Larry Sanger, a Wikipedia Founder, Is Barred From Editing on the Site

A founder of Wikipedia who calls himself the “ex-founder of Wikipedia” and has been a critic of the site since he left it over 20 years ago has been barred from editing its articles.Wikipedia can be edited by nearly anyone, but the changes are then vetted by others.The site’s editors formed a consensus this week to restrict the access of the co-founder, Larry Sanger.The reason given was not any of Mr.

Sanger’s broadsides against Wikipedia, which he has long criticized over what he sees as a left-wing bias, but something procedural.He had been canvassing an outside audience to sway internal policy votes, a Wikimedia Foundation press officer said on Wednesday.Days before the decision was voted on, Mr.

Sanger submitted a proposal called “WikiProject Intellectual Diversity.” His goal, he said, was to have more diversity in viewpoints on the site.Mr.Sanger publicized his project to his 93,000 followers on X, and this was ruled a violation of canvassing guidelines.

He was declared “not here to build an encyclopedia,” another serious violation.Mr.Sanger went back to X after the punishment, writing, “There was no due process, no prosecutor, no dispassionate judge, no jury, no interpretation of law.”We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

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