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Implement "did you mean" suggestions for similar pages in core search
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Author: ravi.badam

Description:
I dont how to put it in simple terms, but here is what happened.
As usual i was reading a wiki article, on Video Graphics Array (VGA) connector.
I wanted to see what is the difference between VGA and DVI.
But when i entered DVI in search box it led to a Disambiguation page instead of going to
the DVI connector.
Is it ok to handle this as a internal link in wiki article would be handled.
i.e., go to directly the DVI connector page instead of disambiguation page.

Just a thought.

You are doing a great job.

Thanks,
Badam

Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
Whiteboard: aklapper-moreinfo

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 21 2014, 10:32 PM
• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-Search.
• bzimport set Reference to bz18401.
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• bzimport created this task.Apr 8 2009, 5:31 AM
Nikerabbit added a comment.Apr 27 2009, 7:51 AM

The link should obviously be fixed. The new search could be used to guess the intended one, but I'm not sure if it worth it.

Aklapper added a comment.Oct 26 2014, 2:50 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DVI&redirect=no redirects to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface nowadays.

Was this meant as a proposal to gather items listed on a disambiguation page and display them as proposals in the dropdown after entering a search term (which would lead to a disambiguation page) in the Search field in the upper corner?
Not entirely clear to me; might need additional API.

Aklapper added a comment.Nov 15 2014, 12:03 PM

Badam: Please answer comment 2.

Aklapper changed the task status from Open to Stalled.Nov 25 2014, 7:47 PM
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Nemo_bis renamed this task from Search should lead to similar pages to Implement "did you mean" suggestions for similar pages in core search.Nov 26 2014, 9:33 PM
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Nemo_bis subscribed.Nov 26 2014, 9:36 PM

As I rephrased it, this is a valid enhancement request, which might be

  • already fixed, or
  • impossible to fix (in MySQL search).

And it's already fixed in Wikimedia projects.

Suppressing the "go" behaviour for exact matches in some conditions, such as whether the target is a disambiguation page, would instead be a WONTFIX.

Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Feb 4 2022, 11:01 AM
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MPhamWMF moved this task from needs triage to Feature Requests on the Discovery-Search board.Feb 18 2022, 7:00 PM
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