Hello,
Here is the Discovery status update for the week starting 07 November.
Feedback and questions are welcome.
==Highlights==
* Many older search tickets that were in the backlog were resolved this
week - due to work being completed previously.
==Discussions==
* Opened a discussion with the Wikipedia Ambassadors community requesting
volunteer wikis that want to be part of upcoming A/B tests for cross-wiki
search results. [0]
=== Search ===
* Double suggestion when searching on wikipedia with limit/offset [1]
* EPIC: Review current ElasticSearch configuration, and use relevance lab
to run tests to optimise the configuration to improve search result
relevance [2]
* CirrusSearch should do something helpful if the search does not return
enough results [3]
* CirrusSearch: No highlighted text returned from `intitle:` phrase
searches [4]
* Improve searches on poor spellings [5]
* Add extra breakdowns to dashboards, e.g. by country, by language [6]
* CirrusSearch: More search results when narrowing down search term [7]
* "San Lorenzo (quartiere di Napoli)" not first match when searching the
words in different order [8]
* Implement a new fulltext query [9]
* Poorly tuned rankings [10]
* opensearch: Querying for "Big" or "Big!" should include
"Big" or "Big!"
as first suggestion [11]
* "Ignoring nonexistent page" that does exist [12]
'''Search tickets to be released in next week's train:'''
* Options for Completion Suggester misaligned when description uses more
than one line [13]
* Image search by file size - will be live when Commons is reindexed [14]
=== Analysis ===
* Verified data pipeline for BM25 AB test - ja, zh, th [15]
* [Dashboard][Search] Make monthly metrics module work again [16]
* Investigate if Interactive logging schema makes sense [17]
=== Portal ===
* ''crickets while waiting for code reviews''
=== Interactive ===
* <maplink> does not work in Monobook skin [18]
* <maplink> does not work on "Modern" skin [19]
* Maps "align" attribute definitions, review and fix [20]
'''Interactive tickets to be released in next week's
train:'''
* Full screen map does not hide sidebar in "Cologne Blue" skin [21]
=== Interactive Ops ===
* Ensure Postgres maps have proper indexes [22]
== Other Noteworthy Stuff ==
* Guys in bouncing pink suits [23]
[0]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-November/00…
[1]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149269
[2]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125603
[3]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T55799
[4]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T94874
[5]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T1240
[6]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T102896
[7]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103289
[8]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138996
[9]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128073
[10]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134340
[11]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T60309
[12]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T69869
[13]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149982
[14]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T78490
[15]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147496
[16]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149752
[17]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149838
[18]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T145521
[19]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150148
[20]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150063
[21]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150149
[22]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138277
[23]
http://i.imgur.com/sd15NVu.gifv
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The full update, and archive of past updates, can be found on
MediaWiki.org:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discovery/Status_updates
Interested in getting involved? See tasks marked as Easy or Volunteer
needed in Phabricator.
[1]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/qW51XhCCd8.7/#R
[2]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/5KEPuEJh9TPS/#R
Yours,
Chris Koerner
Community Liaison - Discovery
Wikimedia Foundation