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 <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> 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" <list-wikimedia(a)funcrunch.org> > 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 that Google had been displaying a text snippet from an outdated, 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&oldid=722247975 >> >> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(techni >> cal)#Google_returning_outdated_text_snippet_for_Gender_page >>

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 Wes has reached out to Google so that we can talk to them about the general issue of out-of-date search results and snippets.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 <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> 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 <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> 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" <list-wikimedia(a)funcrunch.org> >> 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&oldid=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 >>> >>> >>>

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_ret… > > - 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 <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> 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 <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> 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" >>>> <list-wikimedia(a)funcrunch.org> >>>> 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&oldid=722247975 >>>>> >>>>> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(techni >>>>> cal)#Google_returning_outdated_text_snippet_for_Gender_page >>>>>