On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Tirkon <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, the OSM-Wiki Search does not work. E.g. a search (all options > activated) for "ostfriesland" does not find this page: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Andre68 > allthough the word "Ostfriesland" is present there. > "luftbilder" and "lauf" does not find: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:Luftbilder_aus_Lauf > and "boot" does not find: > >http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Boot_Düsseldorf_23.-31.1.2010<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Boot_D%C3%BCsseldorf_23.-31.1.2010> > > MediaWiki search is pretty weak in general. If this is a specific issue for those terms, consider making a page that links there directly.
Maybe the search index is out of date... > Because the Google search > ostfriesland site:http://wiki.openstreetmap.org > does not find > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Andre68 > as well, the problem is possibly located in the Wiki and not in the > search-process. > > In some wikis, user pages are deliberately set up not to appear on Google. Google a few users I can think of turns up nothing, but googling "user site: wiki.openstreetmap.org" does show hits, so I guess Google's index is just out of date. Steve
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