On the evening of Jan. 2, 2001, Larry Sanger's friend told him about something called a wiki. Thirteen days later Wikipedia was launched.
According to dictionary.com, a wiki is "a collaborative Web site whose content can be edited by anyone who has access to it."
Sanger, who received his master's and doctorate degrees from Ohio State and taught in the department of philosophy until 2005, had previously been editor-in-chief of a project called Nupedia.
Sanger said Nupedia was essentially a peer-reviewed online encyclopedia written by experts.
"The problem with Nupedia ... was that it was not growing as quickly as we thought a free encyclopedia project could grow," Sanger said.
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Gov. Ted Strickland announced two new appointments to the Ohio State Board of Trustees Thursday.
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