The Guardian had an interesting article on Wednesday that highlights some of the geographical inequalities in Wikipedia’s spatial-based articles. Put together by Mark Graham, a Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, the information is put into a handy infographic map.
From The Guardian:
Are Wikipedia contributors running out of topics to write about? Recently, much has been made of the fact that the growth in the number of new Wikipedia articles has been gradually slowing and the number of volunteers apparently falling. But Wikipedia still has much to do: the map above suggests there are still whole continents that remain a virtual “terra incognita” and the next explosive growth in the online encyclopedia will come from places that have not previously been represented.
