Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger announces return to platform, aims to promote intellectual diversity
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Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia, announces his return to the platform in fall 2025 after a long absence. He states he has remained a student and critic of Wikipedia and the internet, and aims to help reform the platform. He mentions working on a proposed "WikiProject Intellectual Diversity" to promote diverse viewpoints on Wikipedia.
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· 4 pulledI'm baaaaack!
I co-founded Wikipedia long ago. While I was gone for a long time, I did keep abreast what's been going on and how the system works, as a student and critic of Wikipedia and of the internet generally.
But as of fall 2025, I have returned, with the aim of helping Wikipedia in various ways to reform.
Most recently, I have been working on WikiProject Intellectual Diversity.
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