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Now for the bigger picture. There are active Wikipedias in 320 languages.

There are never enough people editing Wikipedia! Also, there is never enough diversity in the group of people editing one language Wikipedia.

Wikimedia uses the term systemic bias for the effects of restricted diversity in the editing community on Wikipedia content.

Systemic bias can affect coverage of politics and culture: also for example medical topics.

There are well-known examples such as the "gender gap". Others are


 * Emphasis on Western views
 * Presentism (i.e. current affairs and contemporary popular culture heavily emphasised)


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