Essjay controversy (Simple English Wikipedia)

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

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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.org

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

archive.today

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. Retrieved March 16, 2007.

boston.com

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

businessweek.com

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

chronicle.com

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

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

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

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

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

Staff (March 7, 2007). "Wikipedia's 'bogus' editor ousted". Freelance UK.

getfed.com

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

go.com

abcnews.go.com

"ABC News broadcast on Essjay". ABC News. Retrieved March 8, 2007.
Goldman, Russell (March 6, 2007). "Wikiscandal: A Prominent Editor at the Popular Online Encyclopedia Is a Fraud". ABC News. Retrieved March 6, 2007.
Bergstein, Brian (March 25, 2007). "Sanger says he co-started Wikipedia". ABC News. Associated Press. Retrieved March 26, 2007.

guardian.co.uk

technology.guardian.co.uk

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

hku.hk

jmsc.hku.hk

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

iht.com

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

Zaharov-Reutt, Alex. "Wikipedia: did one of its admins lie?" Archived 2007-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, March 2, 2007, retrieved March 6, 2007.

itworld.com

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

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.

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.

newsweek.com

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

newyorker.com

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

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

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

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

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

telegraph.co.uk

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.

theage.com.au

Elsworth, Catherine (March 8, 2007). "Wikipedia 'expert' admits: I made it up". The Age. Retrieved March 16, 2007.

theregister.co.uk

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

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

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

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 Wayback Machine, March 2, 2007, retrieved March 6, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

webcitation.org

"User:Essjay/Letter". WebCite. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved November 17, 2007.

wikimedia.org

lists.wikimedia.org

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

wikimediafoundation.org

"Resolution creation communications committee". Wikimedia Foundation. September 26, 2006. Retrieved October 1, 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.. (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.)
"Profiles do not mesh..." Essjay Wikipedia talk page. February 2, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2007.
Michael Snow (March 5, 2007). "New Yorker correction dogs arbitrator into departure". Wikipedia Signpost. Retrieved April 29, 2007.
"Talk:Imprimatur". Wikipedia. April 12, 2005. Retrieved August 28, 2007.
"Wikipedia:Credentials". Wikipedia. Retrieved July 26, 2007.
"Foundation hires Brad Patrick as general counsel and interim executive director". Wikipedia Signpost. June 19, 2006. Retrieved October 1, 2007.

zdnet.com

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.