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'''Lawrence Mark Sanger''' (<ref>{{YouTube|zTaY3mg06sU|Western History for Kids, Part 1 – ancient and medieval – Sanger Academy}}, video taken from Sanger's official educational YouTube channel, pronunciation confirmed around 0:10, accessed May 7, 2016</ref> 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 "[[Wikipedia#Policies and content|Neutral point of view]]" and "[[Ignore all rules]]" policies. Prior to Wikipedia, he was the editor-in-chief of [[Nupedia]], another [[online encyclopedia]] and the predecessor of Wikipedia. He later worked on other encyclopedic projects, including ''[[Encyclopedia of Earth]]'', [[Citizendium]], and [[Everipedia]], and advised the nonprofit American political encyclopedia [[Ballotpedia]].<ref name="Knowledge 2019">{{Cite web |date=September 24, 2019 |title=About Dr. Larry Sanger |url=https://encyclosphere.org/larry |access-date=July 23, 2021 |website=Knowledge Standards Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> | '''Lawrence Mark Sanger''' (<ref>{{YouTube|zTaY3mg06sU|Western History for Kids, Part 1 – ancient and medieval – Sanger Academy}}, video taken from Sanger's official educational YouTube channel, pronunciation confirmed around 0:10, accessed May 7, 2016</ref> 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 "[[Wikipedia#Policies and content|Neutral point of view]]" and "[[Ignore all rules]]" policies. Prior to Wikipedia, he was the editor-in-chief of [[Nupedia]], another [[online encyclopedia]] and the predecessor of Wikipedia. He later worked on other encyclopedic projects, including ''[[Encyclopedia of Earth]]'', [[Citizendium]], and [[Everipedia]], and advised the nonprofit American political encyclopedia [[Ballotpedia]].<ref name="Knowledge 2019">{{Cite web |date=September 24, 2019 |title=About Dr. Larry Sanger |url=https://encyclosphere.org/larry |access-date=July 23, 2021 |website=Knowledge Standards Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||