Re: [Wikimedia-l] Incorrect info on numbers of results returned on Wikimedia search page?

[Michael Khoo]

Hi David,

Many thanks for getting back so quickly, and also for posting this to
Phabricator (bookmarked). It's much appreciated!

Best wishes - Mick.



On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 5:22 AM David Causse  wrote:

> Hi Mick,
>
> Thanks for reporting this issue, indeed something is not working well. I've
> created https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T202258.
> (Phabricator is the tool we use to track bugs, this mailing list is rarely
> used to report bugs).
>
> Regards,
>
> David.
>
> On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 12:48 PM Michael Khoo  wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I'm a newcomer here so apologies if this is not the best place to post
> this
> > (any advice on where I should be going would be much appreciated - many
> > thanks).
> >
> > Anyway I there's a small discrepancy on the Wikimedia search results
> page.
> >
> > - The 'View' links at the bottom of the page are all multiples of 10 -
> e.g
> > 20, 50, 100
> > - The actual number of returned results all appear to be multiples of 10
> > - The /reported/ numbers of returned results are all ((some multiple of
> > 10)+1)
> >
> > So for example I carry out a search, and I see the first twenty results.
> At
> > the bottom of the page it says 'next 20,' etc.
> >
> > However at the top right of the page it says 'Results 1-21" which is 21
> > results.
> >
> > If I view the next 20 results, I see 20 results, but the top right of the
> > page says 'Results 21-41" which is 21 results again, and so on.
> >
> > Apologies if this has already been brought up!
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Mick.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Incorrect info on numbers of results returned on Wikimedia search page?

[David Causse]

Hi Mick,

Thanks for reporting this issue, indeed something is not working well. I've
created https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T202258.
(Phabricator is the tool we use to track bugs, this mailing list is rarely
used to report bugs).

Regards,

David.

On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 12:48 PM Michael Khoo  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm a newcomer here so apologies if this is not the best place to post this
> (any advice on where I should be going would be much appreciated - many
> thanks).
>
> Anyway I there's a small discrepancy on the Wikimedia search results page.
>
> - The 'View' links at the bottom of the page are all multiples of 10 - e.g
> 20, 50, 100
> - The actual number of returned results all appear to be multiples of 10
> - The /reported/ numbers of returned results are all ((some multiple of
> 10)+1)
>
> So for example I carry out a search, and I see the first twenty results. At
> the bottom of the page it says 'next 20,' etc.
>
> However at the top right of the page it says 'Results 1-21" which is 21
> results.
>
> If I view the next 20 results, I see 20 results, but the top right of the
> page says 'Results 21-41" which is 21 results again, and so on.
>
> Apologies if this has already been brought up!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Mick.
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