Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
Do you think that the presence of a baying mob materially affected the outcome? I don't.
Who did the research then? Where did Jimmy learn that Essjay was using his "credentials" to influence content decisions instead of just as a pseudonym? From the JzG Admin Research Foundation?
So the "mob" can understand, here's an answer: yes, just as it affects everything else in Wikipedia. Given that Jimmy was unable to go through all Essjay's edits, the key fact for Jimmy, learning that Essjay had combined his authority and false expertise claims to affect content decisions, seems to be the result of the mob and certain smarter elements in it, like geni, highlighting diff citations over long winded talk-page excuses or unsourced diatribes on mobs.
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