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Lawrence Mark Sanger (/ ˈ s æ ŋ ər / ⓘ; [1] born July 16, 1968) is an American Internet project developer and philosopher who co-founded Wikipedia along with Jimmy Wales. Sanger coined Wikipedia's name, and provided initial drafts for many of its early guidelines, including the " Neutral point of view " and " Ignore all rules " policies.
In October 1999, Jimmy Wales began thinking about an online encyclopedia built by volunteers [citation needed] and, in January 2000, hired Larry Sanger to oversee its development. [1] The project officially went online on 9 March 2000. [9] By November 2000, however, only two full-length articles had been published. [10]
Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, on August 7, 1966; however, his birth certificate lists his date of birth as August 8. [4] His father, Jimmy Sr., [5] was a grocery store manager, while his mother, Doris Ann (née Dudley), and his grandmother, Erma, ran the House of Learning, [6] [7] a small private school in the tradition of the one-room schoolhouse, where Wales and his three siblings ...
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.
In 2005, Wales described himself simply as the founder of Wikipedia; [234] however, according to Brian Bergstein of the Associated Press, "Sanger has long been cited as a co-founder." [229] Sanger and Wales were referred to as co-founders in various press releases, interviews, and news reports from 2001 [238] and 2002. [239]
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales hopes to tackle fake news with a journalism outfit of his own. Wikitribune will be free to access and use crowdfunding to hire experienced reporters. They'll work ...
Larry Sanger (born 1968), ... Jimmy Wales (born 1966), American-British internet entrepreneur; See also. History of Wikipedia § Founding of Wikipedia
The jibes were the latest round of a series of spats between the world's richest man Musk and the Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales. Elon Musk’s X is ‘not really a great source of truth’, says ...