[Wikipedia-l] Short word searches

[Ian]

At the very least, there should be a convient way to search with Google. 

The problem with Google is that it does not update very much. What's
currently in the cache is from January 26.

I noticed this problem as well, when I tried to search for "Ian". (-:

Ian Monroe
http://mlug.missouri.edu/~eean/

On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, kband at www.llamacom.com XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX wrote:

> As someone has previously pointed out, short word searches (such as 
> Ur and Oz) are important. There shouldn't be a letter minimum, if 
> at all possible.
> We should probably use google as a good guide for usability standards.
> Google lets you search for single letters, for example.
> 
> I understand there may be technical difficulties in reducing the minimum,
> but we should consider it a flaw if we have a four-letter minimum,
> or even a three-letter or two-letter minimum.
> 
> I've cc'ed wikipedia-l because this is a policy discussion as much as a
> technical discussion.
> 
> --tc
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