Josh Gordon wrote:
I will consider criticism of Essjay particularly valid when it is accompanied by a general call to eliminate pseudonymous editing of Wikipedia. The vast majority of editors on Wikipedia are anonymous, and I'm sure they have their various reasons, but anyone whose persona is not congruent with their real personality is doing exactly what Essjay did, on one level or another.
I wouldn't be against it.
Then again, you're still missing the point. This isn't about anonymous editing, this is about falsifying expert creditials. No one would care if he kept a normal guy persona.
-Jeff