the media coverage was because Wikipedia is a famous website, Essjay was not, is not. He came into limelight only because of the controversy created on the website.
Would this piece be of any value after 10 years? I think not.
It is a serious BLP violation and should be deleted. Imagine something like this having repercussions for the rest of your life for something which you did in your teens.
Sir Nicholas
On 6/25/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
Personally, I'd delete [[Essjay controversy]] - we only think it's notable because it's a Wikipedia-related topic. Any other website and we wouldn't have it.
There was plenty of media coverage of it - that's the usual criterion for notability of an event.
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