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

[Andrew Turvey]

----- "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: 
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> > 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