The English Wikipedia draws the most coverage, it's the first and the largest project. But since all the per-language projects are segregated and autonomous, t

The English Wikipedia draws the most coverage, it's the first and the largest project. But since all the per-language projects are segregated and autonomous, there's a lot of space for self-governance by speakers of extremely niche languages. Observers may be familiar with the scandal of the Scots Wikipedia: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/26/shock-an-aw-us-teenager-wrote-huge-slice-of-scots-wikipedia https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/26/shock-an-aw-... This was possible because (1) few others actually spoke the language, or had enough interest to maintain a Wiki of it, and (2) the small population on that project was unable to support enough vigilant and fluent administrators. The Spanish Wikipedia forked off, a long long time ago, but eswiki has made a comeback in its own right. All projects are considered autonomous, and admins from other projects are really expected to stay out of local disputes. Therefore, it's quite easy for the smaller wikis to diverge and get hijacked by special interests, especially nationalist ones. I'd say it's unavoidable with the existing governance structure.