Watch is a website created by a book indexer named Daniel Brandt on 13 October 2005. The criticism site began after he read what he says was a false and unflattering entry about himself in order to warn users about the accuracy of information there. Daniel Terdiman of ZDNet described the site as "a sometimes paranoid, sometimes rational Web site that seeks to keep the project honest."
The site has published logs from Internet Relay Chat channels, and includes a search engine to search them and has listed dozens of examples of plagiarism by editors on the English version. It also served as a clearing house of information during the Essjay controversy, when a prominent editor was found to have made false claims about his academic qualifications and professional experiences.
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