Re: [Wikimedia-l] Google returning outdated text snippet

[Pax Ahimsa Gethen]

As I feared, the problem has returned. When searching Google for 
"gender" this morning, the text snippet showed the vandalized revision 
from May 26, which was revdeleted on August 12. Google's cache of the 
page is from August 13, so that's up to date.


I am seriously wondering now if someone is manipulating the search 
results somehow. I have posted an update to the thread on the Village 
Pump: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Google_returning_outdated_text_snippet_for_Gender_page


- Pax


On 8/13/16 2:06 PM, Pax Ahimsa Gethen wrote:
Update: The Google search results and cached page for Gender are now 
correct. I'll be keeping an eye on this search, as this problem was 
previously resolved and then reoccurred (as I mentioned at the start 
of this thread).


- Pax


On 8/13/16 7:39 AM, Pax Ahimsa Gethen wrote:
Any news from Google? As I mentioned in an earlier thread reply, 
Google's cache for the Gender page was up to date, showing an August 
1 revision; it was just the text snippet that was outdated. However, 
since yesterday, the cache as well as the snippet is now returning 
the vandalized May 26 revision of the page. Multiple editors 
(including myself) have contacted Google to attempt to remove the 
incorrect information; this issue is still being actively discussed 
at the Village Pump: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Google_returning_outdated_text_snippet_for_Gender_page


- Pax


On 8/8/16 10:24 AM, Dan Garry wrote:

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issue of out-of-date search results and snippets.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  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  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" 


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=722247975


[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(techni
cal)#Google_returning_outdated_text_snippet_for_Gender_page



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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Google returning outdated text snippet

[Pax Ahimsa Gethen]

Update: The Google search results and cached page for Gender are now 
correct. I'll be keeping an eye on this search, as this problem was 
previously resolved and then reoccurred (as I mentioned at the start of 
this thread).


- Pax


On 8/13/16 7:39 AM, Pax Ahimsa Gethen wrote:
Any news from Google? As I mentioned in an earlier thread reply, 
Google's cache for the Gender page was up to date, showing an August 1 
revision; it was just the text snippet that was outdated. However, 
since yesterday, the cache as well as the snippet is now returning the 
vandalized May 26 revision of the page. Multiple editors (including 
myself) have contacted Google to attempt to remove the incorrect 
information; this issue is still being actively discussed at the 
Village Pump: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Google_returning_outdated_text_snippet_for_Gender_page


- Pax


On 8/8/16 10:24 AM, Dan Garry wrote:

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  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  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" 


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=722247975

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(techni
cal)#Google_returning_outdated_text_snippet_for_Gender_page



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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Google returning outdated text snippet

[Dan Garry]

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  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  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" 
> > 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=722247975
> > >
> > > [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(techni
> > > cal)#Google_returning_outdated_text_snippet_for_Gender_page
> > >
> > > --
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> > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Google returning outdated text snippet

[Pax Ahimsa Gethen]

I did already contact Google about this issue, but I will try again. As 
I mentioned though, their cache of the Gender page is up to date (August 
1); it's just the text snippet preview (from May 26) that is wrong. And 
this problem was previously corrected (after I first contacted Google) 
before resurfacing, so this strikes me as a strange issue.


- Pax


On 8/7/16 5:34 PM, Risker 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  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" 
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=722247975

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(techni
cal)#Google_returning_outdated_text_snippet_for_Gender_page



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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Google returning outdated text snippet

[Risker]

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  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" 
> 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=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
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Google returning outdated text snippet

[Pine W]

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" 
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=722247975
>
> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(techni
> cal)#Google_returning_outdated_text_snippet_for_Gender_page
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Google returning outdated text snippet

[Pax Ahimsa Gethen]

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=722247975

[3] 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Google_returning_outdated_text_snippet_for_Gender_page


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