Larry Sanger

Quick Facts

Full Name	Larry Sanger
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Jul 16, 1968(1968-07-16)
Age	56
Birthplace	Washington
Country	United States
Birth City	Washington
Horoscope	Cancer

Larry Sanger Biography

Larry Sanger is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on July 16, 1968 in Washington, Washington, United States. Best known as the founder of Citizendium and co-founder of Wikipedia. He was also a renowned philosophy professor.

He co-founded Wikipedia with Jimmy Wales.

Lawrence Mark Sanger (/ˈ s æ ŋ ər / ; born July 16, 1968) is an American internet project developer and co-founder of the internet encyclopedia Wikipedia, for which he coined the name and wrote much of its original governing policy. Sanger has worked on other online educational websites such as Nupedia, Citizendium, Everipedia, and the Encyclosphere.

Sanger graduated from high school in 1986 and attended Reed College, majoring in philosophy. In college he became interested in the Internet and its potential as a publishing outlet. Sanger set up a listserver as a medium for students and tutors to meet for tutoring and “to act as a forum for discussion of tutorials, tutorial methods, and the possibility and merits of a voluntary, free network of individual tutors and students finding each other via the Internet for education outside the traditional university setting”. He started and moderated a philosophy discussion list, the Association for Systematic Philosophy.

He married a woman in December 2001 whom he met online.

Larry Sanger Net Worth

Larry Sanger is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Larry Sanger 's net worth $650 Thousand. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He received a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from The Ohio State University.

He was one of the early authors of Encyclopedia of Earth, an electronic reference about the Earth.

Lawrence Mark Sanger was born in Bellevue, Washington, on July 16, 1968. His father Gerry was a biologist and his mother raised the children. When he was seven years old, his family moved to Anchorage, Alaska, where he grew up. He was interested in philosophical topics at an early age.

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While studying at college, Sanger developed an interest in using the internet for educational purposes and joined the online encyclopedia Nupedia as editor- in-chief in 2000. Disappointed with the slow progress of Nupedia, Sanger proposed using a wiki to solicit and receive articles to put through Nupedia’s peer-review process; this change led to the development and launch of Wikipedia in 2001. Sanger served as Wikipedia’s community leader in Wikipedia’s early stages but became increasingly disillusioned with the project and left it in 2002.

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Sanger later grew disillusioned with Wikipedia, saying by mid-2001 its community was being “overrun” by “trolls” and “anarchist-types”, who were “opposed to the idea that anyone should have any kind of authority that others do not”. While such issues were not important to Sanger when Wikipedia was a source of articles for Nupedia, as it grew into an independent project he started to become more concerned about the community. Sanger became increasingly disillusioned and frustrated by a Wikipedia user known as “The Cunctator”, who would troll Sanger. Sanger responded to these trends by proposing a stronger emphasis on expert editors and individuals with the authority to resolve disputes and enforce the rules. He also asked to be given more respect and deference by Wikipedians, which backfired and led to an increase in friction between him and the community.

Is Larry Sanger right wing?

Since 2020, he has criticized Wikipedia for what he perceives as a left-wing and liberal ideological bias in its articles.

Is Larry Sanger rich?

Net Worth:$650 Thousand
Gender:| Male
Profession:| Businessperson, Philosopher
Nationality:| United States of America

Who is the father of Wikipedia?

There are two co-founders of Wikipedia: Larry Sanger (born 1968), American internet project developer. Jimmy Wales (born 1966), American-British internet entrepreneur.

What year was Wikipedia invented?

Wikipedia began with its first edit on 15 January 2001 , two days after the domain was registered by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger.

Why is Wikipedia controversial?

Most criticism of Wikipedia has been directed towards its content, its community of established users, and its processes. Critics have questioned its factual reliability, the readability and organization of the articles, the lack of methodical fact-checking, and its political bias.