https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44420
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Bug ID: 44420
Summary: Restore interwiki (sister projects) results in search
queries
Product: Wikimedia
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: lucene-search-2
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected]
Depends on: 20375
Classification: Unclassified
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For a short while, Special:Search showed results from other wikis in a very
sensible way: for instance, looking for a word on Wikipedia gave you also a
link to the entry on Wiktionary in the same language; searching for a name gave
also the link to the person's quotations on Wikiquote; etc. If I remember
correctly, they were displayed in a box on the right side of the screen.
This is a feature that, from what I recall, had a universally and greatly
positive reaction and then suddenly disappeared. It's quite obviously useful
because few readers (or even editors) know the differences between Wikipedia,
Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikinews... We've missed it for many years now and it
should probably be among the highest priority feature requests for our search
(after "keep search lights on" but before any design or user experience work).
I don't remember any detail, maybe someone can find links. Looks like it was
around 2009.
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