Really impressive !

I wonder if we can add to the information page, the reasoning that
went into selecting which of the advanced options to include, and
which to exclude.

DJ

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 1:10 AM, יגאל חיטרון <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wow. Thanks a lot! But you really should add a direct link to editing menu.
> Igal
>
>
> On Nov 22, 2017 02:02, "bawolff" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Just for reference, you can upload files to phab from mobile by going
>> to http://phabricator.wikimedia.org/file/upload (Yeah, its the most
>> hidden thing ever)
>>
>> --
>> bawolff
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 11:47 PM, יגאל חיטרון <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Hello, Birgit. Unfortunately, I can't open a phab ticket, because I'm on
>> > mobile, and there is no way to upload a file to phabricator from mobile.
>> > So, I'll answer you here. I'm on Lollipop, use internal browser, timeless
>> > skin. I can't make a screenshot from this device, so I did it on another
>> > one, almost the same, just another OS version. And the result looks
>> > completely different there, but still broken, see the file attached, all
>> > the section captures are almost hidden. Hope it helps,
>> > Igal.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Nov 22, 2017 01:12, "Birgit Müller" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Igal,
>> >>
>> >> thanks for letting us know! Could you maybe give a bit more details
>> (e.g.
>> >> the skin you use, operating system) and make a screenshot so that we can
>> >> look into it?
>> >>
>> >> Best place to report that would be directly in Phabricator, project tag
>> is
>> >> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/advanced-search/.
>> >>
>> >> Thans and cheers,
>> >> Birgit
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 2017-11-21 23:51 GMT+01:00 יגאל חיטרון <[email protected]>:
>> >>
>> >> > Hello. Great idea indeed. But it does not work. I just opted in, and I
>> >> can
>> >> > only see broken rectangles and partial captures. Looks like a huge css
>> >> > problem.
>> >> > User:IKhitron (Igal)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Nov 21, 2017 23:02, "Birgit Müller" <[email protected]>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > (sorry for cross-posting ...)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Hello all,
>> >> >
>> >> > we're really happy to announce that the new AdvancedSearch interface
>> got
>> >> > deployed as a beta feature to Mediawiki.org and test just 2 hours ago.
>> >> [1]
>> >> >
>> >> > AdvancedSearch enhances Special:Search through an advanced parameters
>> >> form
>> >> > and aims to make existing search options more visible and accessible
>> for
>> >> > everyone. [2]
>> >> >
>> >> > The feature is a project by WMDE's Tech team and originates from the
>> >> > Technical Wishes project. Many other people and teams helped making
>> this
>> >> > project happen, so stay tuned for the thank you section at the end of
>> >> this
>> >> > email :-) [3]
>> >> >
>> >> > *Why AdvancedSearch*
>> >> >
>> >> > The Search has great options to perform advanced queries, but often
>> even
>> >> > experienced editors don't know about it - this is what we found out
>> when
>> >> we
>> >> > were conducting a workshop series on advanced search in several
>> cities in
>> >> > Germany in 2016. Together with contributors from German Wikipedia
>> we've
>> >> > discussed their desired search queries, explained how the syntax works
>> >> and
>> >> > how keywords like "hastemplate", "filetype" or "intitle" can be used
>> and
>> >> > combined to get the desired results.
>> >> >
>> >> > The idea for the AdvancedSearch feature results out of these
>> workshops,
>> >> > where we not only discussed search but also designed first mocks for
>> an
>> >> > advanced search interface. [4]
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > *The first version, more deployments and other next
>> steps*AdvancedSearch
>> >> > supports some of the special search options the WMF's search team has
>> >> been
>> >> > implemented in the last years. The way the interface works, users
>> don't
>> >> > have to know the syntax behind each search field, but they can learn
>> >> about
>> >> > it if they want to. The first version of the feature comes with a
>> first
>> >> > selection of advanced search options, e.g. including support for
>> >> > "hastemplate" or "intitle". The WMF's search team has started to work
>> on
>> >> a
>> >> > 'deepcat' functionality to make sub category search happen. We plan to
>> >> add
>> >> > support for this in the future, too.
>> >> >
>> >> > If all goes well, we plan to deploy the beta feature on German and
>> Arabic
>> >> > Wikipedia by Wednesday, Nov 29. [5]
>> >> >
>> >> > In the next 2-3 months we'd love to invite everyone to test the new
>> >> feature
>> >> > on those wikis: Comments, thoughs, bug reports ... - any feedback is
>> much
>> >> > appreciated!
>> >> >
>> >> > Please see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:AdvancedSearch for
>> how to
>> >> > use AdvancedSearch.
>> >> >
>> >> > Deployments to other wikis can follow later.
>> >> >
>> >> > *Thank you (finally!)*
>> >> >
>> >> > This project was developed with the support from many different people
>> >> from
>> >> > the start, and this makes it very special to us: We would like to
>> thank
>> >> the
>> >> > folks from the German Wikipedia community who participated in the
>> >> workshops
>> >> > and who were discussing and designing first ideas together with us. We
>> >> > would like to thank all other people who gave valuable feedback on
>> >> > Phabricator, onwiki and in real life. We would like to thank the
>> Arabic
>> >> > Wikipedia community for getting interested in AdvancedSearch, and for
>> >> > offering to test this feature in an early stage. The credit for the
>> >> > development work on AdvancedSearch goes to our FUN team, supported by
>> the
>> >> > team that usually works on Technical Wishes. Last but really not
>> least we
>> >> > would like to thank the great folks from the WMF's search team who
>> have
>> >> > supported this project from the start and who have done (and still do)
>> >> the
>> >> > necessary backend work that now got supported by the AdvancedSearch
>> >> > extension.
>> >> >
>> >> > Sorry for the long email, and thanks for reading :-)
>> >> >
>> >> > Birgit (for the Technical Wishes team)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T180147 (Deployment ticket
>> group
>> >> 0)
>> >> > [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:AdvancedSearch
>> >> > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/
>> AdvancedSearch
>> >> > [4]
>> >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Advanc
>> >> > edSearch/Workshop
>> >> > [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T180128 (Deployment ticket
>> arwiki
>> >> > and
>> >> > dewiki)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
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>> >> > Community Communications Manager
>> >> > Software Development and Engineering
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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>> >>
>> >>
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