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Wikipedia's forgotten founder Larry Sanger

Nov 13, 201344:42Watch on YouTube

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Never miss an episode! Subscribe in iTunes: Audio (http://bit.ly/TwiStA) || Video (http://bit.ly/TwiStV) Love the show and want to sponsor? We're looking for one more partner for Q1 2014. Email: partners@launch.co. No one needs an introduction to Wikipedia. It's the 6th-most visited site worldwide, and 7th in the U.S. But when it comes to the company's origin, the first name on your lips is probably not Larry Sanger. Larry was hired by Jimmy Wales to edit his online encyclopedia, then called Nupedia in 2000. Sanger developed the site's ethos, started building the community -- and crucially -…