[WikiEN-l] Correction to New Yorker Article

[Pilotguy]

This is very disappointing. Consider all the high-level positions that
Essjay holds, now including ArbCom, and with that in mind, look at this
situation. It is harder now to trust someone who has done something like
this. How are we supposed to know that he says who he is now?

On 3/1/07, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/1/07, William Pietri <william at scissor.com> wrote:
> > 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
>
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Five_solas&diff=prev&oldid=15002257
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Vicarius_Filii_Dei&diff=15429458&oldid=15429444
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> geni
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