A few press mentions (last updated 2021)
- ‘Nobody should trust Wikipedia,’ its co-founder warns: Larry Sanger says site has been taken over by left-wing ‘volunteers’ who write off sources that don’t fit their agenda as fake news
- Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger Claims Site Is Leftist Propaganda and ‘Opponent of Vigorous Democracy’
- Inside Wikipedia’s leftist bias: socialism pages whitewashed, communist atrocities buried
- Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger slams the site’s left wing ‘woke’ bias and claims its days of ‘neutrality are long gone’
- Wikipedia founder calls for a social media STRIKE to demand ‘manipulative corporations give us back control over our data, privacy, and user experience’
- ‘Wikipedia Taken Over By Left, Nobody Should Trust It’: Wikipedia Co-founder Larry Sanger
- ‘Nobody should trust Wikipedia’, warns its co-founder Larry Sanger, says the site is taken over by leftists who reject content that doesn’t fit their agenda
- Leftwing activists have hijacked Wikipedia, claims website’s co-creator Larry Sanger
- July 16, 2021 | The Mark Levin Show
Biography
Larry Sanger is best known as a co-founder of Wikipedia—he conceived the idea for a wiki encyclopedia, named it, led it in its seminal first year, and formulated much of its original policy. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from The Ohio State University, with a specialization in epistemology.
He is currently President of the Knowledge Standards Foundation, which stands for rigorous and open standards for online knowledge. Its main project is the Encyclosphere, a decentralized encyclopedia network designed to do for encyclopedias what the blogosphere did for blogs. Since 2025, he has also turned to an extended project to reform Wikipedia.
Sanger’s career in knowledge and education technology spans more than two decades. He created Reading Bear, a systematic phonics program that has helped millions of children learn to read; launched WatchKnowLearn, a directory of teacher-approved educational videos; founded the Citizendium, an expert-guided wiki encyclopedia; developed Infobitt, a collaborative news platform; and served as Chief Information Officer of Everipedia. On his blog, he runs the Seminarium Theologico-Philosophicum, a seminar in the history of the philosophy of religion.
He is a homeschooling parent, a member of the Anglican Church in North America and student of theology, and an Irish fiddle player. He lives in Ohio.
Shorter Biography
Larry Sanger is a co-founder of Wikipedia and President of the Knowledge Standards Foundation, which is building the Encyclosphere, a decentralized encyclopedia network. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from The Ohio State University. His career in knowledge and education technology spans more than two decades, including Reading Bear, WatchKnowLearn, the Citizendium, Infobitt, and Everipedia. He runs the Seminarium Theologico-Philosophicum, a seminar in the history of the philosophy of religion. He is a homeschooling parent, a member of the Anglican Church in North America and student of theology, and an Irish fiddle player. He lives in Ohio.
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