I thought it ought to be mentioned that the lack of search capability is not just annoying to editors, it reading of the encyclopedia for study virtually impossible, expecially for someone new to the site.
Would it be possible to put the Google search box in as had been done in the past? I realize that's lame in comparison but it's better than nothing.
-Hephaestos
John Robinson wrote:
Would it be possible to put the Google search box in as had been done in the past? I realize that's lame in comparison but it's better than nothing.
I'll second this suggestion. I've already given up on using the built-in search for anything at all, and use site:wikipedia.org searches at google whenever I want to find something.
Long-term this isn't an ideal solution though, because it searches all namespaces.
-Mark
John Robinson wrote:
I thought it ought to be mentioned that the lack of search capability is not just annoying to editors, it reading of the encyclopedia for study virtually impossible, expecially for someone new to the site.
Would it be possible to put the Google search box in as had been done in the past? I realize that's lame in comparison but it's better than nothing.
Yes, please!
It's no good as a long term solution, but it's something. And it does work, kind of.
-- Toby
Toby Bartels wrote:
John Robinson wrote:
I thought it ought to be mentioned that the lack of search capability is not just annoying to editors, it reading of the encyclopedia for study virtually impossible, expecially for someone new to the site.
Would it be possible to put the Google search box in as had been done in the past? I realize that's lame in comparison but it's better than nothing.
Yes, please!
It's no good as a long term solution, but it's something. And it does work, kind of.
More agreement! With all due respect to our beleaguered coding volunteers. If, for example, I want to write a biographical article about some individual of penumbral fame, I like to be able to search for other articles from which a link could be made. That individual needs all the help he can get if is ever to hope to emerge from the shadows. :-)
Ec