Essjay

Ryan Jordanin profiilikuva hänen Wikia-profiilissaan.

Essjay, oikealta nimeltään Ryan Jordan, on entinen englanninkielisen Wikipedian aktiivinen muokkaaja ja Wikia-yrityksen palkattu työntekijä.[1] Essjay on muokannut englanninkielisessä Wikipediassa yli 20 000 artikkelia[1] ja hän oli englanninkielisen Wikipedian ”byrokraatti”, ylläpitäjä sekä välityslautakunnan jäsen. Jordan kirjoitti englanninkieliseen Wikipediaan nimimerkkinsä takaa ja valehteli olevansa teologian tohtori ja professori, vaikka hänellä ei ollut mitään akateemista tutkintoa. Jordan oli esiintynyt professorina muun muassa The New Yorker -lehdelle antamassaan haastattelussa. Huijauksen paljastuminen sai osakseen laajaa huomiota tiedotusvälineissä ja herätti keskustelua Wikipedian luotettavuudesta.

Huijaus

Essjay-nimimerkin takaa kirjoittanut Jordan aloitti Wikipedian muokkaamisen helmikuussa 2005.[2] Hän esiintyi Wikipediassa teologian professorina, joka oli erikoistunut kanoniseen oikeuteen. Todellisuudessa Essjaylla ei kuitenkaan ollut minkäänlaista akateemista tutkintoa tai virkaa. Essjay käytti keksittyä professorin titteliään tuodakseen muokkauksilleen enemmän painoarvoa muiden Wikipedian muokkaajien silmissä. Esimerkiksi käyttäessään Catholics for Dummies (”katolilaisuutta keltanokille”) -nimistä populaarikirjaa lähteenä Essjay sanoi luetuttavansa samaa kirjaa usein opiskelijoillaan ja ”asettavansa oman tohtorinarvonsa sen luotettavuuden pantiksi”.[1]

Paljastuminen

Heinäkuussa 2006 The New Yorker -lehden toimittaja Stacy Schiff kirjoitti Essjaysta pitkän artikkelin, jossa kerrottiin, kuinka ”teologian tohtori” ja ”uskontotieteiden professori” innostui Wikipedian muokkaamisesta.[2] The New Yorker haastatteli Essjayta artikkeliaan varten, mutta ei selvittänyt tämän oikeaa henkilöllisyyttä eikä kyseenalaistanut tämän omaa kertomusta akateemisista ansioistaan[3]. Artikkelin julkaisemisen jälkeen Essjayn oikean nimen tiennyt ulkopuolinen henkilö otti yhteyttä The New Yorkerin toimitukseen, minkä jälkeen Essjayn nimi ja todelliset akateemiset ansiot paljastuivat.[1]

Reaktiot

Ryan Jordanin huijauksen paljastuminen herätti laajalti keskustelua Wikipedian luotettavuudesta. The New Yorkerin päätoimittaja kirjoitti Essjayn henkilöllisyyden paljastumisen jälkeen oikaisun alkuperäiseen artikkeliin[3]. Lehden toimitus myönsi, että sen olisi pitänyt tehdä alkuperäisessä artikkelissaan lukijoille selväksi etteivät he olleet tarkistaneet Essjayn kertomusten todenperäisyyttä[4]. Tapaus huomioitiin useissa merkittävissä tiedotusvälineissä[5][1] ja Wikipedian perustaja Jimmy Wales otti siihen kantaa useita kertoja[1]

Wikipedian muokkaajien keskuudessa Jordanin valehtelu herätti huomattavaa kritiikkiä häntä kohtaan.[5] Pian tapauksen paljastumisen jälkeen Jordan ilmoitti Wikipediassa siirtyvänsä ”eläkkeelle”[5], eikä Essjayn käyttäjätunnuksella ole enää maaliskuun 2007 jälkeen tehty muokkauksia[6]. Jordanin palkannut Wikia ilmoitti skandaalin jälkeen, ettei Jordan enää työskentele yritykselle.[1]

Lähteet

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Cohen, Noam: A Contributor to Wikipedia Has His Fictional Side The New York Times. 5.3.2007. Viitattu 17.4.2017. (englanniksi)
  2. ↑ a b Schiff, Stacy: Know it all: Can Wikipedia conquer expertise? The New Yorker. Viitattu 17.4.2017. (englanniksi)
  3. ↑ a b Know it all: Can Wikipedia conquer expertise? - Editor’s note (Päätoimittajan oikaisu on varsinaisen artikkelin lopussa) The New Yorker. Viitattu 17.4.2017. (englanniksi)
  4. ↑ Cohen, Noam: Wikipedia ire turns against ex-editor (web archive) The International Herald Tribune. 6.3.2006. Arkistoitu 8.3.2007. Viitattu 17.4.2017. (englanniksi)
  5. ↑ a b c Fake professor in Wikipedia storm BBC. Viitattu 17.4.2017. (englanniksi)
  6. ↑ User contributions for Essjay Wikipedia. Viitattu 17.4.2017. (englanniksi)

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