Difference between revisions of "MediaWiki/Search"
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Templates are useful for linking other search engines. See [[Help:External_searches]] for example. You can create a template that makes it convenient for editors to post links to search or database query results in the wiki. | Templates are useful for linking other search engines. See [[Help:External_searches]] for example. You can create a template that makes it convenient for editors to post links to search or database query results in the wiki. | ||
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As of Feb. 2016, it was revealed that the Wikimedia Foundation is working on a [https://m.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:Knowledge_engine_grant_agreement.pdf grant-funded] project to improve [[Elasticsearch]] with additional sources of free data and knowledge on the Internet. See [[mw:Wikimedia Discovery/FAQ|Wikimedia Discovery/FAQ]] | As of Feb. 2016, it was revealed that the Wikimedia Foundation is working on a [https://m.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:Knowledge_engine_grant_agreement.pdf grant-funded] project to improve [[Elasticsearch]] with additional sources of free data and knowledge on the Internet. See [[mw:Wikimedia Discovery/FAQ|Wikimedia Discovery/FAQ]] | ||
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Revision as of 15:38, 16 February 2016
Interwiki[edit | edit source]
MediaWiki has an interwiki prefix system that lets you search, or link to, external wiki content. And it doesn't have to be "wiki"; it just has to be structured. So, because we have an entry for 'Google' in our interwiki table, you can link to Google results with Google:"Rail+Trail"+Paths+In+Salisbury+Massachusetts.
And you can search Google directly from the search bar of this wiki: Just enter the "shortcode" (Google), followed by a colon (:), and your search query. This works for ALL interwiki prefixes. So, to search Wikipedia for "roses", just enter 'w:roses' in the search bar.
Templates[edit | edit source]
Templates are useful for linking other search engines. See Help:External_searches for example. You can create a template that makes it convenient for editors to post links to search or database query results in the wiki.
Application (Internal) Native Search[edit | edit source]
The default search system for MediaWiki is based on MySQL database technology; and is not the most powerful search engine. To make it better, use the Elasticsearch system instead.
Foundation Project[edit | edit source]
The Wikimedia Foundation has a team called Wikimedia Discovery devoted to search technology.
As of Feb. 2016, it was revealed that the Wikimedia Foundation is working on a grant-funded project to improve Elasticsearch with additional sources of free data and knowledge on the Internet. See Wikimedia Discovery/FAQ
