I'm glad you were able to make use of this quick fix. It's currently on the
Discovery Department's roadmap for us to overhaul and improve the search
API. However, we've determined our current work gives bigger rewards for
our users, so that work isn't planned to take place until mid-2016. In the
mean time, the fix makes it work.
Thanks,
Dan
On 1 September 2015 at 10:36, Stephen Niedzielski <
sniedzielski(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hey! Most of the details are covered in T104746[0],
T110231[1], and
T92796[2]. As I understand it, the search API now offers order indices for
redirected pages which we can take advantage of in the app. Previously, the
order was not prioritized and this caused a poor search experience. The
infamous example is searching for "obama" and getting "I Got a Crush...
on
Obama" as a top hit. You shouldn't see this behavior as of this release.
Dmitry implemented the new functionality and can probably word all that
better.
--stephen
[0]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T104746
[1]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110231
[2]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T92796, there's a nice overview by
Bryan Davis here too,
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T92796#1582443
On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Tomasz Finc <tfinc(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Stephen
Niedzielski
<sniedzielski(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
* Improved search result ordering!
Can you share some details on what was changed ?
--tomasz
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Dan Garry
Lead Product Manager, Discovery
Wikimedia Foundation