It was nicely ironic that the ABC national news report on Essjay had taken the tone of criticizing Wikipedia for inaccuracy, while showing itself only able to provide the most superficially terse look into "the controversy." The question that Im left with is the matter of process: Why was Essjay forced to resign when he didn't even get a proper in-process review from the Arbcom? That of course is why the Arbcom exists, to sort of try to investigate a case and see if things actually violated the rules. In which there would have to be an answer for the charge that Essjay used his pseudonym credentials to "strongarm" others in the context of debates. The exerpts Ive seen do not show that, rather they show that Essjay stepped in to offer some clarification and explanation on particular points - not that he "strongarmed" people with his opinions. I think that characterization is flatly out of... character. Aside from any particulars, what this episode in general represents if anything is how mob rule has overstepped even the Arbcom's role, at a time when JW has been almost completely out of the loop. -Stevertigo