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Wikipedia expert fabricates his own bio

Last year's long New Yorker article about Wikipedia relied heavily on a Wikipedia contributor and administrator who goes by the handle of "Essjay." He had been recommended to the writer by Wikipedia management, and his bio described him as "a tenured professor of religion at a private university" with "a Ph.D. in theology and a degree in canon law." Unfortunately, it turns out that Essjay is actually 24-year-old Ryan Jordan, a gent who has no advanced degrees and has never taught canon law or anything else. More »

2:00 PM on Wed Feb 28 2007
By Chris Mohney
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Latest by Comic Strip Blogger: yes, this is very pathetic having in mind that some notable people, including editors of engadget, were removed by wikipedia zealots due to lack of notability... but at the same time these wikipedia zealots/controllers are fabricating bios at wikipedia about more »

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Jason Kottke and Meg Hourihan wed: Most Flickr'd ceremony ever

The blogging power couple that conquered Metafilter (and some rag called the New Yorker) makes it official. Ex-SFers Jason Kottke and Meg Hourihan say "I do" tomorrow in NYC. More »

7:34 PM on Fri Mar 24 2006
By ndouglas
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