[WikiEN-l] Using Talk pages to influence Google results (Most read US newpaper blasts Wikipedia)

[Fred Bauder]

They think it is or they wouldn't do it.

Fred

On Nov 30, 2005, at 9:30 AM, jkelly at fas.harvard.edu wrote:

>   I wasn't aware that Google results were influenced by material on  
> Talk pages.
> If this is true, it explains instances in which I have seen anons  
> post some
> ideological screed in the article, have it removed, and then re- 
> post it
> repeatedly into the article's Talk page.  Is this actually that  
> effective a
> tactic for using Wikipedia as a soapbox?
>
>                                   Jason
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> Quoting slimvirgin at gmail.com:
>
>
>> On 11/30/05, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net> wrote:
>>
>>> This case Slim Virgin mentions is in arbitration now and a blatant
>>> example of gaming Google by associating the name of the person  
>>> with a
>>> lot of accusations he has only a marginal connection with ...
>>> At a minimum we need to not allow Google to index our talk pages. We
>>> talk about a lot of things. They may be about information but they
>>> are not encyclopedic.
>>>
>>
>> Fred, the case I was referring to isn't the one that's in  
>> arbitration,
>> though I know the one you mean, and it's quite similar. I'm starting
>> to wonder whether this is happening a lot: that troublemakers see our
>> talk pages as a sort of Trojan horse. They pretend to be having an
>> innocent conversation designed to sort out the good from the bad
>> material, whereas in fact the discussion is only a vehicle being used
>> to spread the bad stuff, which they know won't survive in our
>> articles.
>>
>> Sarah
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