On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 6:21 AM, Brion Vibber <bvibber@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. 

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