https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31028
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Bug #: 31028
Summary: Proposal that basic search should include category
search
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: any
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Lucene Search
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
This is proposed and justified at
[[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#RFC:_Proposal_that_basic_search_should_include_category_search]].
In brief: Including category search in basic search (by default) would help
reduce the number of near-duplicate articles with different names. Few people
seem to know how to do an advanced search that includes category names.
Related suggestion: When an editor adds a link to "ABC" then at present
Wikipedia tells the editor, "There isn't an article called "ABC", do you want
to create one (if such an article doesn't exist). Surely it would be better if
the message were, "There isn't an article called "ABC", but there is a category
"ABC". Do you want to **view the category "ABC"** (this would link to the
category search results page) or create a new article "ABC"?
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