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 Wikipedia Foundation press officer said on Wednesday.
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