I did already contact Google about this issue, but I will try again. As
I mentioned though, their cache of the Gender page is up to date (August
1); it's just the text snippet preview (from May 26) that is wrong. And
this problem was previously corrected (after I first contacted Google)
before resurfacing, so this strikes me as a strange issue.
- Pax
On 8/7/16 5:34 PM, Risker wrote:
Actually, the best way to get this addressed is to email Google. Best to
use the search result that you have concerns about, then go to the bottom
of the page, click "Send Feedback" and complete the form.
This is not, at its root, a Wikipedia problem. Google has bots scanning
our articles on a near-constant basis, as well, but they don't scan
everything in real time. I have seen very good results using this process,
often within the hour.
Risker
On 7 August 2016 at 20:24, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Pax,
I believe that WMF Discovery is the team that is best suited to address
matters like this, so I am forwarding your email to the Discovery mailing
list.
Pine
On Aug 7, 2016 16:46, "Pax Ahimsa Gethen" <list-wikime...@funcrunch.org>
wrote:
In a recent thread about improving search, I posted a comment about a
possible hazard of relying on Google to search Wikipedia.[1] I explained
that Google had been displaying a text snippet from an outdated,
disruptive
revision of the Gender page.[2] Well, that error has now resurfaced, and
at
an editor's suggestion I posted to the Village Pump about it.[3] The
initial response at VP was essentially "not our problem; go away" which
was
not exactly encouraging.
I'm sorry but if a major search engine is erroneously telling people that
Wikipedia is stating " There are only 2 genders. Male and Female", that
is
a cause of concern for me, and I want to know if or how this problem can
be
fixed. As I explained on the talk page and in the Village Pump, Google's
cache of the actual page is up to date; it's just the snippet that is
wrong.
- Pax
[1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-July/
084890.html
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gender&oldid=722247975
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(techni
cal)#Google_returning_outdated_text_snippet_for_Gender_page
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