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

[Sam Korn]

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Andrew Turvey<andrewrturvey at googlemail.com> wrote:
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> ----- "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?
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> 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
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