On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Gwern Branwen <gwe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Further examples can be multiplied, but I hope this shows that CSEs > can be very useful for finding online sources; I'm sure it would work > as well for other subject-areas! > > (And since I can't let recent events go, I'll mar my little essay with > a final remark: *this* is the sort of thing that will lessen issues > like BLPs - not fanaticism like "Caedite eos! Novit enim Dominus qui > sunt eius".) I withdraw my enthusiastic support of CSEs. Apparently Google will without warning or notice arbitrarily delete all but 20 URL filters: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/customsearch/thread?tid=29757bc2983d538d&hl=en This makes CSE utterly useless for Wikipedia. The obvious workaround, keeping a list of URLs on a subpage and having a CSE load that, will run afoul of the Wikipedia blacklist filter. Even if I found a workaround, I am sufficiently angry that Google would unilaterally destroy approximately 10-20 hours of my work that I do not think I would use CSE anyway. The idea is still good, however. The restricted searches proved their utility to me. But I currently don't know of any alternatives. -- gwern _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
