Hello! Wes has reached out to Google so that we can talk to them about the general issue of out-of-date search results and snippets.
In the mean time, Risker is correct. Google crawls our sites at its own pace, so we don't control anything directly. Reaching out to them is the easiest and quickest way to get these kinds of issues fixed; in my personal experience doing this, they're pretty fast at fixing these kinds of issues. Thanks, Dan On 7 August 2016 at 17:34, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> 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 that Google had been displaying a text snippet from an outdated, 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 > > > > > > -- > > > Pax Ahimsa Gethen | http://funcrunch.org > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik > > > i/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Dan Garry Lead Product Manager, Discovery Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
