Larry Sanger
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Larry Sanger was an American editor who co-founded Wikipedia with Jimmy Wales in 2001. Sanger served as the initial editor in chief for Wikipedia's predecessor, Nupedia, and advocated for using wiki software to create a more open and collaborative encyclopedia. He and Wales launched Wikipedia as a companion to Nupedia, which was eventually terminated, with its articles moved to Wikipedia. Sanger and Wales later had a disagreement regarding who first conceived the idea of using wiki software for the encyclopedia.12
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WikipediaOrigin and growth…a free online encyclopedia, with Larry Sanger as editor in chief. Nupedia was organized like existing encyclopedias, with an advisory board of experts and a lengthy review process. By January 2001 fewer than two dozen articles were finished, and Sanger advocated supplementing Nupedia with an open-source encyclopedia based on wiki…
Read More…a free online encyclopedia, with Larry Sanger as editor in chief. Nupedia was organized like existing encyclopedias, with an advisory board of experts and a lengthy review process. By January 2001 fewer than two dozen articles were finished, and Sanger advocated supplementing Nupedia with an open-source encyclopedia based on wiki…
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Jimmy Wales…and Nupedia’s editor in chief, Larry Sanger, in 2001 turned to a new technology, a type of software called wiki, to create Wikipedia, a companion encyclopaedia site that anyone could contribute to and edit. Sanger and Wales parted company in 2002, but they continued to dispute who first came up…
Read More…and Nupedia’s editor in chief, Larry Sanger, in 2001 turned to a new technology, a type of software called wiki, to create Wikipedia, a companion encyclopaedia site that anyone could contribute to and edit. Sanger and Wales parted company in 2002, but they continued to dispute who first came up…
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