Difference between revisions 557381796 and 557404950 on enwiki

< previous diff
next diff >
Robert Clark Young
<nowiki></nowiki>{{pp-protected|expiry=2013-06-18T19:19:45Z|small=yes}}
'''Robert Clark "Bob" Young''' (1960) is an American author of a novel, essays, short stories and journalism.  He has played a role in several prominent literary controversies. A series of articles in May, 2013 revealed that Young had been using a pseudonym to make biased edits to the Wikipedia biographies of his personal and professional adversaries.

== Life ==
(contracted; show full)last=Baker|publisher=Daily Yomiuri|date=December 11, 2005|accessdate=May 18, 2013}}{{paywall}}</ref> in which he accused Vice of further plagiarism.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=10ED49C40330B620&p_docnum=2&p_queryname=1|title=War of words raging in Vice case|first=John|last=Sledge|publisher=Mobile Register|date=December 18, 2005|accessdate=May 18, 2013}}{{paywall}}</ref>

==
Controversy over Wikipedia editing controversy==
{{See also|List of Wikipedia controversies#2013}}
In May 2013, Young was accused by ''[[Salon (website)|Salon.com]]'' reporter Andrew Leonard<ref name=Leonard_revenge>
{{cite web
 |url = http://www.salon.com/2013/05/17/revenge_ego_and_the_corruption_of_wikipedia/
 |title = Revenge, ego and the corruption of Wikipedia
 |last = Leonard
 |first = Andrew
(contracted; show full)[[Category:American short story writers]]
[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American essayists]]
[[Category:American non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:University of Houston alumni]]
[[Category:People from Imperial Beach, California]]
[[Category:Wikipedia personalities]]