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==Essjay scandal==

==Essjay scandal==

In January 2007, Wales hired Ryan Jordan (pseudonymously known as "Essjay" on Wikipedia) to work at Wikia, Inc.  At that time, it is presumed that Wikia knew that Jordan was not academically credentialed as a Theology PhD, as described on his Wikipedia user page.  In fact, he was a 24-year-old college dropout.  Later in February, Wales appointed Essjay to Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee, the highest authority on Wikipedia, short of the Wikimedia Foundation's board of directors and staff.  When the ''Wikipedia Review'' engaged the ''New Yorker'' magazine to expose Essjay's fraud, Wales' first reaction was to say he "didn't really have a problem with it".

In January 2007, Wales hired Ryan Jordan (pseudonymously known as "Essjay" on Wikipedia) to work at Wikia, Inc.  At that time, it is [http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/03/05/one-last-brief-comment-on-the-essjay-scandal/ known that Wikia's co-founders knew] that Jordan was not academically credentialed as a Theology professor holding a PhD, as described on his Wikipedia user page.  In fact, he was a 24-year-old college dropout.  Regardless of this fraud, later in February, Wales appointed Essjay to Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee, the highest authority on Wikipedia short of the Wikimedia Foundation's own board of directors and staff.  When the ''[http://www.WikipediaReview.com Wikipedia Review]'' engaged the ''New Yorker'' magazine to expose Essjay's fraud, Wales' first reaction [http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22I+don%27t+really+have+a+problem+with+it%22+Essjay&btnG=Search&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8 was to say] he "didn't really have a problem with it".

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