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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''' (born July 16, 1968)<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> 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>

While in college, Sanger began 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 continued to serve as Nupedia's editor-in-chief and as an active contributor to Wikipedia in its first year, but he was laid off and left the projects in March 2002. Sanger's status as a co-founder of Wikipedia has been questioned by Wales<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 19, 2023 |title=Transcript for Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia {{!}} Lex Fridman Podcast #385 |url=https://lexfridman.com/jimmy-wales-transcript/#chapter13_larry_sanger |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014181329/https://lexfridman.com/jimmy-wales-transcript/#chapter13_larry_sanger |archive-date=October 14, 2023 |access-date=November 3, 2023 |website=lexfridman.com}}</ref> but is generally accepted.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yam |first=Shing-Ching Jonathan |year=2013 |title=Decommercialization and anti-elitism: early years of Wikipedia 2001-2002 |url=https://universitypublications.net/ijas/0601/pdf/SPQ603.pdf |journal=International Journal of Arts & Sciences |volume=6 |issue=1 |quote=The Wales/Sanger split refers to the departure of co-founder Larry Sanger in 2002 (The Australian 2006). |via=universitypublications.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jankowski |first=Steve |date=August 6, 2023 |title=The Wikipedia imaginaire: a new media history beyond Wikipedia.org (2001–2022) |journal=Internet Histories |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=333–353 |doi=10.1080/24701475.2023.2246261 |s2cid=260878150 |quote=When Wikipedia launched, its co-founders Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger followed this tradition when described it as 'the free encyclopedia'. |doi-access=free}}</ref>

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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''' (born July 16, 1968)<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> 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>
 While in college, Sanger began 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 continued to serve as Nupedia's editor-in-chief and as an active contributor to Wikipedia in its first year, but he was laid off and left the projects in March 2002. Sanger's status as a co-founder of Wikipedia has been questioned by Wales<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 19, 2023 |title=Transcript for Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia {{!}} Lex Fridman Podcast #385 |url=https://lexfridman.com/jimmy-wales-transcript/#chapter13_larry_sanger |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014181329/https://lexfridman.com/jimmy-wales-transcript/#chapter13_larry_sanger |archive-date=October 14, 2023 |access-date=November 3, 2023 |website=lexfridman.com}}</ref> but is generally accepted.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yam |first=Shing-Ching Jonathan |year=2013 |title=Decommercialization and anti-elitism: early years of Wikipedia 2001-2002 |url=https://universitypublications.net/ijas/0601/pdf/SPQ603.pdf |journal=International Journal of Arts & Sciences |volume=6 |issue=1 |quote=The Wales/Sanger split refers to the departure of co-founder Larry Sanger in 2002 (The Australian 2006). |via=universitypublications.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jankowski |first=Steve |date=August 6, 2023 |title=The Wikipedia imaginaire: a new media history beyond Wikipedia.org (2001–2022) |journal=Internet Histories |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=333–353 |doi=10.1080/24701475.2023.2246261 |s2cid=260878150 |quote=When  Wikipedia  launched,  its  co-founders  Jimmy  Wales  and  Larry  Sanger  followed  this  tradition  when  described  it  as  'the  free  encyclopedia'. |doi-access=free}}</ref>