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