# Talk:Essjay controversy

[1] @Crazynas, what is unclear? They're both clearly labeled as key early Internet moments of online communities figuring out how to grapple with misrepresented anonymous identity. czar 15:43, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

@Czar: I do see, I just wasn't sure why a cartoon that came out 12 years before the controversy could be relevant.  But I understand the connnection as far as the way Essjay presented himself, I'm going to reinstate it without your description (since we don't unusually put descriptions after See Also links do we?  Crazynas t 19:01, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
Thanks and yep: "Editors should provide a brief annotation when a link's relevance is not immediately apparent, when the meaning of the term may not be generally known, or when the term is ambiguous." czar 19:16, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

think hes from louisville BoulevardBowl27 (talk) 15:54, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

This article is about nothing more than a super humiliating incident. No encyclopedic value is really lost with the removal of this tiny, poor-quality selfie from 2007. Does anyone object to its removal? ꧁Zanahary꧂ 21:10, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

I’m inclined to propose a merge someplace, but at minimum the true crime-level detail here is unnecessary. Way too many quotes from interviews. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 01:49, 14 August 2025 (UTC)