The results of the A/B test have now been published:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Reducing_Zero_Result_Searches_Through_Confidence_Changes
In summary, there was a statistically significant difference, with the
original configuration being better than the new configuration we tried.
Hello!
As part of our goal to reduce the zero results rate
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2015-16_Q1_Goals#Search,
the Discovery Department is currently running an A/B test to try different
parameters for the search suggester. We're hoping that our new parameters
will give
Can we call you Discovery Dan? ;)
Thanks for working on improving search results.
Pine
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Dan Garry dga...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello!
As part of our goal to reduce the zero results rate
