Difference between revisions of "Larry Sanger"
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Citizendium's<ref>http://www.citizendium.org/faq.html#introductory FAQ page</ref>, presumably speaking for Sanger, describes him as a "Wikipedia co-founder." Digital Universe says, "He was the chief organizer of Wikipedia in its first year and played a key role in its creation."<ref>http://www.dufoundation.org/foundation-bios.php</ref> He left Wikipedia after Wales cut his salary by 50% and founded [[Citizendium]]. | Citizendium's<ref>http://www.citizendium.org/faq.html#introductory FAQ page</ref>, presumably speaking for Sanger, describes him as a "Wikipedia co-founder." Digital Universe says, "He was the chief organizer of Wikipedia in its first year and played a key role in its creation."<ref>http://www.dufoundation.org/foundation-bios.php</ref> He left Wikipedia after Wales cut his salary by 50% and founded [[Citizendium]]. | ||
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{{quotebox|Wales started an Internet company called Bomis, a search engine and Web directory. He began hearing about the fledgling open source movement and wondered whether volunteers could create something besides software. So he recruited Larry Sanger, then an Ohio State University doctoral student in philosophy, whom he'd encountered on some listservs. He put Sanger on the Bomis payroll, and together they launched a free online encyclopedia called Nupedia.<ref>https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/wiki.html?pg=3&topic=wiki&topic_set=</ref>}} | {{quotebox|Wales started an Internet company called Bomis, a search engine and Web directory. He began hearing about the fledgling open source movement and wondered whether volunteers could create something besides software. So he recruited Larry Sanger, then an Ohio State University doctoral student in philosophy, whom he'd encountered on some listservs. He put Sanger on the Bomis payroll, and together they launched a free online encyclopedia called Nupedia.<ref>https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/wiki.html?pg=3&topic=wiki&topic_set=</ref>}} | ||
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Larry Sanger created Nupedia and Wikipedia® while working for Jimbo Wales. Sanger invented the name, "Wikipedia." As of 2020 he began organizing a wiki-based encyclopedia known as Encyclosphere.[1]
Sanger's role in the founding of Wikipedia is a matter of dispute. Although Sanger came up with the idea of using wiki software to host their encyclopedia, Wales claims to be the sole "founder" of Wikipedia. Citizendium's[2], presumably speaking for Sanger, describes him as a "Wikipedia co-founder." Digital Universe says, "He was the chief organizer of Wikipedia in its first year and played a key role in its creation."[3] He left Wikipedia after Wales cut his salary by 50% and founded Citizendium.
Wired says:
Wales started an Internet company called Bomis, a search engine and Web directory. He began hearing about the fledgling open source movement and wondered whether volunteers could create something besides software. So he recruited Larry Sanger, then an Ohio State University doctoral student in philosophy, whom he'd encountered on some listservs. He put Sanger on the Bomis payroll, and together they launched a free online encyclopedia called Nupedia.[4]
References
- ↑ https://justthenews.com/nation/technology/wikipedia-co-founder-launching-competitor-website-upset-about-pro-socialism
- ↑ http://www.citizendium.org/faq.html#introductory FAQ page
- ↑ http://www.dufoundation.org/foundation-bios.php
- ↑ https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/wiki.html?pg=3&topic=wiki&topic_set=