[WikiEN-l] Correction to New Yorker Article

[William Pietri]

Thomas Dalton wrote:
>> I find myself looking on it as "foolish" rather than "unacceptable".
>> There *are* stalkers and freaks who go after WP editors [...]
>>     
>
> While that is all absolutely true, it doesn't explain why he chose a
> fake identity with a PhD and a tenured professorship. I can't see any
> reason for that other than to get people to respect him more, which is
> rather disappointing, to say the least. I take anything someone says
> about themselves under a pseudonym with a pinch of salt, but I still
> wouldn't expect that kind of deception.
>   

That's a great point.

Does anybody have numbers handy on his areas of contribution? If he 
never worked on the articles that he claimed false credentials in, then 
it would be a different thing for me.


William


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