Essjay騒動
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Essjay 騒動（エスジェイそうどう）とは、2007年2月に英語版ウィキペディアで発生した騒動。英語版ウィキペディアの有力な管理者で、ジミー・ウェールズの運営する会社ウィキアの有給コミュニティマネージャーでもあった Essjay（のちに本名はライアン・ジョーダンであると自ら明かした）がウィキペディアの利用者ページ、ならびに『ザ・ニューヨーカー』誌のためのステイシー・シフによる電話インタビューにおいて学歴詐称ならびに職歴詐称を行っていたことが発覚した[12][13][14]。
- ^ a b 2006年時点のこの記載について、インターネットアーカイブで閲覧可能。“Archived copy of Essjay's Wikipedia user page”. The Internet Archive. 2007年10月18日閲覧。
- ^ a b Ian King, “'A Wiki web they've woven'”. vancouver.24hrs.ca. 2007年3月2日閲覧。
- ^ a b c “Profiles do not mesh...”. Essjay Wikipedia talk page (2007年2月2日). 2007年7月26日閲覧。. "There are a number of trolls, stalkers, and psychopaths who wander around Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects looking for people to harass, stalk, and otherwise ruin the lives of (several have been arrested over their activities here)...You will eventually say something that will lead back to you, and the stalkers will find it...I decided to be myself, to never hide my personality, to always be who I am, but to utilize disinformation with regard to what I consider unimportant details: age, location, occupation, etc..."
- ^ Jimmy Wales (2007年10月17日). “ArbCom”. WikiEN-l. 2007年10月23日閲覧。
- ^ Nicholas Carr (2007年2月27日). “Essjay disrobed”. Rough Type. 2007年7月26日閲覧。
- ^ Jeff Bercovici (2007年2月28日). “Ode to Wikipedia Riddled with Errors”. Radar. 2007年7月26日閲覧。
- ^ a b c Cohen, Noam. "Wikipedia ire turns against ex-editor", International Herald Tribune, March 6, 2007
- ^ Wolfson, Andrew. "Wikipedia editor who posed as professor is Ky. dropout", The Courier-Journal, March 6, 2007
- ^ a b Bergstein, Brian (2007年3月7日). “After flap over phony professor, Wikipedia wants some writers to share real names”. Associated Press. "We always prefer to give a positive incentive rather than absolute prohibition, so that people can contribute without a lot of hassle". “It's always inappropriate to try to win an argument by flashing your credentials, and even more so if those credentials are inaccurate.”
- ^ a b “ABC News broadcast on Essjay”. 2007年3月8日閲覧。
- ^ a b c Wales, Jimmy (2007-03-19), “Making amends”, The New Yorker: 24. "I am writing to apologize to The New Yorker and Stacy Schiff, and to give some follow-up concerning Ryan Jordan (Editors' Note, March 5). When I last spoke to The New Yorker about the fact that a prominent Wikipedia community member had lied about his credentials, I misjudged the issue. It was not O.K. for Mr. Jordan, or Essjay, to lie to a reporter, even to protect his identity."
- ^ a b c Schiff, Stacey. "Know it all: Can Wikipedia conquer expertise?", The New Yorker, July 24, 2006.
- ^ a b Cohen, Noam. "After False Claim, Wikipedia to Check Degrees", The New York Times, March 12, 2007.
- ^ a b c Finkelstein, Seth. "Read me first", The Guardian, March 8, 2007.
- ^ http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/06/business/wiki.php : "Over time, Wikipedia users said, Essjay did less editing and writing and spent more time ensuring that the encyclopedia was as free as possible of vandalism and drawn-out editing fights."
- ^ Peter Meyers (2001年9月20日). “Fact-Driven? Collegial? This Site Wants You”. The New York Times 2007年11月5日閲覧。
- ^ a b Ratcliffe, Mitch (2007年3月5日), Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"?, Zdnet.com. Retrieved 2007年3月7日. "I regard it as a pseudonym and I don’t really have a problem with it."
