I have the same question. You’d think the majority of edits would come from Russia when the content is about Russia. Then again it may be because of conflicts between the west and Russia, considering Wikipedia is at least western leaning.
I wonder if Donbass users even get registered as Ukrainian. Their internet is likely provided by Russia so the IP addresses they're given might just come up as Russian.
There is a lot of western funded NGO activity in the Central Asian countries and a lot of effort being made by the imperialists to stir up trouble, instability and resentment toward Russia and China there.
Ah, that makes sense, though I expected the majority of contributions from that region to be from Kazakhstan considering the mass protests last year as well as the much larger population.
I'm curious how this compares to typical distribution of Wikipedia edits. It would be nice if the tool showed the difference from median for a given article rather than absolute terms.
For example, I think for a given English article it is more likely for a Western or European edit versus a South African edit just looking at the distribution of internet users. Relative terms would highlight the most unique differences.