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| Daniel Brandt |
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Who is Essjay? I would love to ID this guy. I think he's notable enough for his own biography.
He says that his username derives from his initials, S.J. That would suggest that his first and middle name, or first and surname, start with S and J. But it hasn't helped my search. He's between 30 and 45, and teaches theology to undergrads and grads. He's a tenured professor. He says that he teaches at a private university in the northeastern U.S., but I have my doubts about this also. He says he has these degrees: Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies (B.A.), Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.), Doctorate of Philosophy in Theology (Ph.D.), Doctorate in Canon Law (JCD) I've searched on his degrees, and I've looked at religion-department faculty lists in the northeast by using this resource. No clues. He keeps to himself, and has been a Wikipedian only since February, 2005. Previous email addresses are essjay-wiki AT hotmail.com and essjay AT pacbell.net (some doubt about the latter). He specializes in Roman Catholicism, but is a liberal non-Catholic. He's an elder in the Disciples of Christ, a liberal Protestant denomination. He's probably had essays on social issues published in obscure, liberal religious publications within the past ten years. He is gay, and his live-in partner is a lawyer named Robbie (username Robbie31). Essjay owns and operates http://countervandalism.org/wiki/VCN but the service provider registered the domain for him and I don't see any clues there. He and his partner have a cat named Mia and a lab retriever named Ami. Years ago, Essjay was a cantor at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, Kentucky. He keeps to himself. The recent New Yorker article mentions him. He had a wikiaddiction to the tune of 14 hours a day, and sometimes he brings his laptop to class so that he can play Wikipedia while his students are taking a quiz. He will not be going to Wikimania, and he told the reporter that he has never met another Wikipedian. If I could get even an IP address for Essjay or Robbie31, it would narrow the search to perhaps several universities instead of dozens. That would be a big help. Essjay is probably more powerful than SlimVirgin, because he doesn't piss off too many people, and he appears to have some technical chops that come in handy for vandal-fighting through the use of bots. But I think he needs to be outed -- he spends too much time on Wikipedia and I'm sure it's bad for his health and warps his mind. Can anyone help? |
Daniel Brandt Who is Essjay? Wed 26th July 2006, 4:35pm
Somey Interesting -- earlier today he desysopped almost ... Wed 26th July 2006, 8:33pm
Sceptre
Interesting -- earlier today he desysopped almost... Thu 27th July 2006, 12:37pm
Poetlister I personally have nothing but praise for Essjay. ... Thu 27th July 2006, 9:45am
Somey I don't see much of anything wrong with him ei... Thu 27th July 2006, 6:39pm
Daniel Brandt If I was incompetent, and in charge of propaganda ... Thu 27th July 2006, 10:51pm
Somey Essjay is too slick to be true. I say he's a c... Fri 28th July 2006, 3:41am
MARMOTFACE
If I could get even an IP address for Essgay or ... Mon 21st August 2006, 7:38pm
Somey Beg and thou shalt receive.
O great MARMOTFACE, we... Mon 21st August 2006, 7:51pm
