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Editorial parties should be permitted on Wikipedia
(Mar. 26, 2026)
On genuine neutrality versus enforced consensus
(Feb. 24, 2026)
Nine Theses on Wikipedia
1.
End decision-making by "consensus."
2.
Enable competing articles.
3.
Abolish source blacklists.
4.
Revive the original neutrality policy.
5.
Repeal "Ignore all rules."
6.
Reveal who Wikipedia's leaders are.
7.
Let the public rate articles.
8.
End indefinite blocking.
9.
Adopt a legislative process.
Hi everyone,
I'm baaaaack!
Well, sort of. I co-founded this project and left long ago. But I have paid attention to what's been going on. I do not know how much I will be engaging here, but I will some; I still care about what goes on here.
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After much consideration, I have decided to weigh back in on Wikipedia. For most of 2025, I have developed
Nine Theses
on Wikipedia, which is partly an extended criticism and partly a reform proposal. Unlike much of my previous writing and speaking about Wikipedia over the past 20 years or so, this is not merely negative. It is a realistic plan to make Wikipedia better. I hope you will take it seriously.
All the best,
Larry Sanger
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P.S. Here's what I posted when I left in 2002. Still good advice:
All the best to Wikipedia and Wikipedians. May you
continue
to be open and warmly welcoming, not insular,
to be focused singlemindedly on writing an
encyclopedia,
not on Usenet-style debate,
to recognize and praise the best work, work that is detailed, factual, well-informed, and well-referenced,
to work to understand what neutrality requires and why it is so essential to and good for this project,
to treat your fellow productive, well-meaning members of Wikipedia with respect and good will,
to attract and honor good people who know a lot and can write about it well, and
to show the door to trolls, vandals, and wiki-anarchists, who if permitted would waste your time and create a poisonous atmosphere here.
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