[WikiEN-l] Google Starts Including Wikipedia on Its News Site

[Fred Bauder]

>> Can someone set up a Wikipedia space page that lists the articles
>> featured
>> on Google News? The articles will already be under closer scrutiny, for
>> the
>> same reason they're on Google, but it might be good to have a page that
>> people can scan for blatant problems and use as a focus for
>> improvement.
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>
> Yes, being listed on Google News can certainly bring focus to the
> articles affected, both for good and ill. Those listed right now are:
>
> Speaker of the British House of Commons election, 2009
>
> David S. Rohde
>
> 20 June 2009 Taza bombing
>
> http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn
>
> How about a category" Category:Google News
>
> Maintenance would consist of adding the category to articles currently
> featured and removing it from those no longer featured.
>
> Fred
>

I set this up as Category:Currently linked to from Google News

but notice that extremely rapid modification of the main page of Google
News results in frequent removal and addition of links. Our list could
never be current or complete, but might still be useful if attended to.

Fred


>
>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Such awesome responsibility we have now...
>>>
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/technology/internet/22wiki.html
>>>
>>> This includes an explanation of why these links were seen only
>>> occasionally.
>>>
>>> Fred
>>>
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