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by BrainVirus 1421 days ago
>Volunteer editors are spread thinly over millions of articles

I would like to point out that this is, effectively, a very clever way of saying that Wikipedia is controlled by a tiny group of people whose goals for Wikipedia do not match the expectations of the general public.

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There's definitely a systemic bias on Wikipedia towards its generally more-white, more-male, younger, English-speaking editors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Systemic_bias

I'm not sure what the policy solution is. Some suggestions are given on the linked page, but it's a continuing issue.