Essjay controversy (Simple English Wikipedia)

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

Last modified: 15:39:28, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

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2419web.archive.org

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53nytimes.com

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51newyorker.com

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42zdnet.com

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42lists.wikimedia.org

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32theregister.co.uk

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31guardian.co.uk

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22go.com

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22usatoday.com

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21iht.com

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21pcworld.com

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21timesonline.co.uk

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11kctcs.net

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11wikimediafoundation.org

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11citizendium.org

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11sethf.com

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11businessweek.com

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11macleans.ca

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11itworld.com

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11newsweek.com

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11cnsnews.com

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11boston.com

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11telegraph.co.uk

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11hku.hk

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11andrewlih.com

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11cornellsun.com

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11chronicle.com

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24hrs.ca (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

vancouver.24hrs.ca

Ian King, "'A Wiki web they've woven'". vancouver.24hrs.ca. Retrieved March 2, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

andrewlih.com (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

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

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; Simple English: 3^rd place)

Trigilio, John; Brighenti, Kenneth (April 28, 2003). Catholicism for Dummies. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7645-5391-2.

boston.com (Global: 468^th place; Simple English: 384^th place)

Beam, Alex (March 12, 2007). "Tricky truths behind Wikipedia". Boston Globe. p. E5. LivingGarts. Retrieved September 29, 2007.

businessweek.com (Global: 945^th place; Simple English: 456^th place)

B.L.Ochman (March 22, 2007). "Wikipedia's Not the Net Police". BusinessWeek. Retrieved September 29, 2007.

chronicle.com (Global: 3,373^rd place; Simple English: 3,100^th place)

Read, Brock (March 2, 2007). "Essjay, the Ersatz Academic". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Archived from the original on March 5, 2007. Retrieved August 8, 2009.

citizendium.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 4,305^th place)

blog.citizendium.org

Larry Sanger (March 5, 2007). "One last, brief comment on the Essjay scandal". Citizendium Blog. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved October 1, 2007.

cnsnews.com (Global: low place; Simple English: 3,527^th place)

Bozell III, L. Brent (March 21, 2007). "Not Your Father's Encyclopedia". CNSNews.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2007.

cornellsun.com (Global: low place; Simple English: 6,700^th place)

Albanes, John (March 15, 2007). "Wikipedia Stays Popular Despite False Sources". The Cornell Daily Sun. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2007.

courier-journal.com (Global: 2,907^th place; Simple English: 2,294^th place)

Wolfson, Andrew (March 6, 2007). "Wikipedia editor who posed as professor is Ky. dropout". Local News. The Courier-Journal. Archived from the original on May 17, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2007.

freelanceuk.com (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

Staff (March 7, 2007). "Wikipedia's 'bogus' editor ousted". Freelance UK. Archived from the original on March 9, 2007. Retrieved August 8, 2009.

getfed.com (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

"Catholicism for Dummies". GetFed.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2004. Retrieved July 25, 2007.

go.com (Global: 97^th place; Simple English: 56^th place)

abcnews.go.com

"ABC News broadcast on Essjay". ABC News. Retrieved March 8, 2007.
Bergstein, Brian (March 25, 2007). "Sanger says he co-started Wikipedia". ABC News. Associated Press. Retrieved March 26, 2007.

guardian.co.uk (Global: 382^nd place; Simple English: 79^th place)

technology.guardian.co.uk

Finkelstein, Seth (March 8, 2007). "Read me first". Technology. The Guardian. Retrieved August 1, 2007.

hku.hk (Global: 2,840^th place; Simple English: 3,954^th place)

jmsc.hku.hk

"Andrew Lih". Hong Kong University. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2007.

iht.com (Global: 2,148^th place; Simple English: 1,220^th place)

Cohen, Noam. "Wikipedia ire turns against ex-editor" Archived 2007-03-08 at the Wayback Machine, International Herald Tribune, March 6, 2007

itwire.com.au (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

- Zaharov-Reutt, Alex. "Wikipedia: did one of its admins lie?" Archived 2007-03-04 at the

itworld.com (Global: low place; Simple English: 6,667^th place)

Blacharski, Dan (March 6, 2007). "Blog Insights: Wikipedia's great fraud". ITworld.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2007.

kctcs.net (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

Wolfson, Andrew (March 6, 2007). "Wikipedia editor who posed as professor is Ky. dropout". Local News. The Courier-Journal. Archived from the original on May 17, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2007.

