieved October 18, 2007..
"User:Essjay/Letter". WebCite. Archived from the original on March 5, 2007. Retrieved November 17, 2007.^{[circular reference]}
"Profiles don't mesh..." Essjay Wikipedia talk page. February 2, 2007. Archived from the original on February 27, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2007.
"Talk:Imprimatur". Wikipedia. April 12, 2005. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2007.

wikipediareview.com

Brandt, Daniel (July 26, 2006). "Who is Essjay?, Probably he's Ryan Jordan". the wikipedia review. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
Brandt, Daniel (January 20, 2007). "(untitled letter to Stacy Schiff)". The Wikipedia Review. Archived from the original on November 11, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2012.

worldcat.org

search.worldcat.org

Schiff, Stacy (July 31, 2006). "Know it all: Can Wikipedia conquer expertise?". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. OCLC 320541675. Archived from the original on September 30, 2014.
Brown, Adam R. (April 2011). "Wikipedia as a Data Source for Political Scientists: Accuracy and Completeness of Coverage". PS: Political Science & Politics. 44 (2). Cambridge University Press: 339–343. doi:10.1017/S1049096511000199. ISSN 1537-5935. S2CID 154963796.

zdnet.com

blogs.zdnet.com

Ratcliffe, Mitch (March 5, 2007), Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"? Archived March 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Zdnet.com. Retrieved March 7, 2007.
Keen, Andrew (March 7, 2007). "Laughter and forgetting on Wikipedia". ZDNet. Archived from the original on August 21, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2007.