Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
News is the first rough draft of History, which is probably why wikipedia is not supposed to be news. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
It's been know since the 2005 London bombings attacks that Wikipedia is good when it comes to evolving stories because the Wikipedia article will always be the most complete and concentrated article about a developing event. It helps journalists as well. The google link you provide below refer to the 2009 Iranian presidential election and Air France Flight 447 exclusively. I don't know if google are doing it manually but I appreciate the idea. Fayssal F. Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:33:53 -0400 From: Sage Ross ragesoss+wikipe...@gmail.comragesoss%2bwikipe...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: 40c6a93a0906141233k11ab72c0i4741754f2a17d...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Sage Rossragesoss+wikipe...@gmail.comragesoss%2bwikipe...@gmail.com wrote: Inclusion of Wikipedia articles in Google News appears to be based on a) having been created recently, and b) having as its title a term that is part of the core topic of a collection of articles that Google News determines to be related. Strike that. Creation date doesn't seem to figure in. [[Murder of Meredith Kercher]] was created quite a while ago, but is linked from Google News results about the recent related developments. -Sage -- ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l End of WikiEN-l Digest, Vol 71, Issue 29 ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
2009/6/15 Fayssal F. szv...@gmail.com: It's been know since the 2005 London bombings attacks that Wikipedia is good when it comes to evolving stories because the Wikipedia article will always be the most complete and concentrated article about a developing event. I think our first really famous success in this regard was [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake earthquake]]. We even had the QuakeAid scammer spamming the page! - d. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 2:08 PM, David Gerarddger...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/6/15 Fayssal F. szv...@gmail.com: It's been know since the 2005 London bombings attacks that Wikipedia is good when it comes to evolving stories because the Wikipedia article will always be the most complete and concentrated article about a developing event. I think our first really famous success in this regard was [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake earthquake]]. We even had the QuakeAid scammer spamming the page! me, with my mouth half-open, glares half-annoyedly at David I was about to say... :-) I always like to say that it was the articles on these two incidents (the 2004 tsunami and 2005 London bombings) that got me interested in editing Wikipedia. But then people start to look bored and talk about other things. And then I ask what sparked other people's interests in Wikipedia, and a really long thread results. Carcharoth ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
Just seen my first Wikinews link from Google news. Uploaded it to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24667...@n04/3626171622/ (sorry for the poor quality) I also saw a google news link from the main World news linking to an article I'd created less than 24 hours previously - Harith al-Obeidi. Makes you wonder - what kind of criteria are they using? I'm extremely flattered, of course, but I wonder if they do a manual look through the article before deciding whether to link. Andrew - Joe Anderson computer...@gmail.com wrote: From: Joe Anderson computer...@gmail.com To: wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, 8 June, 2009 18:42:59 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source On 2009-06-08 17:47:10 +0100, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com said: - Joe Anderson computer...@gmail.com wrote: From: Joe Anderson computer...@gmail.com To: wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, 8 June, 2009 17:18:29 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source On 2009-06-07 08:48:26 +0100, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com said: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiropractic/3601011581/ Could someone speak to Google? Surely isn't this entering Wikinews' territory somewhat? Why? The more Wikimedia content is made available to others the better, surely? This is a great endorsement of our material. If anyone complained, all they'd do is take Wikipedia off their list. They wouldn't necessarily add Wikinews. Andrew ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l Wikinews is carried by Google, fyi. So it may be confusing for them to see two WMF links. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Andrew Turveyandrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: Just seen my first Wikinews link from Google news. Uploaded it to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24667...@n04/3626171622/ Wikinews has been included in Google News listings for a while now, since shortly after Stable Revisions went into operation. I also saw a google news link from the main World news linking to an article I'd created less than 24 hours previously - Harith al-Obeidi. Makes you wonder - what kind of criteria are they using? I'm extremely flattered, of course, but I wonder if they do a manual look through the article before deciding whether to link. Inclusion of Wikipedia articles in Google News appears to be based on a) having been created recently, and b) having as its title a term that is part of the core topic of a collection of articles that Google News determines to be related. Also, it looks like Wikipedia links have been rolled out to more (all?) Google users. A few days ago, I wasn't getting the Wikipedia link yet; now I am. Does anyone NOT get links to Wikipedia articles now? http://www.google.com/news?pz=1topic=wict=ln -Sage (User:Ragesoss) ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Sage Rossragesoss+wikipe...@gmail.com wrote: Inclusion of Wikipedia articles in Google News appears to be based on a) having been created recently, and b) having as its title a term that is part of the core topic of a collection of articles that Google News determines to be related. Strike that. Creation date doesn't seem to figure in. [[Murder of Meredith Kercher]] was created quite a while ago, but is linked from Google News results about the recent related developments. -Sage ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
2009/6/12 Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com: Though maybe it depends whether new events have occurred, or whether new information has simply come to light. You could definitely make a case for having a few, big, detailed articles on high profile court cases, rather than a string of tidbits. The Guardian and (I think) the NYT do this through topic pages, giving all the articles on a large and complicated story on one page in date order. Very nice. - d. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
