back to the off-topic topic for a moment...

It is. The antisemitic site, jewwatch dot com, has been the highest rank for about 3 years. Someone finally made this known publicly about a month ago, and they are now trying to push the Wikipedia page for Jew higher by putting a link to it under the word Jew on as many web pages as possible.

The wiki page is number one, right now. That 'watch' page is now down to number 2, now.

Google Results

Yesterday, at the top of the page, above the results, there were news hits, about the popularity of that 'watch' site. Today, above the results, Google has a link with the following text:

Offensive Search Results www.google.com/explanation We're disturbed about these results as well. Please read our note here.

It's good to see them publically acknowledge the phenom, and explain what they can. Google notes that people looking for information on things Jewish tend to use search terms such as Judaism, Jewish, etc., where more racist motivated searches tend to use the word Jew. They link two informative sites on Jewish people/Judaism, and also the ADL, JewishInternetAssociation.org, and Google's results for a search on anti-semitism.

t /off-topic topic

It may be off topic for our Bureaucracy, but Google rocks!

That "explanation" link has been up above the results for some time, but yeah, they rock.

The wiki page is number one, right now.

Woohoo!

That "explanation" link has been up above the results for some time, but yeah, they rock.

Yesterday, I didn't see it at the top of the search results page (it may have been there, I just didn't see it). They had the usual news-y type links above the main hits.

Woohoo!

Yepper. I wish I had an important web page to link it.

Woohoo!

Totally Natter, but tomorrow is the official "Holocaust Memorial Day" in Israel. It starts pretty much now, since in Judaism the day always starts on the sun-down of the previous evening, and I find it fitting, in a way t /Natter

Can we all agree that a "Hi. I'm new. Here I am introducing myself." post in Press should be deleted? Good, because I already deleted it.

t /ruthless

If the person posts in one of the nattery theads asking why, please explain. I'm behind in those threads and will probably miss it.

Huh. I guess.

I added natter deletion warning to the slugs for Beep Me and Press. Too many newcomers, and the only previous warnings in those threads were in the descriptions which people won't see after the first time they look in the thread.

Ya, I prolly wouldn't have deleted it, but mighta told the person. Well, clearly, I didn't delete it, but neither did I do the latter.

It's good to add the natter warning, but I don't want it to be too unfriendly. People are welcome to post in those threads, they are there for us as a community. It's just that judgment has to be used, and if you're new, it's tough to figure out what goes where. Other places do have 'just say hi' threads, so it's not too far a stretch.

How about a new FAQ entry

Q: Where should newbies introduces themselves, in Press or Beep Me?

A: Eeek! Neither. You'll be stomped. Mercilessly. Those threads are for different sorts of annoucements (see the thread descriptions for details). Just delurk and introduce yourself in whichever thread sparks your interest. We know some other boards have introduction threads, but as you're about to find out, we're not like other boards (and you'll love us for it).

eta...

Then the next time someone introduces himself in Press or Beep Me, the Stompy can edit out the text, and put a polite, but short note, like "Introduction deleted by [Stompy's Name], see FAQ for explanation."

(and make "FAQ" a link to the appropriate FAQ text).