https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23609
Summary: search bar suggestions (mw_suggest+TitleKey) should
first check exact matches of given prefix
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: any
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Normal
Component: TitleKey
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Try typing (or copy-pasting) "Jeż" into the search bar on Polish Wikipedia.
What you should expect is articles about hedgehogs (that's what "jeż" means in
Polish). What you get, however, are loads of pages on languages (language =
"język"). It happens even though "Jeż" matches exactly a redirect and there are
more pages titles of which begin with this word.
I understand it's meant for people who are too lazy or don't have an
appropriate keyboard, or do but can't operate it, to type ż or ę. The search
bar though should reward those who take more effort typing.
I can see two solutions here:
1) First try to match the prefix exactly and fill up with not-exact matches to
the maximum number of search results. Display the exactly matched prefixes
before the ones with dropped diacritics.
2) Only add diacritics - do not drop them (sounds more viable to me, though it
wouldn't work if "jęż" were a sensible word)
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