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

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/6/8 Joe Anderson <computerjoe at gmail.com>:
> Could someone speak to Google?
>
> Surely isn't this entering Wikinews' territory somewhat?

Sure it is, but that's not Google's problem, it's ours. Google will
link to wherever the best article on news topics are. At the moment,
that is very often Wikipedia, not Wikinews. I would like to encourage
people to go to Wikinews when they want to write about current affairs
and only create a Wikipedia article after the event is over, but I
don't think there is anything approaching a consensus for that.