- ^ Jimmy Wales (2007年3月3日). “EssJay situation”. WikiEN-l. 2007年10月1日閲覧。. "that EssJay used his false credentials in content disputes" on Wikipedia.
- ^ "[He] was willing to describe his work as a Wikipedia administrator but would not identify himself other than by confirming the biographical details that appeared on his user page."
- ^ Wolfson, Andrew (2007年3月6日). “Wikipedia editor who posed as professor is Ky. dropout”. Local News. The Courier-Journal. 2007年5月17日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。2007年3月6日閲覧。
- ^ “User:Essjay/Letter”. WebCite. 2007年11月17日閲覧。. "I am an administrator of the online encyclopedia project Wikipedia. I am also a tenured professor of theology; feel free to have a look at my Wikipedia userpage (linked below) to gain an idea of my background and credentials."
- ^ a b Williams, Martyn (2007年3月9日). “Wikipedia Founder Addresses User Credentials”. PC World 2007年3月9日閲覧。. "contributors to the site who claim certain credentials will soon have to prove they really have them."
- ^ Zaharov-Reutt, Alex. "Wikipedia: did one of its admins lie?", March 2, 2007, retrieved March 6, 2007.
- ^ Goldman, Russell (2007年3月6日). “Wikiscandal: A Prominent Editor at the Popular Online Encyclopedia Is a Fraud”. ABC World News. 2007年3月6日閲覧。
- ^ Elsworth, Catherine (2007年3月8日). “Wikipedia 'expert' admits: I made it up”. The Age 2007年3月16日閲覧。
- ^ “Fake professor in Wikipedia storm”. BBC News. (2007年3月6日) 2007年3月16日閲覧。
- ^ Michael Snow (2007年3月5日). “New Yorker correction dogs arbitrator into departure”. Wikipedia Signpost. 2007年4月29日閲覧。
- ^ "Essjay now says that his real name is Ryan Jordan, that he is twenty-four and holds no advanced degrees, and that he has never taught."
- ^ “Andrew Lih”. Hong Kong University. 2007年11月5日閲覧。
- ^ "Further, she [Schiff] made several offers to compensate me for my time, and my response was that if she truly felt the need to do so, she should donate to the Foundation instead."
- ^ "This is an accusation of the highest degree to make about a journalist. Paying a source for a story is an absolute no-no in the normal practice of print journalism. And it struck me immediately how incredible it was he would accuse Stacy Schiff, a Pulitzer Prize winning author writing for The New Yorker, of this crime. We either have a serious breach of ethics with Ms. Schiff or another dubious statement claim from Essjay."
- ^ Andrew Lih (2007年11月5日). “Essjay's Third Transgression”. 2007年10月1日閲覧。
- ^ Doran, James (2007年3月6日). “Wikipedia chief promises change after ‘expert’ exposed as fraud”. Tech & Web. The Times. 2007年3月18日閲覧。. “Mr. Ryan [sic] was a friend, and still is a friend. He is a young man, and he has offered me a heartfelt personal apology, which I have accepted. I hope the world will let him go in peace to build an honorable life and reputation.”
- ^ Keen, Andrew (2007年3月7日). “Laughter and forgetting on Wikipedia”. ZDNet. 2007年3月13日閲覧。. "…I *am* sorry if anyone in the Wikipedia community has been hurt by my decision to use disinformation to protect myself. I'm not sorry that I protected myself; I believed, and continue to believe, that I was right to protect myself, in light of the problems encountered on the internet in these trying times. I have spoken to all of my close friends here about this, and have heard resoundingly that they understand my position, and they support me. Jimbo and many others in Wikipedia's hierarchy have made thier [sic] support known as well…"
- ^ a b Cohen, Noam (2007年3月5日). “A Contributor to Wikipedia Has His Fictional Side”. Technology. The New York Times. 2007年3月6日閲覧。
- ^ Trigilio, John; Brighenti, Kenneth (2003-04-28). Catholicism for Dummies. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Publishing. ISBN 0-7645-5391-7
- ^ “Catholicism for Dummies”. GetFed.com. 2007年7月25日閲覧。
- ^ “Talk:Imprimatur”. Wikipedia (2005年4月12日). 2007年8月28日閲覧。. "This is a text I often require for my students, and I would hang my own Ph.D. on it’s [sic] credibility."
