Sandi Toksvig backs digital atlas as alternative to Wikipedia

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  Sandi Toksvig is backing Mappa Mundi, a proposed digital atlas developed with the University of Cambridge as an alternative home for sidelined knowledge.

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  Toksvig says Wikipedia is deeply biased and gives too little coverage to women.

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  The Wikimedia Foundation estimates that women account for 19% of Wikipedia biographies.

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  Toksvig says Mappa Mundi aims to give a home to knowledge that is sidelined or deleted.

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  She is travelling the world to raise money for the project.

Who

Sandi Toksvig is backing the project with the University of Cambridge.

What

Mappa Mundi is a proposed interactive digital atlas intended as an alternative home for sidelined knowledge.

When

Toksvig discussed the project at the Cheltenham literature festival that weekend; the article was published on 12 October 2026.

Where

The project is being developed with the University of Cambridge. Toksvig is travelling the world to raise money.

Why

Toksvig says Wikipedia is biased and gives insufficient coverage to women and other sidelined knowledge.

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