Wikipedia Grapples with an Issue
Essjay was a Wikipedia editor who claimed to be a tenured professor of Catholic Religion. He was in fact a 24 year old guy from Kentucky.
There is no word as to whether he got his DaVinci Decoder Ring from a cereal box. Wikipedia founders are now considering changes that make this kind of ruse less doable. Some of their proposed changed are being sharply criticized by vocal Wikipedia users.
I think the fear that some people have about mischief lacks perspective. Many of the people that they are worried about are already spending 18 hours a day posting obscene YouTube comments.
