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The Essjay controversy was an incident concerning a prominent Wikipedia participant and salaried Wikia employee, known by the username Essjay, who later identified himself as Ryan Jordan. Jordan held trusted volunteer positions within Wikipedia known as "administrator", "bureaucrat", and "arbitrator". On July 24, 2006, Wikipedia critic Daniel Brandt started a thread titled ''"Who is Essjay?"'' (later retitled ''"Who is Essjay?, Probably he's Ryan Jordan"'' after Jordan's self-disclosure) on the forum site ''Wikipedia Review''.〔("Who is Essjay?, Probably he's Ryan Jordan" )〕 The ensuing discussion brought to light contradictions in claims Essjay made about his academic qualifications and professional experiences on his Wikipedia user page. Jordan claimed that he held doctoral degrees in theology and canon law and worked as a tenured professor at a private university. Yet, five days later, ''The New Yorker'' published an interview with Essjay which repeated some of the claims.〔Schiff, Stacy. ("Know it all: Can Wikipedia conquer expertise?" ), ''The New Yorker'', July 31, 2006.〕 ''Wikipedia Review'' found definitive proof that Jordan made false claims about his qualifications and experience, including that he was a "tenured professor", a claim that was used to describe Essjay in the interview for ''The New Yorker''. In January 2007, Daniel Brandt contacted the author of the article in ''The New Yorker'' about the discrepancies in Jordan's biography and the exploitation of his supposed qualifications as leverage in internal disputes over Wikipedia content. The controversy that ensued focused on his falsification of a persona and qualifications, the impact of this deception on perceptions of Wikipedia (and its policies and credibility), and the quality of decisions made in his promotion, support, and employment.〔Ian King, 〕〔Cohen, Noam. ("After False Claim, Wikipedia to Check Degrees" ), ''The New York Times'', March 12, 2007.〕〔Finkelstein, Seth. ("Read me first" ), ''The Guardian'', March 8, 2007.〕 Reactions to the disclosure were diverse, encompassing commentary and articles in the electronic, print, and broadcast media; the Wikipedia community researched Essjay's article edits to check for errors and debated proposals to improve the project's handling of personal identification. In his editorial activities Jordan spent less time editing the content of articles and more time addressing vandalism and resolving editorial disputes.〔 Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales initially supported Essjay's use of a persona, saying, "I regard it as a pseudonym and I don't really have a problem with it."〔Ratcliffe, Mitch (March 5, 2007), (Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"? ), Zdnet.com. Retrieved March 7, 2007.〕 Later, Wales withdrew his support and asked for Essjay's resignation from his positions with Wikipedia and Wikia.〔 Wales stated that he withdrew his support when he learned "that Essjay used his false credentials in content disputes" on Wikipedia. ==Timeline== * February 8, 2005: Essjay account registered. * 2005–2006: Essjay states on his Wikipedia user page that he teaches graduate theology, with doctorates in Theology and Canon Law.〔A public viewable version of this claim as dated 2006 is visible on the Internet Archive .〕 * July 26, 2006: ''"Who is Essjay?"'' thread started on watchdog site Wikipedia Review,〔 the ensuing discussion brings to light the contradictions. * July 31, 2006: ''The New Yorker'' publishes an article on Wikipedia, written by Stacy Schiff, which features an interview with Essjay. * January 2007: Essjay is hired by Wikia. * January 7, 2007: Essjay posts autobiographical details on his user page at Wikia, giving his supposed real name (Ryan Jordan), age, and previous employment history from age 19, and his positions within various Wikimedia Foundation projects. These details differ sharply from previous assertions on Essjay's Wikipedia user page about his academic and professional credentials. * January 11, 2007: A member of the messageboard Wikipedia Review posts a message linking to the Wikia user page;〔 the ensuing discussion brings to light the contradictions and prompts Daniel Brandt to contact the New Yorker. * Late January 2007: As a result of the discussions on ''Wikipedia Review'', Daniel Brandt contacts the author of the article in ''The New Yorker'' about the discrepancies in Jordan's biography.〔 * February 2, 2007: Another Wikipedia editor challenges Essjay on his talk page about the discrepancy and he responds with an explanation. * February 23, 2007: Jimmy Wales announces the appointment of Essjay to Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee (ArbCom). Wales later asserts that the appointment was "at the request of and unanimous support of" ArbCom. * February 26, 2007: ''The New Yorker'' publishes the correction for its July 31 issue, which appears in its ''The Mail'' section of its print version. It is picked up by online sources within the next day. * March 3, 2007: Wales asks Jordan to resign his "positions of trust." Jordan promptly retires from Wikipedia altogether and later resigns from his position at Wikia.〔 * March 5, 2007: Story covered by ''The New York Times''. * March 6, 2007: Jordan's hometown newspaper publishes an article casting doubts about his January 2007 claims on his Wikia userpage that he had worked for the United States Trustee Program and had been a Kentucky paralegal. * March 7, 2007: Story covered in an Associated Press article.〔 * March 8, 2007: Story appears in a two-minute segment on ''World News with Charles Gibson''.〔 * March 12, 2007: ''The New Yorker'' publishes a formal apology by Wales in its March 19 ''The Mail'' section.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Essjay controversy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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