In an interview with Jan Jekielek of the Epoch Times that aired this week, Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger announced plans to circulate a letter of protest among prominent individuals and groups harmed by Wikipedia before sending to the Wikimedia Foundation that owns the site. He further suggested such a letter could be sent to U.S. government officials and other governments to press for reform at the online encyclopedia.
Two weeks ago, Sanger published his “nine theses” proposal for reform on his blog and Wikipedia itself. He discussed them initially in an interview on commentator Tucker Carlson’s podcast where a discussion about Wikipedia’s purge of conservative media, including Breitbart News, went viral on social media. Consequently, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced “Grokipedia” as a competing encyclopedia and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) sent a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation in his capacity as Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee inquiring about the blacklisting of conservative media among other bias concerns.
Sanger has participated in several additional interviews to discuss the proposal along with his criticism of Wikipedia. He has long criticized the site and has increasingly focused on left-wing bias.
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