Andrew Orlowski , a frequent Wikipedia critic and writer for `` The Register '' -- a British technology news and opinion website -- criticized Jimmy Wales for hiring Essjay at the venture-capital-funded Wikia and for appointing him to the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee after Essjay had apparently admitted his previously claimed academic and professional credentials were false .
Andrew Orlowski , a Wikipedia critic and writer for `` The Register '' -- a British technology news and opinion website -- criticized Jimmy Wales for hiring Essjay at the venture-capital-funded ` Wikia ' and for making him a member on the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee . Essjay had admitted his stated academic and professional credentials were false before he was made a member .