[WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source

2009-06-07 Thread David Gerard
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

2009-06-07 Thread geni
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

Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source

2009-06-07 Thread Mathias Schindler
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

Re: [WikiEN-l] RFC

2009-06-07 Thread AGK
Please see WT:NOT, WT:FICT, and the AFD logs. You'll have a lot of reading to do to catch up on this, but there is one helpful factor: it is endlessly repetitive. Heh, thank you. AGK ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To

Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source

2009-06-07 Thread Fred Bauder
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.

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-07 Thread David Gerard
2009/6/6 Anthony wikim...@inbox.org: no synopsis can substitute for what the text of the licensehttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GNU_Free_Documentation_Licensesays, and if in doubt the reuser should seek a proper legal opinion (

Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source

2009-06-07 Thread AGK
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

Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source

2009-06-07 Thread Charles Matthews
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

Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source

2009-06-07 Thread WJhonson
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

Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source

2009-06-07 Thread Sage Ross
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.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source

2009-06-07 Thread geni
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

Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source

2009-06-07 Thread David Gerard
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

Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source

2009-06-07 Thread geni
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