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2 days ago · Bomis provided the initial funding for the free peer-reviewed encyclopedia Nupedia (2000–2003). On January 15, 2001, with Larry Sanger and others, Wales launched Wikipedia, a free open-content encyclopedia that enjoyed rapid growth and popularity. As its public profile grew, Wales became its promoter and spokesman.
- 3 daughters
- See below
- Jimbo (screen name)
- Jimmy Donal Wales, August 7, 1966 (age 57), Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
1 day ago · Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger founded Wikipedia in 2001 as a feeder project to supplement Nupedia. The project was originally funded by Bomis, Wales's for-profit business, and edited by a rapidly growing community of volunteer editors.
- $154.7 million (2022), $162.9 million (2021)
- Jimmy Wales
- June 20, 2003; 20 years ago, St. Petersburg, Florida, US
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2 days ago · As Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger told me: “It is getting to the point where you can’t accuse people like Katherine Maher of hypocrisy anymore, because they’re not being hypocritical. They’re actually saying it out loud: ‘We don’t really believe in this freedom stuff anyway.’” Sanger, perhaps, is being naïve.
4 days ago · Larry Sanger: Wikipedia Co-founder . Larry was an American philosopher and also the co-founder of Wikipedia. Jimmy approached Sanger in 2000 to work with him on Nupedia, an earlier effort to build a free digital encyclopedia. The only drawback of Nupedia was that it used to produce content slowly and followed rigorous editing rules.
4 days ago · This, in a nutshell, exemplifies Wikipedia’s problems across the platform as described by its cofounder Larry Sanger. Sanger recently spoke to 150Sec. The following is an excerpt: Reading a Wikipedia entry about Wikipedia itself seems strange. But where else on the web would an average internet user go for digestible, encyclopedia-style content?
4 days ago · Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia, criticized his successor Katherine Maher for her previous remarks on free speech. Her remarks have resurfaced following her appointment as the CEO and ...
10 hours ago · As Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger told me: "It is getting to the point where you can’t accuse people like Katherine Maher of hypocrisy anymore, because they’re not being hypocritical. They ...
