What is Larry Sanger?
{{Infobox person | name= Larry Sanger | image = L Sanger.jpg | caption = Larry Sanger in July 2006 | birthname = Lawrence Mark Sanger | othername = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|7|16}} | birth_place = [[Bellevue, Washington]], [[USA]] | education = [[Reed College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Ohio State University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[PhD]]) | occupation = [[Internet project developer]] | nationality = [[Americans|American]] | website = [http://larrysanger.org/ LarrySanger.org] | known_for = Co-founding Wikipedia }} '''Lawrence Mark Sanger''' (born July 16, 1968) is an American internet project developer. He worked with [[Jimmy Wales]] to create the [[Online encyclopedia|online encyclopedias]], [[Nupedia]] and [[Wikipedia]] before he created his own [[online]] encyclopedias [[Digital Universe]] and [[Citizendium]]. Since leaving Wikipedia, he has criticised the site for having a [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] bias. == Career == Jimmy Wales, through his company [[Bomis]], paid Sanger to help them to maintain Nupedia.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nupedia {{!}} online encyclopaedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nupedia|access-date=2020-10-12|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Wikipedia's Co-Founder Is Wikipedia's Most Outspoken Critic|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/bnppw4/wikipedias-co-founder-is-wikipedias-biggest-critic-511|access-date=2020-10-12|website=www.vice.com|language=en}}</ref> On January 2, 2001, [[Ben Kovitz]], Larry Sanger's friend, had the idea to use a [[wiki]] to help to make Nupedia better. Larry Sanger in turn told Wales, and on January 15, 2001, Wikipedia was launched.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-rise-of-wikipedia-as-a-source-of-medical-information/|title=The rise of Wikipedia as a source of medical information|last1=May 24|first1=CBS News|last2=2020|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en|access-date=2020-06-11|last3=Am|first3=9:47}}</ref> There are different opinions on which of the three people are most