But the team also found some deep tensions around First Nations names and histories on Australian Wikipedia.
“We didn’t expect that First Nations issues would come up so much,” says Ford.
“But then on reflection, it makes sense, right? Because Australians are grappling with these questions and debates about what constitutes Australia, Australians, and Australian places.”
The researchers found that contentious issues were often avoided in articles, and editors were often very tentative about broaching the topic.