Is Wikipedia ‘deeply biased’? Sandi Toksvig says it is – so she’s backing a rival
Is this because it’s edited by ‘mostly white, middle-aged, European men’, as the comedian claims?
The Guardian reports: Is this because it’s edited by ‘mostly white, middle-aged, European men’, as the comedian claims?
Just 19% of the online encyclopedia’s biographies are of women.
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