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About a quarter of each Wikipedia language edition is dedicated to representing "local content", i.e. the corresponding cultural context (geographical places, historical events, political figures, among others). To investigate the relevance of such content for users and communities, we present an analysis of reader and editor engagement in terms of pageviews and edits. The results, consistent across 15 diverse language editions, show that these articles are more engaging for readers, and especially for editors. The highest proportion of edits on cultural context content is generated by anonymous users, and also administrators engage proportionally more than plain registered editors. In fact, looking at the first week of activity of every editor in the community, administrators already engage proportionally more than other editors in content representing their cultural context. These findings indicate the relevance of this kind of content both for fulfilling readers' informational needs and stimulating the dynamics of the editing community.

About a quarter of each Wikipedia language edition is dedicated to representing "local content", i.e. the corresponding cultural context (geographical places, historical events, political figures, among others). To investigate the relevance of such content for users and communities, we present an analysis of reader and editor engagement in terms of pageviews and edits. The results, consistent across 15 diverse language editions, show that these articles are more engaging for readers, and especially for editors. The highest proportion of edits on cultural context content is generated by anonymous users, and also administrators engage proportionally more than plain registered editors. In fact, looking at the first week of activity of every editor in the community, administrators already engage proportionally more than other editors in content representing their cultural context. These findings indicate the relevance of this kind of content both for fulfilling readers' informational needs and stimulating the dynamics of the editing community. ; Aproximadamente una cuarta parte de cada Wikipedia está dedicada a representar "contenido local", es decir, el contexto cultural correspondiente de la lengua (lugares geográficos, hechos históricos, figuras políticas, entre otros). Este estudio presenta un análisis que se centra en la participación del lector y el editor en contenido local en términos de páginas vistas y ediciones, y examina la proporción de ediciones en artículos relacionados con el contexto cultural. Los resultados muestran que estos artículos obtienen una mayor atención por parte de los lectores, y especialmente de los editores. La mayor proporción de ediciones sobre contenido de contexto cultural es generada por usuarios anónimos, mientras que los administradores se involucran proporcionalmente más que simples editores registrados. De hecho, al observar la primera semana de actividad de cada editor de la comunidad, se observa que los administradores ya se involucran proporcionalmente más que otros editores en el contenido que representa su contexto cultural. Estos hallazgos indican la relevancia de este contenido tanto para satisfacer las necesidades de información de los lectores como para estimular las dinámicas de la comunidad de editores.

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.