I was speaking with Barbara Page last night (Barbara's highlighting of this issue in a Wikipediocracy blog post http://wikipediocracy.com/2017/07/24/alexa/ prompted Andreas to open this discussion) last night and she told me when she asks Alexa about ovarian cancer these days, Alexa begins with "According to Wikipedia..." Can anyone else with Alexa confirm this?
On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 at 3:55 am, Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I checked in with Adele today, to ask about progress on the Amazon Echo > licensing issue, and whether she had a rough idea when she'd be able to > report back to us. > > Adele was happy for me to pass on here that we're unlikely to hear anything > further about this until September, as Wikimania is looming, and she will > be off on a much-needed holiday after that. > > Adele added that the timeline really depends on the Amazon staff they > contacted. While she will let us know as soon as she hears from them, the > call required for this type of outreach will probably only happen in > September. > > Best, > Andreas > > On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 1:29 AM, Adele Vrana <avr...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am Adele Vrana, Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Foundation. > > > > We have contacts at Amazon and will seek to clarify the questions raised > on > > this thread. I will make sure to circle back with you once we have an > > update. > > > > All the best, > > Adele > > > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Simon Poole <si...@poole.ch> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Am 27.07.2017 um 18:37 schrieb Andreas Kolbe: > > > > > > > > Edward Joseph "Ed" Snowden ... > > > > > > > > I will not spend an hour trying to identify the exact article version > > > that > > > > matches Alexa's output in that video best, but it's safe to assume > that > > > > this inserted "Ed", too, came from Wikipedia, even though it had gone > > by > > > > the time the video was uploaded to YouTube. > > > > > > The current (full) answer is > > > > > > 'Edward Joseph "Ed" Snowden, the American computer professional former > > > CIA employee, and government contractor who leaked classified > > > information from the U.S. National Security Agency in 2013.' > > > > > > Now obviously there could be -lots- going on behind the scenes, for > > > example long term caching of search results (difficult to believe that > > > Bing would allow that if it is really from them, but who knows) and so > > on. > > > > > > Simon > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > 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> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Adele Vrana* > > *Strategic Partnerships - Global Reach* > > Wikimedia Foundation > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6773 > > avr...@wikimedia.org > > > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the > > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate. > > <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>* > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > 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 and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > 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> -- Anthony Cole _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l 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>