- ^ Staff (2007年3月7日). “Wikipedia's 'bogus' editor ousted”. Freelance UK. "...reported to be considering vetting all persons who adjudicate on factual disputes."
- ^ Doran, op. cit. "I don't think this incident exposes any inherent weakness in Wikipedia, but it does expose a weakness that we will be working to address"
- ^ "I think what matters is the quality of the content, which we can improve by enforcing policies such as 'cite your source,' not the quality of credentials showed by an editor."
- ^ “Wikipedia:Credentials”. Wikipedia. 2007年7月26日閲覧。
- ^ "Wikipedians have plainly become a very insular group: they have their own mores and requirements, which are completely independent of the real world. Indeed, that's what this story is about, after all: real-world identities and credentials are rejected as unnecessary by Wikipedia."
- ^ a b Orlowski, Andrew (2007年3月2日). “Bogus Wikipedia Prof. was blessed then promoted”. Music and Media. The Register. 2007年3月18日閲覧。
- ^ Ratcliffe, op. cit. "[W]hy lying about one's background qualifies a person to work for a company like Wikia, which proposes to help communities to record accurate information". "[S]uch as when he fired Jordan and the reasons for the firing, as well as when he endorsed Jordan in public statements."
- ^ Bergstein, Brian (2007年3月25日). “Citizendium aims to be better Wikipedia”. USA Today 2007年3月25日閲覧。
- ^ Bergstein, Brian (2007年3月25日). “Sanger says he co-started Wikipedia”. ABC World News (Associated Press) 2007年3月26日閲覧。
- ^ “More than just a war of words”. The Sydney Morning Herald. (2007年4月21日) 2007年4月23日閲覧。
- ^ Orlowski, Andrew (2007年3月6日). “Farewell, Wikipedia?”. Music and Media. The Register. 2007年3月18日閲覧。
- ^ “Resolution creation communications committee”. Wikimedia Foundation (2006年9月26日). 2007年10月1日閲覧。
- ^ “Foundation hires Brad Patrick as general counsel and interim executive director”. Wikipedia Signpost (2006年6月19日). 2007年10月1日閲覧。
- ^ Larry Sanger (2007年3月5日). “One last, brief comment on the Essjay scandal”. Citizendium Blog. 2007年10月1日閲覧。. "Only after these sad facts were publicly exposed, only after there was a hue and cry, did Jimmy Wales decide to ask for Essjay’s resignation."
- ^ Read, Brock (2007年3月2日). “Essjay, the Ersatz Academic”. The Chronicle of Higher Education. "the incident is clearly damaging to Wikipedia's credibility—especially with professors who will now note that one of the site's most visible academics has turned out to be a fraud."
- ^ Albanes, John (2007年3月15日). “Wikipedia Stays Popular Despite False Sources”. The Cornell Daily Sun. 2007年3月18日閲覧。
- ^ MacLeod, Donald (2007年3月7日). “Students marked on writing in Wikipedia”. The Guardian. 2007年3月18日閲覧。. "The ethos of Wikipedia is that anyone can contribute, regardless of status… What's relevant is their knowledge as judged by other readers, not whether they are professors or not – and the fact the student [Essjay] was exposed shows it works."
[続きの解説]
「Essjay騒動」の続きの解説一覧
- 1 Essjay騒動とは
- 2 Essjay騒動の概要
- 3 『ザ・ニューヨーカー』のインタビュー
- 4 反応
- 5 参考文献
- Essjay騒動のページへのリンク
