Search aliases for "x" and "×" characters
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	agray
	Apr 30 2013, 2:55 PM

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Per request at the enwiki village pump:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29&oldid=552890515#Can_.22.C3.97.22_be_made_interchangeable_with_.22x.22_for_searching.3F

Due to a large number of articles using the × character in plant names, is it possible for the search to treat "×" as "x"? (I am not clear on which unicode sign this is - presumably U+00D7 or U+2A2F)

This is a similar request to bug:39501 (requesting the same functionality for apostrophe symbols)

Version: wmf-deployment
Severity: enhancement

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Reference: bz47881

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 22 2014, 1:24 AM

• bzimport added projects: Wikimedia-lucene-search-2, good first task.

• bzimport set Reference to bz47881.

• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

agray created this task.Apr 30 2013, 2:55 PM

Treating dashes and n-dashes alike would also be nice.

(In reply to comment #1 by Lupo)

Treating dashes and n-dashes alike would also be nice.

Please file a separate request about that. This one is about "×" and "x".

This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 39501 ***

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