Hi Nemo,
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 12:55 AM Federico Leva (Nemo)
wrote:
>
> 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
>
> On 24 Feb 2021, at 06:55, Federico Leva (Nemo) via Commons-l
> 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
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
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
This post is onwiki at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Moving_toward_Special:MediaSearch_as_the_default_search_landing_page
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=== Background ===
Special:MediaSearch [1]–in addition to using Commons categories and
wikitext from templates–uses structured data on
