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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. Later in February, Wales appointed Essjay to Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee. 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 presumed that Wikia knew that Jordan was not academically credentialed as a Theology PhD, as described on his Wikipedia user page. Later in February, Wales appointed Essjay to Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee. 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".
Well after the scandal evolved into a serious public relations threat to Wikipedia's credibility, Wales sought to deflect responsibility for the whole affair by blaming the Arbitration Committee that he himself had created: "EssJay was appointed at the request of and unanimous support of the ArbCom." - Jimmy Wales [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-October/083549.html 17 October 2007] Members of the Arbitration Committee responded by saying it would be more accurate to describe their "unanimous support" as "nobody objected to Jimbo's nomination of Essjay".
Well after [[Wikipedia_scandals#Essjay_is_not_a_professor|the scandal]] evolved into a serious public relations threat to Wikipedia's credibility, Wales sought to deflect responsibility for the whole affair by blaming the Arbitration Committee that he himself had created: "EssJay was appointed at the request of and unanimous support of the ArbCom." - Jimmy Wales [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-October/083549.html 17 October 2007] Members of the Arbitration Committee responded by saying it would be more accurate to describe their "unanimous support" as "nobody objected to Jimbo's nomination of Essjay".
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