Google takes on Wikipedia articles in Google News

Google News, this month started using Wikipedia as a new source

. Typically, it only news, but according to Google Wikipedia articles are a useful complement to these sources.

According to Google spokesperson Gabriel Stricker, the first company with a small group of Google News users experimented with the use of Wikipedia. When it became clear that it did was the addition this month to the News site. "We saw that users Wikipedia were a useful addition to the many stories that they saw. Wikipedia often gave a broader perspective on the subject."

There are sometimes put in question the reliability of articles on Wikipedia, but supporters of the encyclopedia indicate that the sources are usually extended to appear, especially if it is on recent events. The article on the Iranian presidential elections this year, this weekend, for example, more than 200 footnotes. Wikipedia spokesman Jim Walsh was pleased with the use of the lemma by Google, so reports the New York Times. "Google recognizes that Wikipedia is a source of timely information has become, although it is an encyclopedia."

I think it is a supplement that people can look up information about what exactly the event was that it happened, what was done etc. etc.

Super Long news with info on the event etc. are a bit superfluous when linked to the Wikipedia article. The people themselves decide whether they want to know more about it or not

Indeed, there is also much more control by many more people on Wikipedia, and errors are usually quickly discovered and removed. When official news of course this is also checked, but if there are errors in this can not easily be corrected.

Google takes on Wikipedia articles in Google News

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