How an Army of Bots is Fueling a Digital Divide on Wikipedia
A combination of bots and geographic limitations may be hampering the crowdsourced editing system often considered Wikipedia's strength.
Wikipedia is the go-to website for settling arguments about the speed of a cheetah or the capital of Zimbabwe. Unfortunately, a combination of bots and certain geographic limitations may be hampering the crowdsourced editing system often considered Wikipedia’s strength.
According to an Oxford University paper, many nations around the world, particularly those in Africa and the Middle East, suffer under representation on Wikipedia largely due to a poor Internet infrastructure.
The paper makes note that the location of the site’s users and editors is tied to more wealthy, Western countries, which can lead to the histories and cultures of nations being written by outsiders.
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