On 4 June 2011 04:47, Rob gamali...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Ken Arromdee arrom...@rahul.net wrote:
Part of it is a matter of degree. The article on the John Kerry controversy
isn't the #2 search for Kerry on the Internet.
And whenever people mention this, they
I've just tested two searches in google. Rick Santorum had our
article on the person in second place and our article on the neologism
in third place. For Santorum we again had the second and third
spots, but the order was reversed. In both cases Google gave prime
place to a website about the
On 4 June 2011 11:43, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote:
I've just tested two searches in google.
IMPORTANT: when testing Google searches, use another browser where
you're logged out and there are no Google cookies!
Search results vary *widely* between generic results for
On Sat, 4 Jun 2011, WereSpielChequers wrote:
But for kerry swift boat the first two hits are
both Wikipedia.
Anyone searching for that is specifically searching for the controversy,
not just searching for Kerry. If the santorum article only showed up when
searching for santorum sexual slang
Thanks for raising this, if the main search engines are collaborating
on this together then it will probably work. But it makes me wonder:
Are other sites implementing this?
Am I correct in thinking that implementing this would further our
mission by making relevant parts of our data more likely
On Fri, 3 Jun 2011, Rob wrote:
Part of it is that we're talking about different types of things. The Kerry
controversy is ultimately about factual claims, and therefore whether our
article harms John Kerry depends on whether we give undue weight to those
claims. This one isn't about factual
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Ken Arromdee arrom...@rahul.net wrote:
On Fri, 3 Jun 2011, Rob wrote:
Part of it is that we're talking about different types of things. The
Kerry
controversy is ultimately about factual claims, and therefore whether our
article harms John Kerry depends on
Ken Arromdee wrote:
Anyone searching for [kerry swift boat] is specifically searching for the
controversy, not just searching for Kerry.
Kerry has common meanings unrelated to John Kerry on any level (and
no common meanings along the lines of the sexual connotation
arbitrarily assigned to
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 6:51 PM, David Levy lifeisunf...@gmail.com wrote:
I see no material distinction preventing us from documenting the
matter in a balanced fashion.
The trouble is, the article is overwritten. This is not a phenomenon
restricted to this article, it is common in many
Carcharoth wrote:
The trouble is, the article is overwritten.
To be clear, I'm not endorsing any particular prose (or the absence
thereof). I'm addressing Ken Arromdee's assertion that it's
impossible to present a balanced article on this subject.
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