contention and discussion continued on public encyclopedia on 28 february 2007 , and publicity was given to essjay , a controversial wikipedia administrator and editor , having claimed fraud credentials which were published in a paper . internet encyclopedia wikipedia co - founder jimbo wales was resident in india , and at 06 : 42 on march 3 he issued a statements that further talk had come to his attention and he had asked the editor to resign his role of trust within the world . at 03 : 17 on march 4 essjay announced on his user talk website that he had quit and was no longer posted on wikipedia .
Wikipedia was launched by Jimbo Wales.