On 04/03/07, daniwo59@aol.com daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
It is my sincere hope that people will just stop discussing this whole Essjay episode ad nauseum.
Here is someone who made a mistake. You may even say a big mistake. For that mistake he lost his credibility, he lost his community, he lost his job at Wikia, and he is the subject of disparaging articles and opinions both online and in print.
Apart from a public lynching, what else do people want from him?
Let him go in peace. There is no need to stomp on every last shred of dignity he still has.
Danny
Surely what people should be more worried about are the inherent flaws in Wikipedia's organisation rather than Essjay in particular.
I would suspect some of the attention on Essjay personally is partly people avoiding some awkward realities about the bigger picture.
Zoney