On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 6:11 PM, SarahSV sarahsv.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Dariuz, when I first heard about this, I understood it to mean that the Foundation was seeking to fix the Wikimedia search function, which is really very poor. But this seems to be a proposal to create an entirely new search engine to complement Google, which will cost many millions.
My understanding is essentially that we want to engage in a search engine that would encompass all Wikimedia projects. I can't imagine us effectively competing Google and I would not consider this to be a sensible direction (not because it is not tempting, but because it is too costly and risky).
dj