[WikiEN-l] Site search

Tue Sep 13 14:35:46 UTC 2005

Note that until recently that google search box on wikicities only
searched the internet in general. Now it can do both. I would support
this on wikipedia..make a proposal!

On 9/13/05, Dan Grey <dangrey at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/09/05, Dan Grey <dangrey at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I just tried this as an experiment: completely at random, I decided to
> > search for "sheep shearing", and was redirected (I pressed "Go" not
> > "Search") to [[Sheep shearer]].
> >
> > Now, this is where it gets interesting: a large part of that article
> > describes something called "Blade shears". But if you put "Blade
> > shears" into the search box and click Go, you're taken to a search
> > page which doesn't list [[Sheep shearer]] anywhere on the first page.
> > The top two results - [[Shearing]] and [[Shears]] - both lead to a
> > disambiguation page that doesn't mention blade shears at all, either.
> 
> On 12/09/05, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've seen lots of people unfamiliar with Wikipedia complain because
> > the search engine doesn't list any close matches and the go button
> > confuses them too.
> >
> > Regardless of whether mergism is good or not, I think the search
> > engine could use some upgrading.
> 
> Indeed. Personally, I only use Google site search on Wikipedia (which,
> incidently, had [[Sheep shearer]] as the first result for "Blade
> shears").
> 
> I've noticed that Wikicities has a google search box below the
> built-in search. I wonder if we could have the same?
> 
> 
> Dan
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