Difference between revisions of "Larry Sanger"
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Sanger's exact role in the founding of Wikipedia is disputed. He claims the idea of using wiki software to host their encyclopedia. Citizendium's [http://www.citizendium.org/faq.html#introductory FAQ page], presumably speaking for Sanger, describes him as a "Wikipedia co-founder." | Sanger's exact role in the founding of Wikipedia is disputed. He claims the idea of using wiki software to host their encyclopedia. Citizendium's [http://www.citizendium.org/faq.html#introductory FAQ page], presumably speaking for Sanger, describes him as a "Wikipedia co-founder." | ||
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| + | *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. [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/wiki.html?pg=3&topic=wiki&topic_set=] | ||
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Revision as of 04:42, April 14, 2007
Larry Sanger helped Jimbo Wales get Wikipedia started. He is currently organizing a rival, expert-edited wiki-based encyclopedia, known as Citizendium.
Sanger's exact role in the founding of Wikipedia is disputed. He claims the idea of using wiki software to host their encyclopedia. Citizendium's FAQ page, presumably speaking for Sanger, describes him as a "Wikipedia co-founder."
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. [1]