Larry Sanger PSA/DNA Autographed Signed Business Card Co Founded Wikipedia
Year First Appeared
2000
Creator
Larry Sanger
An original business card autographed by Larry Sanger, co‑founder of Wikipedia, with PSA/DNA authentication, showcasing his signature on a United States‑origin card.
Importance in Internet Culture
Launched on January 15, 2001 as a wiki complement to Nupedia, Wikipedia rapidly became the largest and most‑read reference work in history and one of the world’s most‑visited sites, embodying the web’s democratization of knowledge and collaborative authorship at planetary scale. Its articles were viewed about 1.9 trillion times in the past decade, roughly 508 million per day.
Interesting Fact
Larry Sanger coined the name ‘Wikipedia’ in January 2001 and drafted the early Neutral point of view policy that shaped the site’s editorial culture. After leaving in 2002, he founded Citizendium in 2006 as an expert‑guided alternative.