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Enhancement of the Search Feature
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Author: sinai

Description:
Ive seen it a lot recently that when i search for something i know is there but
don't know the name exactly i get a search result window.

In the example link the page i search for is "films recut by studio" when the
actual page title is "List of films recut by studio"

If the results haven't changed the actual page title link gets a 100% chance of
being what i need and the next item is 1,4% and not even closely related.

The idea or the question is to change the outcome if the results are blatantly
obvious, like this.
So if i had searched for this i would have gotten the page itself but if i
wanted something else i could have pressed the Search button itself, instead of
the Go which is the default action apparently.


Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
OS: Windows XP
Platform: PC
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=films+recut+by+studio&go=Go

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bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 21 2014, 9:33 PM
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Seems like it already works, what's the question?

Resolving INVALID.

ayg wrote:

The suggestion appears to be that if there's one result that's a clear winner,
you should go straight to that page rather than displaying it on a
search-results page along with the million results that happen to have two words
in common with the search terms. But only if you press "Go" rather than "Search".

sinai wrote:

Yes :D Nice analogue, i was typing out one but you were quicker on it. I should
have worded it better

We definitely would not make that change, no.

"Clear winner" is in the eye of the beholder.

sinai wrote:

True, thats why it was just a suggestion and a low priority :) Thanks