lists.wikimedia.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 3,992^nd place)

Jimmy Wales (March 3, 2007). "EssJay situation". WikiEN-l. Retrieved October 1, 2007.
Wales, Jimmy (March 19, 2007), "Making amends", The New Yorker, p. 24

macleans.ca (Global: 2,327^th place; Simple English: 1,526^th place)

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.

newsweek.com (Global: 371^st place; Simple English: 256^th place)

Levy, Steven (March 26, 2007). "Invasion of the web amateurs". Newsweek. p. 16. The Technologist.

newyorker.com (Global: 191^st place; Simple English: 264^th place)

Schiff, Stacey. "Know it all: Can Wikipedia conquer expertise?", The New Yorker, July 24, 2006.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; Simple English: 8^th place)

nytimes.com

Cohen, Noam. "After False Claim, Wikipedia to Check Degrees", The New York Times, March 12, 2007.
Cohen, Noam (March 5, 2007). "A Contributor to Wikipedia Has His Fictional Side". Technology. The New York Times. Retrieved March 6, 2007.

query.nytimes.com

Peter Meyers (September 20, 2001). "Fact-Driven? Collegial? This Site Wants You". The New York Times. Retrieved November 5, 2007.

pcworld.com (Global: 1,889^th place; Simple English: 1,361^st place)

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

sethf.com (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

Finkelstein, Seth (March 1, 2007). "What The New Yorker Article Fraud Tells Us About Wikipedia". Infothought. Seth Finkelstein. Retrieved March 18, 2007.

smh.com.au (Global: 154^th place; Simple English: 107^th place)

"More than just a war of words". The Sydney Morning Herald. April 21, 2007. Retrieved April 23, 2007.

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 40^th place; Simple English: 35^th place)

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

theregister.co.uk (Global: 1,877^th place; Simple English: 1,222^nd place)

Orlowski, Andrew (March 2, 2007). "Bogus Wikipedia Prof. was blessed then promoted". Music and Media. The Register. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
Orlowski, Andrew (March 6, 2007). "Farewell, Wikipedia?". Music and Media. The Register. Retrieved March 18, 2007.

timesonline.co.uk (Global: 437^th place; Simple English: 238^th place)

technology.timesonline.co.uk

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

usatoday.com (Global: 55^th place; Simple English: 61^st place)

Bergstein, Brian (March 7, 2007). "After flap over phony professor, Wikipedia wants some writers to share real names". Associated Press.
Bergstein, Brian (March 25, 2007). "Citizendium aims to be better Wikipedia". USA Today. Retrieved March 25, 2007.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; Simple English: 1^st place)

Cohen, Noam. "Wikipedia ire turns against ex-editor" Archived 2007-03-08 at the Wayback Machine, International Herald Tribune, March 6, 2007
Ratcliffe, Mitch (March 5, 2007), Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"? Archived 2007-03-09 at the Wayback Machine, Zdnet.com. Retrieved March 7, 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.. (Please note that if you click on the above link and you have an IRC client installed on your computer, either your client will open, or, if you already have your IRC client open, new tabs/channels will be opened.)
"User:Essjay/Letter". WebCite. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
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. "Wikipedia: did one of its admins lie?" Archived 2007-03-04 at the
- Doran, James (March 6, 2007). "Wikipedia chief promises change after 'expert' exposed as fraud". Tech & Web. The Times. 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.
- "Catholicism for Dummies". GetFed.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2004. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
- Staff (March 7, 2007). "Wikipedia's 'bogus' editor ousted". Freelance UK. Archived from the original on March 9, 2007. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
- Larry Sanger (March 5, 2007). "One last, brief comment on the Essjay scandal". Citizendium Blog. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved October 1, 2007.
- 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.
- Blacharski, Dan (March 6, 2007). "Blog Insights: Wikipedia's great fraud". ITworld.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
- Bozell III, L. Brent (March 21, 2007). "Not Your Father's Encyclopedia". CNSNews.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
- Jardine, Cassandra (March 8, 2007). "Fount of all wisdom – and foolery". The Daily Telegraph. p. 21. Features. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
- "Andrew Lih". Hong Kong University. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. 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.
- Albanes, John (March 15, 2007). "Wikipedia Stays Popular Despite False Sources". The Cornell Daily Sun. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
- Read, Brock (March 2, 2007). "Essjay, the Ersatz Academic". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Archived from the original on March 5, 2007. Retrieved August 8, 2009.

wikimediafoundation.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 1,663^rd place)

"Resolution creation communications committee". Wikimedia Foundation. September 26, 2006. Retrieved October 1, 2007.

zdnet.com (Global: 1,235^th place; Simple English: 873^rd place)

blogs.zdnet.com

Ratcliffe, Mitch (March 5, 2007), Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"? Archived 2007-03-09 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.

