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[RESOLVED] Include API: and Skin: in default search namespaces

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Summary by Florianschmidtwelzow
This, that and the other (talkcontribs)

It seems the default search namespaces on this wiki haven't been updated for some time. Just now I searched for apidisabled in the search box, and only got 1 result, which was some release notes page. What I really wanted was API:Restricting API usage.

Currently the following namespaces are in our default search namespaces:

  • (Main)
  • Help
  • Manual
  • Extension

I propose that we add the following namespaces:

  • API
  • Skin

Any comments?

HappyDog (talkcontribs)

Good idea.

I believe you need to log a ticket in the bug tracker for this kind of change, as it requires modifying the site config files.

Nemo bis (talkcontribs)
Florianschmidtwelzow (talkcontribs)

+1 (they aren't content pages atm), if there is enough content to be helpful for search, it should be a content page.

I just read it now, so that would be a new change/task :)

Florianschmidtwelzow (talkcontribs)
Florianschmidtwelzow (talkcontribs)

YesYDone by Reedy :)

Cavila (talkcontribs)

I'm not sure if it is related to this change, but why are content pages no longer included in the default search? For a couple of weeks now I think, API: and Skin: are the only namespaces to be searched by default. To search "(Main)", "Help", "Manual", "Extension", you have to click "Content namespaces" (or check the appropriate checkboxes) after the default search has run.

Ciencia Al Poder (talkcontribs)

I've tried by using private browsing and the default search is for (main), help, manual, extension, API and skin

Cavila (talkcontribs)

OK, things are fine once I've logged out, but the same issue occurs again when I log in to the website, as if the default search behaviour is meant to be different for logged-in users. (FWIW, your message doesn't turn up in my "New messages" list either.)

Ciencia Al Poder (talkcontribs)

The search preferences are saved if you mark the bottom checkbox of the advanced search. Maybe you marked it once and MediaWiki is just remembering it?

Cavila (talkcontribs)

Thanks for that suggestion. Even if they're unlikely to be settings I ever saved myself (maybe an unforeseen side-effect of the recent change?), you're surely pointing in the right direction for a fix. I just saved my preferred settings in the advanced tab and it does what it says on the tin.

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