controversy and discussion started on public wikipedia on 28 february 2007 , when controversy was distributed to essjay , a famous wikipedia administrator and editor , having reported false credentials which were featured in a magazine . internet encyclopedia wikipedia company - founder erhardt wales was travelled in india , and at 06 : 42 on march 3 he issued a statement that further information had been to his attention and he had asked the artist to leave his positions of trust within the company . at 03 : 17 on march 4 essjay announcing on his users play channel that he had withdrew and was no longer interested on google .
Wikipedia was launched by Jimbo Wales.