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As part of the search improvements project, we are considering making visual and copy changes to the "did you mean" text. This ticket is to understand which parts of the "did you mean" text is controlled by the community and which is controlled by shared code across wikis, so that we understand which parts we can change on our end and which we need to work with the communities about. Acceptance Criteria: [] determine which parts of the “did you mean” text is controlled by the community and which we can change and document it in this ticket [] placement on the page [] styling (color, italics, etc) [] other These are the messages for that CTA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Searchmenu-new-nocreate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Searchmenu-new https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Searchmenu-exists They even contain some logic (see ?action=edit) to show variable content. Also check talk pages for context.

As part of the search improvements project, we are considering making visual and copy changes to the "article not found" text. The goal: A reader does not get an impression of a failed flow. This ticket is to understand which parts of the "article not found" text is controlled by the community and which is controlled by shared code across wikis, so that we understand which parts we can change on our end and which we need to work with the communities about. Acceptance Criteria: [] determine which parts of the “did you mean” text is controlled by the community and which we can change and document it in this ticket [] placement on the page [] styling (color, italics, etc) [] other These are the messages for that CTA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Searchmenu-new-nocreate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Searchmenu-new https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Searchmenu-exists They even contain some logic (see ?action=edit) to show variable content. Also check talk pages for context.

As part of the search improvements project, we are considering making visual and copy changes to the "did you mean"article not found" text. The goal: A reader does not get an impression of a failed flow. This ticket is to understand which parts of the "did you mean""article not found" text is controlled by the community and which is controlled by shared code across wikis, so that we understand which parts we can change on our end and which we need to work with the communities about. Acceptance Criteria: [] determine which parts of the “did you mean” text is controlled by the community and which we can change and document it in this ticket [] placement on the page [] styling (color, italics, etc) [] other These are the messages for that CTA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Searchmenu-new-nocreate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Searchmenu-new https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Searchmenu-exists They even contain some logic (see ?action=edit) to show variable content. Also check talk pages for context.