[Wikipedia-l] Search - problems

[Brion VIBBER]

Krzysztof P. Jasiutowicz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Today I spotted one problem and one minor (?) glitch in the Wikipedia's
> internal search engine.
> 
> Using lynx to change the number of displayed entries gives "Bad request
> error".
> 
> I think the extra space character is the culprit.
> 
> http://www.wikipedia.com/w/wiki.phtml?search=History &limit=50&offset=0

Hmm, spaces should be escaped when they appear.

> I looked up "History" and it was rather strange that "History of Asia"
> was not listed in article titles section but only in article text section.

Click "next 50", it's in there:

http://www.wikipedia.com/w/wiki.phtml?limit=50&offset=50&search=History

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)