User:Larry Sanger
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Dear Wikipedians,
I'm no longer associated with Wikipedia, which I co-founded. You can read my own account of my involvement with Wikipedia and Nupedia, "The Early History of Nupedia and Wikipedia: A Memoir," here:
Links to some of my other writings about the project, and other topics, can be found at http://www.larrysanger.org.
I can be reached at blarneypilgrim (a t) yahoo (d o t) com.
--Larry Sanger, April 21, 2005
P.S. Here's what I posted when I left in 2002. Still good advice:
All the best to Wikipedia and Wikipedians. May you continue
- to be open and warmly welcoming, not insular,
- to be focused singlemindedly on writing an encyclopedia, not on Usenet-style debate,
- to recognize and praise the best work, work that is detailed, factual, well-informed, and well-referenced,
- to work to understand what neutrality requires and why it is so essential to and good for this project,
- to treat your fellow productive, well-meaning members of Wikipedia with respect and good will,
- to attract and honor good people who know a lot and can write about it well, and
- to show the door to trolls, vandals, and wiki-anarchists, who if permitted would waste your time and create a poisonous atmosphere here.
P.P.S. I'm starting a fork of Wikipedia, called the Citizendium. I also now have a personal home page.
