I guess that has something to do with the name of the images. The sexual image has the name of File:Sexuality *pearl necklace* small.png<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sexuality_pearl_necklace_small.png>so, would be obvious to be one of the first results if you are looking for *pearl necklace*. _____ *Béria Lima* <http://wikimedia.pt/>(351) 925 171 484
*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos>.* On 11 October 2011 16:53, WereSpielChequers <[email protected]>wrote: > > ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 5 >> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:22:37 +0100 (BST) >> From: Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Commons-l] Commons search function vs. Google >> To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> We are wondering on Meta[1]?what criteria the Commons search function uses >> to establish the order of search results displayed. >> >> >> To give some examples, searching for "pearl necklace" in Commons shows a >> woman with sperm on her neck as the first image result: >> >> >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=pearl+necklace&fulltext=Search >> >> >> The same image is way down in a Google search (with safe search off) for >> pearl necklace on Commons: >> >> >> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cucumber+site:commons.wikimedia.org&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbm=isch&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw >> .,cf.osb&biw=1111&bih=774&uss=1#um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=pearl+necklace+site: >> commons.wikimedia.org&oq=pearl+necklace+site:commons.wikimedia.org >> &aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=113279l114967l0l115854l14l11l0l0l0l8l261l2003l0.8.3l11l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=49f703222a617ec&biw=1111&bih=774 >> >> >> Searching for "electric toothbrushes" in Commons shows a woman >> masturbating with a toothbrush as the second image result: >> >> >> >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=electric+toothbrushes&fulltext=Search >> >> >> The same image turns up in Google as well (with safe search switched off), >> though not as one of the first results: >> >> >> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cucumber+site:commons.wikimedia.org&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbm=isch&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw >> .,cf.osb&biw=1111&bih=774&uss=1#um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=electric+toothbrushes+site: >> commons.wikimedia.org&pbx=1&oq=electric+toothbrushes+site: >> commons.wikimedia.org >> &aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=341351l344565l0l345961l21l19l0l0l0l13l255l3528l0.11.8l19l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=49f703222a617ec&biw=1111&bih=774 >> >> >> Searching for "cucumber" in Commons shows a woman with a cucumber up her >> vagina on the first page of search results: >> >> >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=cucumber&fulltext=Search >> >> Doing a Google search for cucumber on Commons (with safe search off) does >> not bring this image up among the first hundred or so results: >> >> >> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cucumber+site:commons.wikimedia.org&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbm=isch&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw >> .,cf.osb&biw=1111&bih=774&uss=1 >> >> >> Why is our listing so different from the one in Google, and why are sexual >> images so much higher up in our listing of search results? >> >> >> Andreas >> >> >> [1]?http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Controversial_content/Brainstorming? >> >> > I don't know how Google does it, but I'd bet that our search prioritises by > word order in the description. So a description that starts Pearl Necklace > comes before "A white pearl necklace". If you amend the description them I > suspect the search results will change. > > WereSpielChequers > > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > >
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