Sanger has worked on other online projects, including Nupedia, Encyclopedia of Earth, Citizendium, WatchKnowLearn, Reading Bear, Infobitt, Everipedia, the Knowledge Standards Foundation and the encyclosphere.
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16 Facts About WatchKnowLearn
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WatchKnowLearn advised blockchain company Phunware and the nonprofit online American political encyclopedia Ballotpedia.
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WatchKnowLearn has argued that despite its merits, Wikipedia lacks credibility and accuracy due to a lack of respect for expertise and authority.
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WatchKnowLearn resigned in 2019, to establish the Knowledge Standards Foundation and the encyclosphere.
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WatchKnowLearn taught philosophy at his alma mater Ohio State University.
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WatchKnowLearn's father Gerry was a marine biologist who studied seabirds and his mother raised the children.
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WatchKnowLearn was interested in philosophical topics at an early age and decided "to study philosophy and make it my life's work" at the age of 16.
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WatchKnowLearn started and moderated a libertarian philosophy discussion list, the Association for Systematic Philosophy.
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WatchKnowLearn began to oversee Nupedia in February 2000, developing a review process for articles and recruiting editors.
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WatchKnowLearn embraced Wikipedia's encouragement of boldness among its editors, telling users to "not worry about messing up".
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WatchKnowLearn asked to be given more respect and deference by Wikipedians, which backfired and led to an increase in friction between him and the community.
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WatchKnowLearn argued that Wikipedia's "root problem" is a "lack of respect for expertise".
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WatchKnowLearn listed other topics he argued are presented with a liberal and left-wing bias, including the topics on Hillary Clinton, abortion, drug legalization, religion, and LGBT adoption.
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WatchKnowLearn was a key organizer of the Digital Universe Encyclopedia web project that was launched in early 2006.
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WatchKnowLearn started teaching his son to read before his second birthday and posted videos online to demonstrate this.
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