IronDuke You know, as he was obviously interviewed for the ... Mon 21st August 2006, 9:05pm
Backfire Hmm. S.J. Could this be a Jesuit reference inste... Sun 27th August 2006, 2:23pm
Daniel Brandt From someone's talk page:
He says "secul... Sun 27th August 2006, 9:41pm
karmafist Daniel, i'd slightly disagree with you on Essj... Mon 28th August 2006, 2:18pm
Daniel Brandt It's possible that he has made up all of his b... Mon 28th August 2006, 3:57pm
karmafist
Yes, his hissy fit at the end of November was r... Mon 28th August 2006, 6:30pm
Somey Apparently the mystery may have been solved for us... Thu 11th January 2007, 3:48pm
Poetlister I think that we should always ignore skin colour, ... Thu 11th January 2007, 4:43pm
Nathan I always thought I was a bit pale, myself.
Since ... Mon 15th January 2007, 2:21am
everyking
I always thought I was a bit pale, myself.
Since... Tue 16th January 2007, 8:02am
Daniel Brandt I'm not convinced that the mystery is solved. ... Thu 11th January 2007, 5:12pm
Somey ...Ryan Jordan, tenured professor of theology at a... Thu 11th January 2007, 7:01pm
Jonny Cache I thought SJ meant Society of Jesus, that is, the ... Thu 11th January 2007, 6:03pm
Daniel Brandt This Essjay user page is worth quoting, before it ... Thu 11th January 2007, 7:48pm
nobs What is the point of all this? Essjay could be a ... Thu 11th January 2007, 8:20pm
Daniel Brandt
What is the point of all this? Essjay could be a... Thu 11th January 2007, 8:40pm
nobs What is the point of all this? Essjay could be a ... Fri 12th January 2007, 2:36am
Somey Pardon my Franklish. Essjay could be a comité.
O... Fri 12th January 2007, 5:39am
a view from the hive
Pardon my Franklish. Essjay could be a comité.
... Fri 12th January 2007, 7:32am
everyking
Pardon my Franklish. Essjay could be a comité.
... Fri 12th January 2007, 8:57am
Poetlister
My very brief account is that he isn't a reas... Fri 12th January 2007, 12:50pm
everyking
My very brief account is that he isn't a rea... Sat 13th January 2007, 9:07am
Somey True - he could be a whole religion, nationality, ... Thu 11th January 2007, 8:34pm
Jonny Cache I still think that the Limonata and the Ordure are... Fri 12th January 2007, 12:47pm
gomi
I still think that the Limonata and the Ordure ar... Fri 12th January 2007, 6:14pm
Nathan Ah, missed that, sorry. It happens.
I suppose I c... Tue 16th January 2007, 6:22pm
Somey There have been some additions to Essjay's Wik... Fri 19th January 2007, 7:52pm
Daniel Brandt You're forgetting that he once claimed on his ... Sat 20th January 2007, 5:40pm
Daniel Brandt Dear Ms. Stacy Schiff:
The purpose of this email ... Sat 20th January 2007, 11:54pm
anon1234
Dear Ms. Stacy Schiff:
The purpose of this email... Sun 21st January 2007, 12:14am
Nathan I could'n't have done better myself, and W... Sun 21st January 2007, 12:37am
Daniel Brandt Look at the bottom of this screen shot, where I as... Sun 21st January 2007, 6:20am
Jonny Cache Yeah, I keep wondering how long it will take the e... Sun 21st January 2007, 1:54pm
Daniel Brandt The two emails I found for Stacy Schiff both bounc... Sun 21st January 2007, 2:19pm
anon1234
The two emails I found for Stacy Schiff both boun... Sun 21st January 2007, 6:11pm
Daniel Brandt
Your inquiry to the New Yorker, if worded proper... Fri 26th January 2007, 5:58pm
Alex
Today I added Essjay to http://www.wikipedia-watc... Fri 26th January 2007, 6:16pm
anon1234
[quote name='Daniel Brandt' post='21523' date='Fr... Fri 26th January 2007, 6:28pm

