On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Gwern Branwen<gwern0(a)gmail.com> wrote: See my search below, using Wikipedia's internal search. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Elian/comparison It was foreseen, I was worried as well. I've now readjusted to using the internal search. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&redirs=1&… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-05-01/News_a… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Elian/comparison The reason most searches fail is that it is in user space, so you have to go to the advanced search options and select that, or try the "everything" option. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&redirs=1&… First hit, there. It is seventh hit if you search everything. Note that searching on the word "comparing" won't work, as that word doesn't appear in the userspace essay. Now, turning to Google... http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=german+wikipedia+english+compari… First hit there. What were *you* searching for that meant you failed to find it? To be fair, using the word "comparing" instead of "comparison" in the search terms, means you fail to find it using Wikipedia's internal search function (though the Signpost article still pops up), but Google, it seems, can be clever and "comparing" still works. Carcharoth Carcharoth

Carcharoth wrote: You realise that User:Vipul has contributed similarly to enWP? This person seems to be essentially the only contributor there. Such a wiki can serve a useful and more traditional purpose: documenting what a small group of specialists know about a well-defined area. I would take the claim to have a distinctive content policy with a pinch of salt, because it looks mainly like an old-style wiki and not a WP-style set-up with people arguing from general principles. In other words "WP is not typical", which is an old chestnut. Charles