Op 16-12-2010 13:38, Billinghurst schreef: > At bugzilla:18861 > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18861 > there is a discussion about how transcluded pages are not seen by the search > engine, and I > have made an assumption that is Wikisource's issue where its pages that are > transcluded > across from the Page: namespace don't make the main namespace search. > > An example of the behaviour > > The work "Highways and Byways in Sussex" which is proofread in the Page > namespace as > individual pages, and transcluded into chapters in the main namespace. > http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Highways_and_Byways_in_Sussex > > * search in the main namespace > http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=singleton&prefix=Highways+and+Byways+in+Sussex&fulltext=Search+in+this+work&fulltext=Search > > * compared with searching the individual pages in the Page namespace > http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=singleton&prefix=Page%3AHighways+and+Byways+in+Sussex&fulltext=Search+in+this+work+%28Page%3A+prefix%29&fulltext=Search > > I am guessing that the search engine does not transclude pages before it > undertakes it > indexing function. Is someone able to confirm that for me? > > Is there any fix that anyone can suggest, or even know where such an issue > can be raised > beyong Bugzilla? Would a fix lie in the search engine? Or does the fix lie > in the > transclusion process? Thanks. Hi Andrew,
Afaik all search engine development stopped when Robert shifted his attention to more important things (study). Would be nice if the WMF could use some of it's resources to start improving the search engine again. Maarten > Regards, Andrew > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
