[WikiEN-l] Re: Search function

Sun Aug 3 21:44:55 UTC 2003

Hepaestos wrote sarcastically:

>Try using google:

>>Your search - "teng hsiao ping" site:wikipedia.org - did not match any
>>documents.

>>Suggestions:
>>- Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
>>- Try different keywords.
>>- Try more general keywords.
>>- Try fewer keywords.
>>Also, you can try Google Answers for expert help with your search.

I don't know what you're complaining about --
Google suggested that you check your spelling.
(Wikipedia's search was never so kind!)
When I fix the spelling (with the apostrophe),
I get fine results:

>Man of the Year - Wikipedia
>... 1974- King Faisal; 1975- American Women; 1976- Jimmy Carter; 1977-
>Anwar Sadat; 1978- Teng Hsiao-P'ing; 1979- Ayatollah Khomeini; 1980 ...
>www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_the_Year - 22k - Cached - Similar pages

>www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Teng_Hsiao-P'ing&action=edit
>Similar pages

>Deng Xiaoping - Wikipedia
>Deng Xiaoping. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Deng.png. Deng Xiaoping
>(???, Wade-Giles Teng Hsiao-p'ing) (July 12, 1904 - February 19, 1997). ...
>www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping - 31k - Cached - Similar pages

Even leading me to create a useful redirect page!

So this is not to say that Google is a satisfactory solution.
But it's also nothing to sneeze at.

-- Toby