https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43935

--- Comment #5 from Richard Guk <[email protected]> ---
Well at least I've demonstrated that the current wording is confusing. :/

There are at least four confusable tests:

- robots:noindex meta tag (reported)
- __NOINDEX__ behavior switch (sets meta tag in non-article space)
- robots.txt status (not reported; set independently)
- internal search status (not reported; always true?).

So, to reflect the robots meta value more closely, how about:

"External search: Index / No index"

Stilted grammar, but makes it easier to see that it corresponds to the noindex
meta tag.

And, given the potential for confusion, there's a strong case for linking
"External search" to an explanatory page such as [[WP:NOINDEX]] or the
[[noindex]] article.

(See also bug 42867 for an inconsistency in the reported search status
depending on how a page is specified in the URL.)

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