hyphens and spaces should be read as equivalent
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	• bzimport
	May 27 2010, 5:36 PM

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Author: doug_mitchell2001

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When I type in a Wikipedia article name I am hoping exists, if I put in a hyphen between words when I shouldn't have, or vice versa, Wikipedia tells me no such article exists, and the correctly dehyphenated, or hyphenated, article does not even show up in the "other suggested articles" list. Could the software be modified so the search box will recognize hyphens and spaces as equivalent?

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Reference: bz23685

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 21 2014, 10:59 PM

• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-Search.

• bzimport set Reference to bz23685.

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• bzimport created this task.May 27 2010, 5:36 PM

Also mdashes and ndashes should be treated in similar manner.

Even more – space+mdash+space should be treated like single space in search suggestions.

Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Feb 4 2022, 11:01 AM

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Closing, as our current version of search should handle most of these cases

MPhamWMF closed this task as Invalid.Feb 18 2022, 6:55 PM

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hyphens and spaces should be read as equivalent
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