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(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 12/09/05, Dan Grey <dangrey(a)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(a)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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