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Contributer to Wikipedia has Fictional Side (wikipedia fraud)
New York Times ^ | 3/5/07 | Noam Cohen

Posted on 03/04/2007 10:00:30 PM PST by lqclamar

Under the name Essjay, the contributor edited thousands of Wikipedia articles and was once one of the few people with the authority to deal with vandalism and to arbitrate disputes between authors.

To the Wikipedia world, Essjay was a tenured professor of religion at a private university with expertise in canon law, according to his user profile. But in fact, Essjay is a 24-year-old named Ryan Jordan, who attended a number of colleges in Kentucky and lives outside Louisville.

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This Essjay character is VERY typical of the Wikipedia administrator elite. The NYT has the basics, but they also leave out a lot about him.

Specifically - Essjay claimed to be a homosexual theologian and frequently espoused far left versions of Christianity in his article edits. He basically used his phony Ph.D. to browbeat his leftist point of view into articles on Christianity by citing himself as an expert.

He is also one of dozens of radical gays who CURRENTLY populate the upper tiers of wikipedia's administration. This guy is just the tip of the iceburg at Wikipedia.

1 posted on 03/04/2007 10:00:32 PM PST by lqclamar
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To: lqclamar

How long before the Times hires him? (snicker)


2 posted on 03/04/2007 10:03:47 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: lqclamar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essjay

Strange to see the site discussing itself in a 3rd person way.


3 posted on 03/04/2007 10:04:34 PM PST by Tolsti
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"He is also one of dozens of radical gays who CURRENTLY populate the upper tiers of wikipedia's administration. This guy is just the tip of the iceburg at Wikipedia"

Correct.
Wikipedia simply stinks to high heaven.
I have made it a point never to use it.
4 posted on 03/04/2007 10:05:17 PM PST by ShawTaylor
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The Russian version of Wikipedia is worse - the expert arbitrators are clearly from the Russian government. Articles on the Moscow theater hostage crisis and Beslan - written by survivors and relatives of those who died - get deleted faster than they can be posted.


5 posted on 03/04/2007 10:07:33 PM PST by struwwelpeter
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To: ShawTaylor
This link has a ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court about another of Wikipedia's top administrators. He's an ex lawyer who was disbarred as described in the case after he was caught soliciting his clients for prostitution.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=co&vol=1999sc%5Csc0125a&invol=1

Like many of the other pervs who run wikipedia, he posted a misleading profile that only says he's a "retired" lawyer without mentioning that his retirement is involuntary. He used his lawyer credentials to rise up the Wikipedia sysop circuit and is now the head of the Arbitration board - wikipedia's highest level of administrators and the final voice on content dispute.

6 posted on 03/04/2007 10:09:42 PM PST by lqclamar ("That's it, Seth, you can't blame them. It's want of education. That's all it is.")
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I've pretty much given up on wikipedia. It's a fun idea to go in and collaborate on the historical record, but the editors with authority will simply overwrite anything that doesn't jive with their left-wing gay agenda. Waste of time.


7 posted on 03/04/2007 10:12:44 PM PST by YCTHouston
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I find Wikipedia creepy. I once went on there and corrected some political bias and which ever power-that-be was on duty tracked me down by my IP and sent me on-screen messages lecturing me.

I was then banned or locked out from making changes -- forever.


8 posted on 03/04/2007 10:16:26 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (When toilet paper is a luxury, you have achieved communism.)
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the editors with authority will simply overwrite anything that doesn't jive with their left-wing gay agenda

Very left wing. And very gay. It's probably not a far cry to say that around 35-40% of wikipedia's ADMINISTRATORS are homosexuals or other sex perverts. The percentage is even higher in the upper levels of wikipedia's heirarchy. But should we expect anything different from a site that was founded by a well known internet pornographer who also tried to cover up his porno business when wikipedia became popular?

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,69880-0.html

9 posted on 03/04/2007 10:16:50 PM PST by lqclamar ("That's it, Seth, you can't blame them. It's want of education. That's all it is.")
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In a discussion over the editing of the article with regard to the term “imprimatur,” as used in Catholicism, Essjay defended his use of the book “Catholicism for Dummies,” saying, “This is a text I often require for my students, and I would hang my own Ph.D. on it’s credibility.

This is Stephen Glass all over again.

10 posted on 03/04/2007 10:17:27 PM PST by denydenydeny ("We have always been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France"--Wellington)
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There's also been a very large movement to show an islamic point of view on nearly any subject. Or at least, what they'd like the islamic pov to be.

Good luck trying to correct or remove that noise as well.


11 posted on 03/04/2007 10:18:51 PM PST by Tolsti
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That's really creepy.
Sounds like Orwell's 1984.


12 posted on 03/04/2007 10:23:47 PM PST by ShawTaylor
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To: YCTHouston
You are correct to give up on Wikipedia. Its hopeless. I gave up after fighting with someone who was trying to put something anti-Iraq war in about everything. In this case...J. William Fulbright would have been opposed to the Iraq War. As if the guy could channel the ghost of J. William Fulbright and get his spin on George Bush from beyond the grave. I got no help.

Any encyclopedia that can't get a consensus that someone who has been dead for years cannot comment on a current event.....needs giving up on.
13 posted on 03/04/2007 10:24:44 PM PST by Arkinsaw
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essjay

Better save it. It looks like they are planning to make it disappear as part of their coverup: "This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy."

14 posted on 03/04/2007 10:25:04 PM PST by PAR35
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To: denydenydeny

Of course, it's not like that doesn't happen here on FR. Ever notice how many "doctors" we have when there's a bioethics debate? Or "scientists" when there's an evolution thread? How come no one ever cites their own authority as garbage men when there's an article on public works? I'd generally rather talk to a garbage man than a doctor or scientist.


15 posted on 03/04/2007 10:25:21 PM PST by YCTHouston
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To: lqclamar

Wikipedia is simply once source of information, and a very good one. Like anything, it is best to get information from multiple sources and then come to your own conclusion. Yes, some entries on Wikipedia are biased, but so is most everything else. It is your job to make up your own mind based on the best available evidence.


16 posted on 03/04/2007 10:28:32 PM PST by killjoy (Life sucks, wear a helmet.)
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To: lqclamar

BTTT


17 posted on 03/04/2007 10:29:32 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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I loved the pimping he did on The New Yorker. They "corrected" their "mistake" in the latest issue. That's one down, eleven million to go.


18 posted on 03/04/2007 10:34:32 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken (Seldom right but never in doubt)
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To: struwwelpeter
The Russian version of Wikipedia is worse - the expert arbitrators are clearly from the Russian government. Articles on the Moscow theater hostage crisis and Beslan - written by survivors and relatives of those who died - get deleted faster than they can be posted.

Russian version of Wikipedia is similar to American Wikipedia only in Russia is the poster who gets deleted and not just the posting.

19 posted on 03/04/2007 10:37:42 PM PST by weegee (Carbon credits are nothing but the Global Warming movement's way of selling indugences.)
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To: YCTHouston
How come no one ever cites their own authority as garbage men when there's an article on public works?

I have cited my own authority as a garbage man on several occasions here on FR. I have life-long experience as my family owns a trash company (Which I am no longer part of).

No Joke. You didn't expect that response did you?
20 posted on 03/04/2007 10:38:45 PM PST by lmr (The answers to life don't involve complex solutions.)
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