controversial and discussion erupted on wikipedia forums on 28 february 2007 , when controversy was given to essjay , a prominent blog administrator and editor , having disclosed fraud credentials which were publish in a newspaper . internet encyclopedia wikipedia chief - founders erhardt wales was travelling in india , and at 06 : 42 on march 3 he issued a response that further information had come to his attention and he had request the editor to change his roles of trusts of the community . at 03 : 17 on march 4 essjay reported on his contributor talk page that he had retired and was no longer actively on wikipedia .
Wikipedia was launched by Jimbo Wales.