Agree, there was unfortunately very little opportunity to meet with potential partners at Google to discuss collaboration opportunities. Not sure if there are potential next steps.
James On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 6:08 AM Bodhisattwa <bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > The sessions at Google headquarters in Singapore were designed in a way that > there was no option to sit together and discuss this grave issue with > Google's Search team. I guess, the slim opportunity for the Wikisource > volunteers to discuss the issue directly with Google was unfortunately lost. > Now it is totally up to WMF and sysadmins to take it up and figure it out > themselves with Google. > > Regards, > Bodhisattwa > > > > On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 14:48 Butch Bustria <bustr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I think this is a good opportunity to discuss with Google's Search Team here >> in Singapore in 2 weeks time. >> >> You can register at Wikimania pre-Conference at this link: >> >> https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Related_events/Mind_The_Gap >> >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Butch >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 5:13 PM James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Am having the same issue with Google poorly indexing MDWiki.org. I have >>> personally switched my default browser to duckduckgo as they index much >>> better. The two folks at Google who used to support their collaborations >>> with Wikipedia are no longer with the company. Not sure if they have been >>> replaced by anyone. >>> >>> James >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 12:51 AM Bodhisattwa <bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> Apologies for cross-posting. >>>> >>>> For those who have not noticed till now, Google is not indexing any >>>> Wikisource language editions for the last couple of years which >>>> practically means that any Wikisource contents in any languages, which are >>>> being created in these years, are not searchable on Google and hence >>>> largely remain invisible on the web. >>>> >>>> This is an extremely demotivating and frustrating situation for the >>>> existing Wikisource volunteers to witness, draining away all of our past >>>> and current efforts to bring and retain viewers, readers, GLAM partners >>>> and any potential new editors. We already have a very low awareness and >>>> visibility about Wikisource among general internet users due to lack of >>>> organized support in these years but the invisibility on Google search >>>> engine could become the last nail in our coffin, unless it is fixed soon. >>>> >>>> There is a phabricator ticket raised by Darwinius back in December 2022 - >>>> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325607. >>>> >>>> Can't this issue be put into priority by sys admins and WMF to work upon? >>>> Wikisource is still a sister project of Wikimedia and it needs some very >>>> basic care, after all. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Bodhisattwa >>>> (Bengali Wikisource volunteer) >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >>>> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>>> Public archives at >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/ECNVHN45JW67B6RADFYSQ3V43FJOB6KD/ >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> James Heilman >>> MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>> Public archives at >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/RPHXHH7JTKELZQTO3PACVNNZL75IDPNJ/ >>> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/62N76Y6GUMXSQLRMJ6PT7RDDQMTOGOUL/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/4HCNDMP46DH3P3JDDVXQAEMJI266BZR7/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/KYITM2HEPXMBCYWWYCLOWB3WZWUXN34U/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
