On Aug 7, 2016 16:46, "Pax Ahimsa Gethen" <list-wikimedia@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hazard of relying on Google to search Wikipedia.[1] I explained that Google had been displaying a text snippet from an outdated, disruptive revision of the Gender page.[2] Well, that error has now resurfaced, and at an editor's suggestion I posted to the Village Pump about it.[3] The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_(technical)#Google_returning_outdated_text_snippet_for_Gender_page

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Pax Ahimsa Gethen | http://funcrunch.org


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