Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- British comedian and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig has criticised Wikipedia for what she describes as deep-seated bias against women and is backing a new digital knowledge project, The Guardian reports.

Toksvig has called the online encyclopaedia "patronising and deeply biased", arguing that its volunteer editing community does not adequately represent the diversity of people and knowledge worldwide.

The Guardian reports that Toksvig is raising funds for Mappa Mundi, a project developed with the University of Cambridge to create an interactive digital atlas of knowledge that has been sidelined or removed from mainstream sources.

The project aims to give overlooked knowledge a digital home, offering a platform for material...