Wikipediocracy was cofounded by Gregory Kohs,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/tech/wikipedia-abandons-efforts-to-purge-porn-from-online-encyclopedia | title=Wikipedia abandons efforts to purge porn from online encyclopedia | website=[[Fox News]] | date=25 March 2015 }}</ref> after being blocked by Wikipedia co-founder, [[Jimmy Wales]] for founding [[MyWikiBiz]], a service dedicated to writing entries for businesses.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M1yNL0iI5T0C&dq=Gregory%20%22Kohs%22%20%22mywikibiz%22&pg=PA142 |title=Notions of Community: A Collection of Community Media Debates and Dilemmas |year=2009 |editor-last=Gordon |editor-first=Janey |author-last=Stewart |author-first=Gavin |contribution=Selling Community: Corporate Media, Marketing and Blogging |page=142 |publisher=[[Peter Lang (publisher)|Peter Lang]] |isbn=9783039113743}}</ref>