Somey This is someone one needs to follow up on. A webp... Fri 26th January 2007, 6:47pm

anon1234
This is someone one needs to follow up on. A web... Fri 26th January 2007, 7:32pm
guy
What I found odd is that on Essjay's user pag... Fri 26th January 2007, 8:00pm
Alex
[quote name='Alex' post='21526' date='Fri 26th Ja... Fri 26th January 2007, 8:16pm
Daniel Brandt
I don't think he's making everything up t... Fri 26th January 2007, 8:33pm
a view from the hive
[quote name='Alex' post='21535' date='Fri 26th Ja... Sat 27th January 2007, 3:58am
Somey Personally, I think he really just owns a hamster ... Sat 27th January 2007, 6:35pm
Daniel Brandt Essjay has officially outed himself on Wikipedia, ... Tue 6th February 2007, 10:57am
Alex
Essjay has officially outed himself on Wikipedia,... Tue 6th February 2007, 3:07pm
Jonny Cache
Perhaps he made up the stuff to throw off vandals... Tue 6th February 2007, 3:22pm
Somey Perhaps he made up the stuff to throw off vandals ... Tue 6th February 2007, 5:24pm
Daniel Brandt Essjay has elaborated a bit on his deception over ... Wed 7th February 2007, 9:13pm
Somey My God, what utter bullshit!
What stalkers? ... Wed 7th February 2007, 10:23pm
gomi Some journalist needs to write about "The Ess... Wed 7th February 2007, 10:25pm
nobs
at the age of 24 -- to have been working (full-ti... Thu 8th February 2007, 1:15am
Daniel Brandt Occasionally I read about some CEO of some corpora... Wed 7th February 2007, 11:09pm
Daniel Brandt Hmmm. I sent a fax to Stacy Schiff's literary ... Thu 8th February 2007, 1:20am
Daniel Brandt Essjay's recent comments about his Grand Decep... Thu 8th February 2007, 5:15am
Somey The first thing you see on Essjay's user page ... Thu 8th February 2007, 7:57am
Daniel Brandt
He's still making stuff up. I don't belie... Thu 8th February 2007, 10:25am
guy
He's still making stuff up. I don't beli... Thu 8th February 2007, 10:43am
anon1234
He's still making stuff up. I don't bel... Thu 8th February 2007, 5:57pm
Nathan I'm in the process of writing something myself... Thu 8th February 2007, 6:06pm
nobs Essjay said,
Jimbo, Angela, Datrio, Michael Davi... Thu 8th February 2007, 6:24pm
Somey And since when was he ever "upfront about usi... Thu 8th February 2007, 7:58pm
Alex It's sad to see all of this. I had a lot of re... Thu 8th February 2007, 10:01pm
Daniel Brandt I'm starting to get a bad feeling about this. ... Thu 8th February 2007, 10:53pm
nobs
I'm starting to get a bad feeling about this.... Thu 8th February 2007, 11:09pm

Poetlister
But let's assume momentarily that having dinn... Thu 8th February 2007, 11:21pm
Somey But if evidence continues to mount that he needs h... Thu 8th February 2007, 11:46pm
Daniel Brandt
I can hardly see Mr. Jordan as a depressive perso... Fri 9th February 2007, 12:21am
Jonny Cache
I associate "delusional" much more with... Fri 9th February 2007, 2:28am
Jonny Cache Once again, focussing on individuals brings us to ... Thu 8th February 2007, 11:00pm
Daniel Brandt RE: Who is Essjay? Sat 10th February 2007, 12:44pm
Daniel Brandt Update: nothing much to report.
No response from ... Sat 17th February 2007, 6:36pm
anon1234
Update: nothing much to report.
To the contrary... Sat 17th February 2007, 7:30pm
Elara
There was some argument on Essjay's talk page... Sun 18th February 2007, 5:06am

Somey I would seriously ask a question (mostly because I... Sun 18th February 2007, 5:35pm

Unrepentant Vandal I had a bit of time to waste earlier today, so jus... Thu 22nd February 2007, 3:41pm
a view from the hive
Update: nothing much to report.
No response from... Tue 27th February 2007, 8:09am
Daniel Brandt Based on what I know, which is little, I recommend... Sun 18th February 2007, 5:36am
Somey Waaah! You're gonna get us all in big trou... Thu 22nd February 2007, 4:12pm
Unrepentant Vandal
Waaah! You're gonna get us all in big tro... Thu 22nd February 2007, 5:16pm
Somey Any further plans, please PM me, as I don't wa... Thu 22nd February 2007, 5:23pm
Daniel Brandt
I guess it can't hurt to alter the biographi... Thu 22nd February 2007, 5:56pm
guy Great - start with Cardinal Martini. (Yes, he rea... Thu 22nd February 2007, 5:00pm
Somey [b]Sneakin' One in Under the Radar Dept.:
Che... Fri 23rd February 2007, 10:45pm
Daniel Brandt I guess it's Archbishop Essjay now, not just B... Sat 24th February 2007, 12:21am
Unrepentant Vandal
I guess it's Archbishop Essjay now, not just ... Sat 24th February 2007, 12:29am
Daniel Brandt > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:53:50 -0500
> Su... Mon 26th February 2007, 4:57pm
anon1234
> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:53:50 -0500
> S... Mon 26th February 2007, 5:53pm
Daniel Brandt RE: Who is Essjay? Mon 26th February 2007, 9:46pm
coriaceous I remember coming across a thing which referred to... Tue 27th February 2007, 5:43am![]() ![]() |
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