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Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger indefinitely blocked from editing site

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TL;DR

Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger has been indefinitely blocked from editing the encyclopedia, according to his own post on X. The reason for the block was not specified in the initial report.

01 · THE DISPATCH

According to a post by Larry Sanger on X, he has been "blocked indefinitely" from editing Wikipedia. Sanger, who co-founded the online encyclopedia alongside Jimmy Wales in 2001, has been a frequent critic of Wikipedia's governance and content direction in recent years. The specific reason for the block has not been disclosed in the available source, and it remains unclear whether Wikipedia's administration provided a rationale. The block applies to Sanger's editing privileges on the platform.

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