Wikipedia makes money for Google by providing free content. I sent a few letters off to Google executives suggesting that they were too reliant on Wikipedia and I wanted to opt-out. Voicing dissatisfaction with Google, or asking to talk to an executive, was such an affront to Google their legal department responded even though no legal demand was made of them.
In follow on letters, I argued with the legal department that my issue needed to be addressed by an executive.
Wikipedia and Google have become "gigantic corporate megaliths that exert increasing control over every aspect of daily life," and as such they are totally impervious to just about everything including pesky controversies.
If you sincerely want to know about the context that makes Wikipedia immutable read the following book.
https://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindg ... giants.pdf
BTW here is one of my letters to Google.. as you see its full of intimidating legal threats; not! The fact that in-house counsel at Google read my letter and responded in a bespoke manner is quite telling.
For a criticism site, Wikipedia Sucks is incredibly fact based! There are more factual examples here then there is grousing. Yet, the facts outlined here are totally "radioactive" to major corporations and revenue streams. Nobody is going to fuck with the money aggregating to big players (certainly not book publishers or the press; or Congress see sec 230)I enjoy using Google products including Chrome, Chrome OS, Android, and Google Search Engines.
In simple terms, I would like to “fire” Wikipedia from my search results.
I have concerns regarding the dominance that Wikipedia enjoys in the Google search results that are displayed to me. I would prefer to have my personal Google search results prioritize primary source information, first hand reporting, expert opinion, and professionally vetted research.
It was suggested to me by Wikipedia administrators that “If you don’t like Wikipedia, don’t use it.” It was something quite easy to say but hard for me to easily accomplish given the fact that all searches lead to Wikipedia. I reached out to Wikimedia with concerns about Wikipedia and they couldn't care less about the quality of content on their flagship product.
I would appreciate it if Google would help me (personally) avoid Wikipedia in search results in total, through personal customization of search ranking, or through de-prioritization of Wikipedia in its global ranking schema.
The unavoidable dominance of Wikipedia in Google Search means that a questionable source of information surplants quality sources of information. Quality sources such as Briticanica are currently de-prioritized by Google. This structure adversely impacts consumers of information that cannot evaluate the quality of information and critical thinkers who are well equipped to process and organize information. Google has presented Wikipedia as a “Hobson's choice” , a choice of taking what is available or nothing at all.
Again, I thank Google for providing quality products which I enjoy and rely upon.