Re: [Wikimedia-l] Improving search (sort of)

[Mardetanha]

excellent Idea, hopefully we can get the result in more languages

Mardetanha

On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 6:35 PM, Robert Fernandez 
wrote:

> Excellent idea.  Librarians use patron catalog searches to gauge what
> their patrons are looking for and supplement their collections
> accordingly, there's no reason we can't adopt this practice as well.
>
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 9:32 AM, James Heilman  wrote:
> > A while ago I requested a list of the "most frequently searched for terms
> > for which no Wikipedia articles are returned". This would allow the
> > community to than create redirect or new pages as appropriate and help
> > address the "zero results rate" of about 30%.
> >
> > While we are still waiting for this data I have recently come across a
> list
> > of the most frequently clicked on redlinks on En WP produced by Andrew
> West
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:West.andrew.g/Popular_redlinks Many
> of
> > these can be reasonably addressed with a redirect as the issue is often
> > capitals.
> >
> > Do anyone know where things are at with respect to producing the list of
> > most search for terms that return nothing?
> >
> > --
> > James Heilman
> > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
> >
> > The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine
> > www.opentextbookofmedicine.com
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Improving search (sort of)

[Robert Fernandez]

Excellent idea.  Librarians use patron catalog searches to gauge what
their patrons are looking for and supplement their collections
accordingly, there's no reason we can't adopt this practice as well.

On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 9:32 AM, James Heilman  wrote:
> A while ago I requested a list of the "most frequently searched for terms
> for which no Wikipedia articles are returned". This would allow the
> community to than create redirect or new pages as appropriate and help
> address the "zero results rate" of about 30%.
>
> While we are still waiting for this data I have recently come across a list
> of the most frequently clicked on redlinks on En WP produced by Andrew West
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:West.andrew.g/Popular_redlinks Many of
> these can be reasonably addressed with a redirect as the issue is often
> capitals.
>
> Do anyone know where things are at with respect to producing the list of
> most search for terms that return nothing?
>
> --
> James Heilman
> MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
>
> The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine
> www.opentextbookofmedicine.com
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[Wikimedia-l] Improving search (sort of)

[James Heilman]

A while ago I requested a list of the "most frequently searched for terms
for which no Wikipedia articles are returned". This would allow the
community to than create redirect or new pages as appropriate and help
address the "zero results rate" of about 30%.

While we are still waiting for this data I have recently come across a list
of the most frequently clicked on redlinks on En WP produced by Andrew West
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:West.andrew.g/Popular_redlinks Many of
these can be reasonably addressed with a redirect as the issue is often
capitals.

Do anyone know where things are at with respect to producing the list of
most search for terms that return nothing?

-- 
James Heilman
MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian

The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine
www.opentextbookofmedicine.com
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