Essjay controversy (Simple English Wikipedia)

24hrs.ca (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

vancouver.24hrs.ca

andrewlih.com (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

archive.org (Global: 6th place; Simple English: 3rd place)

boston.com (Global: 468th place; Simple English: 384th place)

businessweek.com (Global: 945th place; Simple English: 456th place)

chronicle.com (Global: 3,373rd place; Simple English: 3,100th place)

citizendium.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 4,305th place)

blog.citizendium.org

cnsnews.com (Global: low place; Simple English: 3,527th place)

cornellsun.com (Global: low place; Simple English: 6,700th place)

courier-journal.com (Global: 2,907th place; Simple English: 2,294th place)

freelanceuk.com (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

getfed.com (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

go.com (Global: 97th place; Simple English: 56th place)

abcnews.go.com

guardian.co.uk (Global: 382nd place; Simple English: 79th place)

technology.guardian.co.uk

hku.hk (Global: 2,840th place; Simple English: 3,954th place)

jmsc.hku.hk

iht.com (Global: 2,148th place; Simple English: 1,220th place)

itwire.com.au (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

itworld.com (Global: low place; Simple English: 6,667th place)

kctcs.net (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

lists.wikimedia.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 3,992nd place)

macleans.ca (Global: 2,327th place; Simple English: 1,526th place)

newsweek.com (Global: 371st place; Simple English: 256th place)

newyorker.com (Global: 191st place; Simple English: 264th place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7th place; Simple English: 8th place)

nytimes.com

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pcworld.com (Global: 1,889th place; Simple English: 1,361st place)

sethf.com (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

smh.com.au (Global: 154th place; Simple English: 107th place)

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 40th place; Simple English: 35th place)

theregister.co.uk (Global: 1,877th place; Simple English: 1,222nd place)

timesonline.co.uk (Global: 437th place; Simple English: 238th place)

technology.timesonline.co.uk

usatoday.com (Global: 55th place; Simple English: 61st place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; Simple English: 1st place)

wikimediafoundation.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 1,663rd place)

zdnet.com (Global: 1,235th place; Simple English: 873rd place)

blogs.zdnet.com

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; Simple English: 3^rd place)

boston.com (Global: 468^th place; Simple English: 384^th place)

businessweek.com (Global: 945^th place; Simple English: 456^th place)

chronicle.com (Global: 3,373^rd place; Simple English: 3,100^th place)

citizendium.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 4,305^th place)

cnsnews.com (Global: low place; Simple English: 3,527^th place)

cornellsun.com (Global: low place; Simple English: 6,700^th place)

courier-journal.com (Global: 2,907^th place; Simple English: 2,294^th place)

go.com (Global: 97^th place; Simple English: 56^th place)

guardian.co.uk (Global: 382^nd place; Simple English: 79^th place)

hku.hk (Global: 2,840^th place; Simple English: 3,954^th place)

iht.com (Global: 2,148^th place; Simple English: 1,220^th place)

itworld.com (Global: low place; Simple English: 6,667^th place)

lists.wikimedia.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 3,992^nd place)

macleans.ca (Global: 2,327^th place; Simple English: 1,526^th place)

newsweek.com (Global: 371^st place; Simple English: 256^th place)

newyorker.com (Global: 191^st place; Simple English: 264^th place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; Simple English: 8^th place)

pcworld.com (Global: 1,889^th place; Simple English: 1,361^st place)

smh.com.au (Global: 154^th place; Simple English: 107^th place)

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 40^th place; Simple English: 35^th place)

theregister.co.uk (Global: 1,877^th place; Simple English: 1,222^nd place)

timesonline.co.uk (Global: 437^th place; Simple English: 238^th place)

usatoday.com (Global: 55^th place; Simple English: 61^st place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; Simple English: 1^st place)

wikimediafoundation.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 1,663^rd place)

zdnet.com (Global: 1,235^th place; Simple English: 873^rd place)