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Lawrence Mark Sanger ( / ˈsæŋər /; [1] born July 16, 1968) is an American Internet project developer and philosopher who was the editor-in-chief of Nupedia, an online encyclopedia, and co-founded its successor Wikipedia along with Jimmy Wales.
Jun 30, 2021 · Wikipedia Is More One-Sided Than Ever. June 30, 2021. Some animals are more equal than others. “All encyclopedic content on Wikipedia,” declares a policy page, “must be written from a neutral point of view ( NPOV ).”. This is essential policy, believe it or not.
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Nov 12, 2023 · Sanger formulated foundational Wikipedia policies like the "neutral point of view" and came up with its memorable name. As its first editor-in-chief, he nurtured the nascent community and helped bootstrap the site to over 20,000 articles by the end of 2001.
September 2001 New York Times: "Sanger...founded Wikipedia with Mr. Wales" September 2001 Technology Review called Wikipedia "the brainchild of Wales and its full-time editor Larry Sanger." 2002 press coverage; January 2003 Wired News: Jimmy and I were both called "co-founder" and I was, in addition, "former chief organizer"
I am best known as a founder of Wikipedia–I had the idea for a wiki encyclopedia, speadheaded the project, named it, led it in its first, seminal year, and formulated much of its original policy. Now about my various projects, in reverse order…
Wikipedia, a free-content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers known as Wikipedians, began with its first edit on 15 January 2001, two days after the domain was registered. [2] It grew out of Nupedia, a more structured free encyclopedia, as a way to allow easier and faster drafting of articles and translations.