2009/6/11 Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com: The other problem is that some news sources (can't remember what the BBC do) only give the latest update date and time. Yep, the BBC do exactly that. Very annoying indeed! ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 6:43 PM, genigeni...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunate but unsurprising. Not that long ago Google was telling traditional media that they should construct their articles in a more wikipedia like manner (ie continuously update a single article per event rather than creating a string of new articles). Sometimes they do. During a recent earthquake, we all watched as the various news sites started with single sentence articles There has been another earthquake and rapidly expanded them to several paragraphs, one paper relying on twitter trawling to fill the space. But at a certain point, the article itself (imho) does have to stand alone as a description of a point in time, and be superseded by other articles as events change. Though maybe it depends whether new events have occurred, or whether new information has simply come to light. You could definitely make a case for having a few, big, detailed articles on high profile court cases, rather than a string of tidbits. Steve ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
Nieman Journalism Lab has some more about what's going on, including details direct from Google: http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/google-news-experimenting-with-links-to-wikipedia-on-its-homepage/ “Currently, we’re showing a small number of users links to Wikipedia topic pages that serve as a reference on current events,” as an experiment. The post also does a nice job of explaining why Wikipedia (and not something like Wikinews, which is striving to do the same sorts of datelined stories as traditional newspapers) is what Google wants to promote. -Sage (User:Rageoss) ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
Surely isn't this entering Wikinews' territory somewhat? It may be, yes, but I doubt most organisations outside of the Wiki bubble have heard of Wikinews—Google included—or are at least are aware that it is a distinct project from Wikipedia. (The similarities between the enwiki Main Page's In The News section and Wikinews doesn't help matters; cf., recent WikiEN-l thread on the two.) AGK ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
- Joe Anderson computer...@gmail.com wrote: From: Joe Anderson computer...@gmail.com To: wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, 8 June, 2009 17:18:29 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source On 2009-06-07 08:48:26 +0100, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com said: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiropractic/3601011581/ Could someone speak to Google? Surely isn't this entering Wikinews' territory somewhat? Why? The more Wikimedia content is made available to others the better, surely? This is a great endorsement of our material. If anyone complained, all they'd do is take Wikipedia off their list. They wouldn't necessarily add Wikinews. Andrew ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
I can't imagine why they would add Wikinews as a source - it has no authority, whereas Wikipedia does. On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: - Joe Anderson computer...@gmail.com wrote: From: Joe Anderson computer...@gmail.com To: wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, 8 June, 2009 17:18:29 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source On 2009-06-07 08:48:26 +0100, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com said: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiropractic/3601011581/ Could someone speak to Google? Surely isn't this entering Wikinews' territory somewhat? Why? The more Wikimedia content is made available to others the better, surely? This is a great endorsement of our material. If anyone complained, all they'd do is take Wikipedia off their list. They wouldn't necessarily add Wikinews. Andrew ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Andrew Turveyandrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: - Joe Anderson computer...@gmail.com wrote: From: Joe Anderson computer...@gmail.com To: wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, 8 June, 2009 17:18:29 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source On 2009-06-07 08:48:26 +0100, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com said: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiropractic/3601011581/ Could someone speak to Google? Surely isn't this entering Wikinews' territory somewhat? Why? The more Wikimedia content is made available to others the better, surely? This is a great endorsement of our material. If anyone complained, all they'd do is take Wikipedia off their list. They wouldn't necessarily add Wikinews. Andrew ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l -- Sam PGP public key: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sam_Korn/public_key signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
On 2009-06-08 17:47:10 +0100, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com said: - Joe Anderson computer...@gmail.com wrote: From: Joe Anderson computer...@gmail.com To: wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, 8 June, 2009 17:18:29 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source On 2009-06-07 08:48:26 +0100, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com said: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiropractic/3601011581/ Could someone speak to Google? Surely isn't this entering Wikinews' territory somewhat? Why? The more Wikimedia content is made available to others the better, surely? This is a great endorsement of our material. If anyone complained, all they'd do is take Wikipedia off their list. They wouldn't necessarily add Wikinews. Andrew ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l Wikinews is carried by Google, fyi. So it may be confusing for them to see two WMF links. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
Thomas Dalton wrote: 2009/6/8 Joe Anderson computer...@gmail.com: Could someone speak to Google? Surely isn't this entering Wikinews' territory somewhat? Sure it is, but that's not Google's problem, it's ours. Google will link to wherever the best article on news topics are. At the moment, that is very often Wikipedia, not Wikinews. I would like to encourage people to go to Wikinews when they want to write about current affairs and only create a Wikipedia article after the event is over, but I don't think there is anything approaching a consensus for that. True enough. Wikinews is inevitably subject to Darwinistic considerations. Unless it produces material that attracts readership it will just be ignored. Ec ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
