Hi! I'm starting to build my own Wikidata installation. Thanks for the great work on this project!
One of my needs is to do a search and match ignoring diacritic marks. For example: a search for "Comite" matching "Comité".
Is it feasible to change the Wikidata code to support this as an option? Could you point me to the right place to make the change?
Thanks! Regards, Miguel
Hey Miguel!
There are currently two search engines implemented. The one you use when you start typing in the search box in the upper right corner is currently based on a MySQL prefix search. We are actually working on changing this, but this will take time.
When you are using Special:Search you are using an other search algorithm that, I believe, supports what you want. You can try this on wikidata.org: Typing "Comite" in the upper right will not find "Comité", but Special:Search will.
You may need to install https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CirrusSearch to have this feature in your installation.
Best Thiemo
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