[sugar] Another sugar rant

[Reinier Heeres]

Hi,

I believe this guy is the culprit: 
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgDBminWordLen

Default minimum word length = 4.

Cheers,
Reinier

(But still wikipedia's search function doesn't beat google by far)

Eben Eliason wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Ton van Overbeek <tvoverbeek at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Eben Eliason wrote:
>>     
>>> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 2:08 AM, Neil Graham <lerc at screamingduck.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> On Wednesday 06 August 2008 7:08:33 am Alex Levenson wrote:
>>>> Searching for X2o using the wiki search doesn't find it.  It's Called
>>>> X2o!
>>>> it's url is http://wiki.laptop.org/go/X2o for heaven's sake!  Somebody
>>>> either
>>>> fix the search or just change the search box to go to google.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Are you sure?  When I search for 'X2o' (case insensitive) I am taken
>>> directly to the page you identified, bypassing any search results page
>>> altogether.
>>>
>>>       
>> I have to agree with Neil. Entering X2o in the Wiki search box on the left
>> hand side of wiki.laptop.org
>> leads to no matches whatsoever.
>> Searching laptop.org via Google gives the correct page as first hit.
>>     
>
> Sorry, my fault.  I failed to realize that the enter key was bound to
> the "Go" button instead of the "Search" button.  You're right, I get
> no results either.  It's truly strange that it doesn't recognize the
> page title direct match.  In fact, I can even click on the 'X2o' in
> the text where it says "You searched for X2o" and get linked to the
> correct page!
>
> It sounds like a wiki bug, to me...has anyone filed one yet?  If not,
> I guess it should be done.
>
> - Eben
>   
>> Ton van Overbeek
>>
>>     

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