[WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source

[Brian]

I can't imagine why they would add Wikinews as a source - it has no
authority, whereas Wikipedia does.

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Andrew Turvey <andrewrturvey at googlemail.com
> wrote:

>
> ----- "Joe Anderson" <computerjoe at gmail.com> wrote:
> > From: "Joe Anderson" <computerjoe at gmail.com>
> > To: wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> > Sent: Monday, 8 June, 2009 17:18:29 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
> Portugal
> > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source
> >
> > On 2009-06-07 08:48:26 +0100, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> said:
> >
> > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiropractic/3601011581/
> > >
> >
> > Could someone speak to Google?
> >
> > Surely isn't this entering Wikinews' territory somewhat?
>
> Why? The more Wikimedia content is made available to others the better,
> surely? This is a great endorsement of our material.
>
> If anyone complained, all they'd do is take Wikipedia off their list. They
> wouldn't necessarily add Wikinews.
>
> Andrew
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