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kayrune

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Registered: 2007-12-15

Posts: 43

Problems with Search in the Wiki

There must be something wrong with search function in the Wiki. Several times I've searched not to find anything, then I search the forum, and usually a result pops up, and often in the forum post there is a link to related article in the Wiki.

Like just now I searched the Wiki for "Xen" and it found nothing, however in the forum there is a link to this article http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xen_Install

thayer

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From: Vancouver, BC

Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,560

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Re: Problems with Search in the Wiki

If I had to guess, I'd say it had something to do with "Xen" being only 3 characters long.  If you search for "xen install" or even "xen python" you'll find the correct pages pop up in the results.

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dyscoria

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Registered: 2008-01-10

Posts: 1,007

Re: Problems with Search in the Wiki

I'd agree with the 3 character's explanation. Searching 'usb' doesn't turn up any results either

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kayrune

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Registered: 2007-12-15

Posts: 43

Re: Problems with Search in the Wiki

I'm pretty sure I've run is to this problem before, but I can't remember what I was searching for then.

But regarding the 3 caracters, "ssh" and "ftp" does give result though

BC

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Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 83

Re: Problems with Search in the Wiki

You could always try google if you're looking for something short, just add the following to the end of your search term:

site:wiki.archlinux.org

dyscoria

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Registered: 2008-01-10

Posts: 1,007

Re: Problems with Search in the Wiki

You could always try google if you're looking for something short, just add the following to the end of your search term:

site:wiki.archlinux.org

Wow, now that is an immense tip

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rson451

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From: Annapolis, MD USA

Registered: 2007-04-15

Posts: 1,233

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Re: Problems with Search in the Wiki

You could always try google if you're looking for something short, just add the following to the end of your search term:

site:wiki.archlinux.org

+1.  this is how i search anything.  the only site i've found that this technique doesnt work well on is cisco.com. not sure why though.

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test1000

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Registered: 2005-04-03

Posts: 834

Re: Problems with Search in the Wiki

i posted a bug report about this but they closed it. I would be happy if they just posted the site:wiki.archlinux.org tip under the search button or made a google search because right now it's too confusing; it's even two buttons you can choose from when you do a search! (and no i don't care if this is standard MediaWiki behaviour...)

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