Bridging LGBT+ content gaps across Wikipedia language editions

In the past several years, the Wikimedia Movement has become more aware of the lack of representation of specific communities, that is, content gaps. Next to geographical and gender-related initiatives, the LGBT+ Wikimedia community has organized to create LGBT+ content encompassing (among other top...

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Autores: Miquel Ribé, Marc, Kaltenbrunner, Andreas, Keefer, Jeffrey M.
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
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LGBT
online communities
Wikipedia
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spelling Bridging LGBT+ content gaps across Wikipedia language editionsMiquel Ribé, MarcKaltenbrunner, AndreasKeefer, Jeffrey M.content diversityLGBTonline communitiesWikipediaIn the past several years, the Wikimedia Movement has become more aware of the lack of representation of specific communities, that is, content gaps. Next to geographical and gender-related initiatives, the LGBT+ Wikimedia community has organized to create LGBT+ content encompassing (among other topics) biographies, events, and culture. In this paper, we present a computational approach to collecting and analyzing LGBT+ articles. We selected 14 Wikipedia language editions to study the coverage of LGBT+ content in general, its visibility in the list of Featured Articles, and its overlap with the local content of the Wikipedia language editions. Results show that a considerable part of potentially LGBT+ related content exists across Wikipedia language editions; however, this relation is not evident in each language edition. In this sense, closing the LGBT+ content gap is about creating articles and making connection to the topic visible in already existing articles. We also analyze the frequency of biographies of persons with non-heterosexual sexual orientations. We find that even though they represent only a small share of all biographies, they are a bit more frequent among the Featured Articles. When taking into account all the LGBT+ biographies of the different languages, English context celebrities are the most visible. While part of the LGBT+ content is related to each language edition's local context, it tends to be less contextualized than the entire language editions. This indicates the possibility of growing LGBT+ content in each Wikipedia language edition by representing its most immediate LGBT+ local context. We propose a dashboard tool to find relevant LGBT+ articles across language editions and start bridging the gaps. Finally, we conclude this study by presenting recommendations for the next steps amongst the Wikipedia communities to fill some of these gaps.University of Toronto202220222021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/52360http://dx.doi.org/10.33137/ijidi.v5i4.37270reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésThe International journal of information, diversity, & inclusion. 2021;5(4):90-131.Copyright (c) 2021 Marc Miquel-Ribé, Andreas Kaltenbrunner, Jeffrey M. Keefer This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/523602026-06-12T07:21:37Z
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title Bridging LGBT+ content gaps across Wikipedia language editions
spellingShingle Bridging LGBT+ content gaps across Wikipedia language editions
Miquel Ribé, Marc
content diversity
LGBT
online communities
Wikipedia
title_short Bridging LGBT+ content gaps across Wikipedia language editions
title_full Bridging LGBT+ content gaps across Wikipedia language editions
title_fullStr Bridging LGBT+ content gaps across Wikipedia language editions
title_full_unstemmed Bridging LGBT+ content gaps across Wikipedia language editions
title_sort Bridging LGBT+ content gaps across Wikipedia language editions
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Miquel Ribé, Marc
Kaltenbrunner, Andreas
Keefer, Jeffrey M.
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LGBT
online communities
Wikipedia
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LGBT
online communities
Wikipedia
description In the past several years, the Wikimedia Movement has become more aware of the lack of representation of specific communities, that is, content gaps. Next to geographical and gender-related initiatives, the LGBT+ Wikimedia community has organized to create LGBT+ content encompassing (among other topics) biographies, events, and culture. In this paper, we present a computational approach to collecting and analyzing LGBT+ articles. We selected 14 Wikipedia language editions to study the coverage of LGBT+ content in general, its visibility in the list of Featured Articles, and its overlap with the local content of the Wikipedia language editions. Results show that a considerable part of potentially LGBT+ related content exists across Wikipedia language editions; however, this relation is not evident in each language edition. In this sense, closing the LGBT+ content gap is about creating articles and making connection to the topic visible in already existing articles. We also analyze the frequency of biographies of persons with non-heterosexual sexual orientations. We find that even though they represent only a small share of all biographies, they are a bit more frequent among the Featured Articles. When taking into account all the LGBT+ biographies of the different languages, English context celebrities are the most visible. While part of the LGBT+ content is related to each language edition's local context, it tends to be less contextualized than the entire language editions. This indicates the possibility of growing LGBT+ content in each Wikipedia language edition by representing its most immediate LGBT+ local context. We propose a dashboard tool to find relevant LGBT+ articles across language editions and start bridging the gaps. Finally, we conclude this study by presenting recommendations for the next steps amongst the Wikipedia communities to fill some of these gaps.
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