controversy and discussion erupted on internet forums on 28 february 2007 , whereby this was given to essjay , a prominent community administrator and editor , having claimed false credentials which were covered in a diary . tablet portal wikipedia part - chair jimbo wales was travelling in india , and at 06 : 42 on march 3 he published a statement that further information had occurred to his consciousness and he had asked the editor to retain his positions of control within the community . at 03 : 17 on march 4 essjay posted on his user talked page that he had retiring and was no longer interested on yahoo .
Wikipedia was launched by Jimbo Wales.