On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 6:21 AM, Brion Vibber <bvibber(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Here's a combination shot showing what you get
when you scroll down on
that 'surfing' search:
https://brionv.com/misc/siri-ios7-surfing-wikipedia.jpg
Somewhere down at the bottom it does actually say "Wikipedia", and if you
tap on that it takes you to the Wikipedia article in Safari. Not the most
visible attribution, but it's sorta there. :) It also shows a lot of
related queries, which come up in the Siri view as well when tapped.
Thanks for the detail Brion.
It's use of Wikipedia like this that makes me think we should charge for
API access over a certain limit (obviously this would exclude cases like WP
Zero partners). If Apple is going to siphon off potential contributors
(editors or donors) to Wikipedia, we should make them pay a price up front.
In a case like this and with Google's Knowledge Graph in search results,
we're providing their users with massively useful data, and we're letting
them elevate their brand far above Wikipedia's, so most users are
potentially not even aware of where the information is coming from. We
could reach out to them and ask for more prominent attribution, but begging
companies like Google and Apple for better branding on a case-by-case basis
is not really a safe bet in the long run.
--
Steven Walling
https://wikimediafoundation.org/
