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Weeks

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Registered: 2006-01-26

Posts: 91

Enable wiki searches for 3 characters

I've edited a wiki entry on "installing a arch to a usb key". The main two words here are "usb" and "key". However, mediawiki doesn't allow you to search using three characters. So my edited article is lost to all those searching. I know you can look at the categories section, but it'd be nicer if it was fixed by someone with admit access to the wiki.

I've found this work around: http://www.mwusers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2018 Would anyone be willing to implement it?

neotuli

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From: London, UK

Registered: 2004-07-06

Posts: 1,204

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Re: Enable wiki searches for 3 characters

which solution from that link? the mysql-based one or the one at the very end? and ftr, i dont really like either of them.

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Weeks

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Registered: 2006-01-26

Posts: 91

Re: Enable wiki searches for 3 characters

Either really. Although there's been more success with the mysql one from the looks of it.

majikstreet

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Registered: 2006-07-31

Posts: 96

Re: Enable wiki searches for 3 characters

hm.. yeah this would be a good idea.. most forums and wikis have this restriction -- it's kind of annoying when you want to search for something like say "dsl"

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Here in NZ we cant spell words with more than 5 letters. So color will have to do.

You must be very special then because "letters" has 7

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Re: Enable wiki searches for 3 characters

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=si … ux.org+dsl

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