I can't imagine why they would add Wikinews as a source - it has no authority, whereas Wikipedia does. What type of authority, Brian? Reliability? Based on original reporting? AGK Actually, no, based on use of reliable sources. Fred ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
PageRank authority. People-actually-read-it authority. People believe what they read there authority. A de facto authority. On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 12:51 PM, AGK wiki...@googlemail.com wrote: I can't imagine why they would add Wikinews as a source - it has no authority, whereas Wikipedia does. What type of authority, Brian? Reliability? Based on original reporting? AGK ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
[WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiropractic/3601011581/ - d. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
2009/6/7 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiropractic/3601011581/ - d. Unfortunate but unsurprising. Not that long ago Google was telling traditional media that they should construct their articles in a more wikipedia like manner (ie continuously update a single article per event rather than creating a string of new articles). -- geni ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 4:43 AM, genigeni...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/6/7 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiropractic/3601011581/ - d. Unfortunate but unsurprising. Fortunate and surprising, actually. Wikipedia articles actually serve the purpose of an news source (with the restriction on original reporting, yadda yadda), so the inclusion somehoe makes sense. Especially considering that infoboxes are common in newspapers, too. Our infobox just happens to be 50.000 words long on average :) ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiropractic/3601011581/ - d. Wikipedia only aggregates news, but as those who read many newspapers, and watch several channels of TV know, that is what all news sources do; they develop a few stories independently, but the bulk of their coverage is aggregated. Wikipedia aggregates news fairly well, better than some mainstream news sources such as CBS, ABC, or CNN. Fred ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
Unfortunate but unsurprising. Not that long ago Google was telling traditional media that they should construct their articles in a more wikipedia like manner (ie continuously update a single article per event rather than creating a string of new articles). Unsurprising indeed. I get the impression, from projects such as Knol, that Google is something of an admirer of the Wikipedia model. AGK ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
Thomas Dalton wrote: 2009/6/7 Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net: Unfortunate but unsurprising. Not that long ago Google was telling traditional media that they should construct their articles in a more wikipedia like manner (ie continuously update a single article per event rather than creating a string of new articles). -- geni The New York Times does that with breaking news. It is a better practice even if it is only a few reporters and editors that are involved. The BBC News website does too. I'm not a great fan of that approach, it makes it hard to find out what the new information is (they don't have (diff) links like Wikipedia, so you have to play a game of spot-the-difference manually). Perhaps happily overwrites totally while updating information ought to be part of the definition of news source, in new-media analysis. It does serve as a distinction, say BBC versus us.There's a bit more to it, of course. Charles ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
In a message dated 6/7/2009 7:15:03 AM Pacific Daylight Time, wiki...@googlemail.com writes: Unsurprising indeed. I get the impression, from projects such as Knol, that Google is something of an admirer of the Wikipedia model. - Knol however is only collaborative on the meta-level. And even then only spottily. The articles are not typically collaborations, but rather independent creations of a single individual. Will ** An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377042x1201454362/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072amp;hmpgID=62amp; bcd=JuneExcfooterNO62) ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 2:15 PM, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 6/7/2009 7:15:03 AM Pacific Daylight Time, wiki...@googlemail.com writes: Unsurprising indeed. I get the impression, from projects such as Knol, that Google is something of an admirer of the Wikipedia model. - Knol however is only collaborative on the meta-level. And even then only spottily. The articles are not typically collaborations, but rather independent creations of a single individual. Knol is an intermediate platform between a blog and a wiki... it's not primarily a collaborative platform (so in terms of authorship, it's blog-like), but what's relevant here is it's wiki-like structure: the permalinked, timeless topic-based pages rather than the scrolling timeline of a blog. -Sage (User:Ragesoss) ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
2009/6/7 AGK wiki...@googlemail.com: Unfortunate but unsurprising. Not that long ago Google was telling traditional media that they should construct their articles in a more wikipedia like manner (ie continuously update a single article per event rather than creating a string of new articles). Unsurprising indeed. I get the impression, from projects such as Knol, that Google is something of an admirer of the Wikipedia model. AGK Knol is somewhat different. Perhaps more directly the recent actions of Google and Microsoft bing suggest that part of being a modern search engine is effectively presenting wikipedia content to people. You also have the issue that both google maps and Microsoft's multimap have the ability to show wikipedia articles on their maps. -- geni ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
2009/6/7 geni geni...@gmail.com: Perhaps more directly the recent actions of Google and Microsoft bing suggest that part of being a modern search engine is effectively presenting wikipedia content to people. It was certainly surprising to see Microsoft getting into directly providing a Wikipedia mirror. - d. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
2009/6/7 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: 2009/6/7 geni geni...@gmail.com: Perhaps more directly the recent actions of Google and Microsoft bing suggest that part of being a modern search engine is effectively presenting wikipedia content to people. It was certainly surprising to see Microsoft getting into directly providing a Wikipedia mirror. - d. Not really new. View say central London on multimap then select the wikipedia tick box. With Encarta abandoned microsoft has no real interest in developing an alternative to wikipedia any more so why not use it? -- geni ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
