Larry Sanger.
American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects (born 1968)
Wikipedia Blocks Founder From Editing Site
One would think a founder of a website could edit that site as long as he or she wishes. That is not the case at Wikipedia. Larry Sanger , one of the left-leaning site’s founders, has been permanently blocking from…
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About Larry Sanger
Lawrence Mark Sanger is an American Internet project developer and philosopher who co-founded Wikipedia with Jimmy Wales. Sanger coined the name Wikipedia and provided initial drafts for many of its early guidelines, including the "Neutral point of view" and "Ignore all rules" policies. Prior to Wikipedia, he was the editor-in-chief of Nupedia, an online encyclopedia which was the predecessor of Wikipedia. He later worked on other encyclopedic projects, including the Encyclopedia of Earth, Citizendium, Everipedia, and Ballotpedia. Sanger's other interests include theology and philosophy such as epistemology, early modern philosophy, and ethics. He taught philosophy at Ohio State University.
Everything about Larry Sanger →- Occupation
- philosopher, blogger, computer scientist, businessperson
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 16, 1968
- Website
- https://larrysanger.org/