Hoi,
I totally agree with Frederico. The search functionality for other
languages is not seen as strategic at this time. This is because the flaws
are seen from "our" perspective and the benefits for "our" readers are not
understood. When we promote the use of the multilingual search
capabilities of Commons, a meaningful reference is the support Google
provides in finding pictures for a language. The results are not great. It
follows that the benefits are not based on what you/we experience but on
what our readers experience.
When we promote the use of Commons for other languages, a teacher may add
labels in THEIR language to the search item that is important in the
curriculum for the students. When one teacher adds them for his class, all
other classes and schools using the same curriculum will benefit. When
someone adds the "depicts" statement to a picture, it can be found in every
language that has a label for any picture with that "depicts" statement.
Such an approach is a Wiki approach ... please consider this approach.
Thanks,
GerardM
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 at 07:56, Federico Leva (Nemo) via Commons-l <
commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Keegan Peterzell via Commons-l, 23/02/21 22:36:
> > Special:Search also functions at its best in English, and is not
> > necessarily friendly to other languages.
>
> This is not true. I think you meant to say that the text in Commons is
> mostly English, while the new structured search is expected to be able
> to leverage more multilingual content.
>
> What's the rationale for changing the search bar autocompletion from the
> title prefixes to the structured search? The non-prefix search has
> caused much trouble in Wikidata for years. What kind of use cases were
> considered for this part of the matter? (I know you can disable that in
> the preferences.)
>
> Federico
>
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